Jazz pick up option on Ace Bailey, decline Isaiah Collier
Nov 2, 2026, 1:49 PM | Updated: 1:52 pm
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz have picked up the third-year option for wing Ace Bailey, while declining the fourth-year option for guard Isaiah Collier.
The NBA’s deadline to pick up rookie-scale team options was on Monday.
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Jazz pick up option on Ace Bailey
The Jazz’s decision to pick up Bailey’s option was an easy one after the 20-year-old’s highly productive start to his career.
The fifth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft is averaging 13.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists while shooting 45 percent from the field and 34 percent from 3-point range in 78 career games.
In retrospect, this breakout season is no surprise to Ace Bailey. https://t.co/KXPuqqYiuh
— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) October 27, 2026
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Bailey leads the Jazz in rebounding this season at 7.8 per game and typically draws the assignment of defending the opponent’s top perimeter scorer.
The Rutgers product earned NBA All-Rookie second-team honors and has made 66 starts in his young career.
Bailey becomes eligible to sign a long-term extension with the Jazz in the summer of 2028.
Jazz decline option on Isaiah Collier
While Bailey’s role with the team was made clear at the rookie-scale contract deadline, the future of Isaiah Collier was not.
The Jazz declined the third-year point guard’s $4.9 million option for the final season of his rookie contract, which will make him an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2027.
Collier has struggled to develop as a shooter, making 45 percent of his field-goal attempts, but just 25 percent of his 3-point attempts in 136 games with the Jazz.
Can confirm the Utah Jazz are declining the team option on Isaiah Collier.
They are exercising Ace Bailey’s option.
#TakeNote | @kslsports
— Chandler Holt (@CHoltSports) November 2, 2026
This season, he is shooting 37 percent from the field and has missed all eight of his attempts from beyond the arc.
Collier entered the NBA as the nation’s top high school recruit but fell to the Jazz with the 29th pick in the ill-fated 2024 draft.
Despite his shooting struggles, the USC product has averaged 9.9 points, 5.7 assists, and 4.0 rebounds over his three-year career.
The Jazz can still re-sign Collier after the season, but declining the option means the team will no longer have the right to retain the 22-year-old by matching offers from other organizations.
Next Utah Jazz Broadcast
The Jazz will travel to face the San Antonio Spurs on Monday at 6:30 p.m. MST. The game will be televised on KJZZ, streamed on Jazz+, and heard on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone.
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Ben Anderson is the Utah Jazz insider for KSL Sports and the co-host of Jake and Ben from 2-6pm with Jake Scott on 97.5 The KSL Sports Zone. Find Ben on X at @BensHoops or on BlueSky.
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