Jordan Clarkson and the Utah Jazz are in active talks on an extension.

Clarkson picked up his $14 million option with the Jazz for the 23-24 season.

Clarkson is known to be a favorite of the Utah front office and owner Ryan Smith.

Talen Horton-Tucker picked up his player option for next season with the Utah Jazz worth $11 million.

The 22-year-old averaged 10.7 points and 3.8 assists last season.

The Milwaukee Bucks have a pair of key free agents in Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez, but they have also been involved in trade discussions for Bradley Beal. The Bucks also reportedly internally considered a trade for John Collins, who was moved this week by the Atlanta Hawks to the Utah Jazz. 

"A team I heard at least had some relatively serious internal discussions about 'Should we wade into the John Collins thing?'" said Zach Lowe. "And I don't know if they contacted Atlanta or how serious it got, was Milwaukee. And that's interesting to me because I do think Milwaukee is looking around for, like, 'Can we get a little just injection of randomness? An injection of, like, balance and athleticism. And just change. Maybe just change more than anything else. I don't think it went anywhere serious.

"I think Phoenix even looked at him this time around and just doesn't have anything left after trading for [Bradley] Beal."

The Utah Jazz have agreed to acquire John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks for Rudy Gay and a future second round pick. The Jazz and Hawks discussed versions of a Collins' trade for over a year.

Collins has three years and $78 million remaining on his contract.

The trade creates a $25.3 million trade exception for the Hawks. The Hawks now will avoid the possibility of being a second apron team and project to be below the luxury tax for 23-24.

The Utah Jazz had strong interest in Kristaps Porzingis before he was traded by the Washington Wizards to the Boston Celtics.

The Jazz were preparing an offer to Porzingis that would have been greater than what the Celtics can offer in the form of an extension.

The Jazz also expressed interest in participating in the three-team trade that sent Porzingis to the Celtics and Marcus Smart to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Sources tell Marc Stein of Substack that Porzingis preferred to end up with the Celtics over the Jazz, which led him to picking up his $36 million player option to facilitate the trade.

Porzingis had until midnight last Wednesday on picking up his option, which he was not interested in extending.

The Utah Jazz agreed to a two-way deal with Joey Hauser.

Hauser went undrafted out of Michigan State. 

The San Antonio Spurs selected Victor Wembanyama with the first overall selection in the 2023 NBA Draft. The Charlotte Hornets selected Brandon Miller with the second pick, while the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 3.

First Round

1. San Antonio Spurs: Victor Wembanyama

2. Charlotte Hornets: Brandon Miller

3. Portland Trail Blazers: Scoot Henderson

4. Houston Rockets: Amen Thompson

5. Detroit Pistons: Ausar Thompson

6. Orlando Magic: Anthony Black

7. Washington Wizards (via Pacers): Bilal Coulibaly 

8. Indiana Pacers (via Wizards): Jarace Walker

9. Utah Jazz: Taylor Hendricks

10. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Mavericks): Cason Wallace

11. Orlando Magic: Jett Howard

12. Dallas Mavericks (via Thunder): Dereck Lively

13. Toronto Raptors: Gradey Dick

14. New Orleans Pelicans: Jordan Hawkins

15. Atlanta Hawks: Kobe Bufkin

16. Utah Jazz: Keyonte George

17. Los Angeles Lakers: Jalen Hood-Schifino

18. Miami Heat: Jaime Jaquez Jr.

19. Golden State Warriors: Brandin Podziemski

20. Houston Rockets: Cam Whitmore

21. Brooklyn Nets: Noah Clowney

22. Brooklyn Nets: Dariq Whitehead

23. Portland Trail Blazers: Kris Murray

24. Dallas Mavericks (via Kings): Olivier-Maxence Prosper

25. Detroit Pistons (via Celtics): Marcus Sasser

26. Indiana Pacers: Ben Sheppard

27. Charlotte Hornets: Nick Smith Jr.

28. Utah Jazz: Brice Sensabaugh

29. Indiana Pacers: Julian Strawther

30. Los Angeles Clippers: Kobe Brown

Second Round

31. Charlotte Hornets: James Nnaji

32. Denver Nuggets: Jalen Pickett

33. Minnesota Timberwolves: Leonard Miller

34. Sacramento Kings: Colby Jones

35. Chicago Bulls: Julian Philips

36. Milwaukee Bucks: Andre Jackson Jr.

37. Denver Nuggets (via Thunder): Hunter Tyson

38. Boston Celtics: Jordan Walsh

39. Atlanta Hawks: Mouhamed Gueye

40. Los Angeles Lakers: Max Lewis

41. Charlotte Hornets: Amari Bailey

42. Washington Wizards: Tristan Vukcevic

43. Portland Trail Blazers: Rayan Rupert

44. San Antonio Spurs: Sidy Cissoko

45. Memphis Grizzlies: GG Jackson 

46. Atlanta Hawks: Seth Lundy 

47. Indiana Pacers: Mojave King 

48. Los Angeles Clippers: Jordan Miller

49. Cleveland Cavaliers: Emoni Bates

50. Oklahoma City Thunder: Keyontae Johnson

51. Brooklyn Nets: Jalen Wilson

52. Phoenix Suns: Toumani Camara

53. Minnesota Timberwolves: Jaylen Clark

54. Sacramento Kings: Jalen Slawson

55. Indiana Pacers: Isaiah Wong

56. Memphis Grizzlies: Tarik Biberovic

57. Golden State Warriors: Trayce Jackson-Davis

58. Milwaukee Bucks: Chris Livingston

Damian Jones has exercised his player option for next season to stay with the Utah Jazz. Jones will be on Utah's books for $2.6 million in the final season of a two-year deal he originally signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jones averaged 15.8 minutes per game with the Jazz, after being acquired in a three-team trade at the 2023 trade deadline. The veteran center averaged 4.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in a backup role behind rookie Walker Kessler.

The Utah Jazz have made Collin Sexton available in trade talks this offseason, sources tell Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.

The Jazz acquired Sexton last offseason on a four-year, $72 million sign-and-trade as part of the Donovan Mitchell deal.

Sexton appeared in 48 games, averaging 14.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 23.9 minutes for the Jazz.

Walker Kessler committed to Team USA for this summer's FIBA World Cup, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Kessler joins Brandon Ingram, Jaren Jackson Jr., and several others on the roster. 

Team USA opens the World Cup against New Zealand on August 26.