Former UCF middle Tacko Fall will play for the Utah Jazz for the Las Vegas summer time league.
The transfer is a reunion of kinds for Fall and Utah CEO Danny Ainge, who beforehand served because the director of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics when he signed him as a free agent in 2019.
Prior to the Las Vegas summer time league that begins Thursay-July 17, Fall will compete within the Salt Lake City summer time league, a four-team that started Tuesday and ends Thursday.
All 30 groups will compete in Las Vegas, starting with the Orlando Magic vs. Houston Rockets on Thursday.
Fall could possibly be an possibility for the Jazz at middle after Utah agreed to commerce All-NBA middle Rudy Gobert to Minnesota in change for a bundle that included 4 first-round picks final week.
Fall, 7-foot-6 and 311 kilos, started his NBA profession in Boston and spent two years there largely with the G League affiliate in Portland, Maine. He signed a two-way contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers final fall.
With the G League’s Cleveland Charge, Fall averaged a double-double of 15.9 factors and 10.8 rebounds in 26.7 minutes per sport. After main the league in blocks per sport (2.7), Fall was named to the NBA G League All-Defensive Team.
Fall was referred to as as much as the NBA on a number of events regardless of spending most of his time within the minors. He appeared in 37 NBA video games with the Celtics and Cavs, averaging 2.2 factors with 2.4 rebounds.
Fall is hoping to make an impression in Utah this summer time getting into his fourth 12 months within the league. The solely different middle on the Jazz’s roster behind Gobert was Hassan Whiteside, however he’s an unrestricted free agent.
At UCF, Fall recorded 280 profession blocks, essentially the most in program historical past. His profession field-goal accuracy of 74% set a brand new all-time UCF and NCAA D-I file.
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