The Jazz have cut a pair of players on non-guaranteed contracts, announcing today in a press release that they’ve placed guard Max Abmas and forward Cameron McGriff on waivers.
Abmas and McGriff signed Exhibit 10 contracts with Utah on October 6 and were with the team for its first three games of the preseason, though neither player saw the court in any of those contests.
Abmas spent his first professional season in 2024/25 playing for the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate. Across 50 outings in the Tip-Off Tournament and regular season, he averaged 13.8 points, 4.8 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per game, posting a shooting line of .412/.372/.836.
McGriff has been playing professionally since going undrafted out of Oklahoma State in 2020, having spent time with a handful of G League teams and non-NBA clubs in Belgium, Puerto Rico, Greece, France since then. The 28-year-old also had a brief cup of coffee in the NBA in 2021/22, appearing in three games for Portland on a 10-day contract. He spent last season with the Indiana Mad Ants – the Pacers’ G League team – but had his returning rights traded to Salt Lake City during the offseason.
It seems relatively safe to assume both Abmas and McGriff are headed for the Stars as returning-rights players. If they remain with the Jazz’s NBAGL team for at least 60 days, they’ll each earn a bonus worth $85,300.
Utah now has two open spots on its 21-man preseason roster. It sounds like the team will probably use one of those openings to sign Pedro Bradshaw to an Exhibit 10 deal.