The Salt Lake City Summer League will be back for an 11th year this July, the Jazz announced today in a press release. Games will be played on July 4, 6, and 7 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on the University of Utah’s campus, since the Jazz’s own arena, the Delta Center, will be closed for renovations.
The four-team, six-game event will feature three of the same clubs as it did in 2025, with the Thunder and Grizzlies returning to Utah along with the Jazz. They’ll be joined this time around by the Hawks rather than the Sixers.
The Salt Lake City Summer League takes place annually before the Las Vegas Summer League, which features all 30 teams and will run from July 9-19 this year. While the Utah event is typically overshadowed by the Vegas games that follow, it represents the first professional showcase for a handful of NBA rookies.
Even though Oklahoma City and Atlanta made the playoffs this season, both teams control other clubs’ lottery picks and possess multiple first-rounders in the 2026 draft. That means as many as four ’26 lottery picks and seven total first-rounders could be in action at the SLC Summer League this July.
Jazz announce they will be tanking this summer.
Tanking is over for them
Markkanen to Pistons ….
Jazz got talent. The tanking should finally be over this year. Bailey came on at end of year. Bunch of tankers.
Jazz should have never been allowed to tank this year. They should have has a season exactly like the hornets. It’s a crime and I hope their pick falls past 6 so they don’t receive it. The Jazz and the hornets are the two teams that do not deserve or should have a top five pick. They’ve been picking in the top five and in the lottery for the last 4 or 5 years. Plus when the Jazz traded gobert and Mitchell they received Lori And some good pieces. They’re the last team that needs to be tanking at all
What’s the Pacers excuse
Thats Danny more than anything lol. But until NBA fixes it. Teams will do it. Like MLB teams buying pennants. No salary cap. Dodgers still doing it.
They should drop the most, I agree. But I want Clippers to get that pick. So they can challenge Lakers. I amm all for playing for next year. At some point you are out. So you play your young guys to get experience. Doesn’t mean your top 3-4 players sit. Just less mins. You build for next year. Teams sitting players all the time. Or trading for injured players to lose. Is just Tanking going crazy. Jazz one of worst.
I agree with everything you said. Trained a few of the guys on the team last summer and it’s crazy because they were a good team fr fr. But they started sitting player and doing fake injuries. Hopefully the NBA fixes it. I thought the clippers owed OKC there pick
They do. But Zubac trade. They gat Pacers pick if its out of top 4. Pacers also super tanked this yr.