Jazz, Spurs, Trail Blazers make five-player, three-team trade

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Jazz acquire Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Juan Hernangomez in three-team trade

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 2/9/22

The Portland Trail Blazers remain the busiest team in the NBA ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz have completed a five-player, three-team trade.

The Jazz are sending out the two second-round picks in the deal, sources tell ESPN. Alexander-Walker, 23, has the chance to make an impact on the Jazz's bench and assuredly will benefit in Utah's development system. Averaged 13 points for Pels and will be a part of rotation. https://t.co/rvZ6SN1Zmx
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2022

The Jazz are sending the Blazers a 2022 second-round pick via Memphis and the Spurs a 2027 second-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2022

The move is the third trade for Portland in the last five days, as the group sent away Robert Covington and Norman Powell to the Los Angeles Clippers for Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and a future draft pick last week, and swapped CJ McCollum, Larry Nance and Tony Snell in exchange for Walker-Alexander, Satoransky, Josh Hart, Didi Louzada and two draft picks with the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.

Ingles -- who will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season -- suffered a season-ending ACL tear at the end of January and finished his eighth NBA campaign with averages of 7.2 points, 3.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 24.9 minutes per game in 45 contests (15 starts). Hughes has posted 3.1 points and 8.0 minutes per game in 14 contests with Utah this season, his second in the league.

The recently moved Alexander-Walker didn't appear in any games with the Blazers, but has already set career highs this season in games played (50) and games started (19), while he's currently averaging career-bests in points (12.8), rebounds (3.3) and assists per contest (2.8) as well. Satoransky, similarly, wasn't in "Rip City" long enough to suit up, but posted 15.0 minutes per game across 32 contests this season in a New Orleans uniform.

Hernangomez is in his sixth NBA season and this will be his fifth time being traded (all within the last two-plus years). In 23 games with the Spurs and Boston Celtics this year, the Spaniard has averaged 6.4 minutes per contest.

The Jazz (33-21), Trail Blazers (21-34) and Spurs (20-34) are currently fourth, 11th and 12th in the Western Conference standings, respectively.

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