Whoa! As prefaced just yesterday, Walker Kessler was in fact traded to the Lakers! The Jazz receive two unprotected first round picks and two unprotected first round pick swaps, and the Lakers give Kessler a 4 year, $130 million new deal.

Mark Russell Pereira (@jazzmanmark.com) has immediate thoughts ready to fly. Was this a good deal for the Lakers? For the Jazz? And setting aside the deal, what does this do to the Jazz roster and competitiveness this year?

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NOTE: Immediately after publication, the Utah Jazz signed Jaxson Hayes to a 2-year, $12 million deal. Jaxson Hayes was arrested on July 28, 2021 and pled no-contest to charges of false imprisonment and resisting an officer, as a result of a domestic violence incident in which he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and prevented her from leaving a house.