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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – FEBRUARY 12: Collin Sexton #2 of the Utah Jazz in action during the first … More half of a game against the Golden State Warriors at Delta Center on February 12, 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) Getty Images On the eve of NBA free agency, the Utah Jazz traded Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. For the Jazz, the motivation for that move centers around Ace Bailey. Despite the former Rutgers star excluding Utah from his list of preferred destinations and declining to work out for them, the organization made him the fifth overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft. Bailey has the potential to lead the Jazz to championship contention in the future. The franchise must do right by him so he can do his part in bringing them there. Utah had a pair of ball-dominant guards in Sexton and Jordan Clarkson. Plus, Laur Markkanen, who, even after a down year, warrants ample touches. But the Jazz didn’t disregard Bailey’s pre-draft demands for him to take a backseat. They’ll figure to want the rock in his hands often and allow him to grow through whatever mistakes come with that. It’s a situation that spelled the end of Sexton’s three-year tenure in Salt Lake City. The former eighth-overall pick averaged 18.4 points and 4.2 assists last season. He also knocked down 40.6 percent of his 4.3 attempts from beyond the arc. Sexton is on an expiring contract worth $19 million. He now joins LaMelo Ball in the…

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