The Jazz have waived Marques Bolden, MaCio Teague and Derrick Alston Jr., Tony Jones of The Athletic tweets.
The 6’10” Bolden signed a camp deal in late September. He was on a two-way contract with Cleveland last season and appeared in six games. The Cavs waived him but added him again to its G League affiliate. Bolden averaged 9.2 PPG, 7.5 RPG and 2.1 BPG across 10 games for the Charge during the G League “bubble” season.
Teague inked his Exhibit 10 contract in mid-August. After beginning his college career at UNC Asheville, Teague transferred to Baylor for his junior year and played a key role on the 2021 national champions as a senior. The 6’4″ guard was the Bears’ second-leading scorer with 15.9 PPG on .478/.395/.831 shooting in 30 games (31.7 MPG).
Alston joined the team on his camp deal in mid-September. He went undrafted this year after playing for Boise State. The 6’9″ swingman averaged 17.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, and 2.2 APG across 32 games, all starts, during his final collegiate season with the Broncos.
It’s quite possible all three will end up with the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate.
That’s what I’d suspect. They do this every year. Teague seems like he could be the future Clarkson for this team. He just needs time and training and he’ll be the next flash flood scorer.
Alston seems like he has nice length and agility for his size. He just needs more muscle to be able to take contact in the NBA. Increasing speed and muscle could transition him to a Kevin Durant type player. He’s still young and has time to figure that out.
Teague apparently could barely keep up with Mitchell & Butler when I saw Baylor, but they were fast by NBA standards. Should help that Butler is a jazzer(?) already. I think he could play the 3 but that will be up to the GL team probably.
Does it really work to go cross-country to play at Duke like Bolden did?