7:30pm: Bolmaro actually reached a buyout agreement with the Jazz, reports Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune (via Twitter). Bolmaro wanted to return to Europe in order to get playing time and Utah accommodated his request, per Walden.
4:55pm: The Jazz have officially waived Bolmaro, per NBA.com’s transaction log. Utah now has 13 players on standard contracts and will have up to two weeks to add a 14th man.
2:24pm: The Jazz intend to waive Leandro Bolmaro, sources tell Shams Charania and Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Bolmaro, a 6’6″ guard from Argentina, was the 23rd overall pick of the 2020 draft, but wound up signing his contract a year later, so he’s only in his second NBA season. The Jazz declined their third-year team option on the 22-year-old before the 2022/23 season began, which indicated that he might not be in Utah’s long-term plans.
As Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune notes (via Twitter), the Jazz’s backcourt was shorthanded during Wednesday’s loss to Memphis — Russell Westbrook is away from the team as he explores his options, and Collin Sexton exited the game early with a left hamstring injury (Twitter link via Larsen). The fact that Utah opted not to use Bolmaro in that situation was a pretty ominous sign.
Larsen has heard the Spurs may have been interested in Bolmaro in the past. San Antonio’s 17-man roster is full at this point, however.
Bolmaro spent his rookie season with the Timberwolves, but was sent to Utah as part of the Rudy Gobert trade. In 49 career games, including 14 this season with the Jazz, Bolmaro has averaged just 6.3 minutes per contest.
If he clears waivers, the former first-round pick will receive $2,471,160 from Utah and will become an unrestricted free agent.
Well if that doesn’t say it all…I don’t know what does anymore these days
I could see Dallas using a playmaking wing/4, but I think there are other options that are FAs I would think they would look to first to try to replace a little of what they lost with DFS
Bolmaro is not a 4 in anyone’s rotation
He’s a solid player. Just needs to get the jitters out playing a bit more overseas. Then he can try again when he’s more established. Although, he’ll want to expand his outside game if he wants to be used in either guard position. The problem the Jazz had was he was redundant with Sexton, THT, and Clarkson all being drive-focused guards.
He’s not even from overseas lol.
“Playing overseas”, is a common phrase for playing outside the US. Most go play in Europe or Asia. Pretty rare for someone to choose to play in South America.
But if you want to be cute, technically South America is separated by water as well. Ever hear of the Panama Canal. ;-)
He’s basically a homelessmans Ben Simmons/Rubio. He is going to have to develop some. He should have fun in Europe where they will let him be a point guard.
Spurs!!! Go & make Ginobili proud
Houston needs a PG …
They chose Champaign over him
He is not an NBA player at this point. The NBA game kinda moved away from a lot of the stuff he ended up being good at.
He did improve his 3-point shot. The Jazz just have too many guards, at this point.
They need more PF and possibly a C because they’ll likely not resign Doke this Summer.
Although, Damian Jones looked good in limited minutes the other day. He can play both positions. Also, perhaps Potter will be ready for some minutes next year. He seems like Olynyk type of player.
The spurs chose Champaign over this guy in recent signing JS