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Utah Jazz acquire Nickeil Alexander-Walker, send Joe Ingles to Portland Trail Blazers in 3-way trade

Utah Jazz acquire Nickeil Alexander-Walker, send Joe Ingles to Portland Trail Blazers in 3-way trade

The Utah Jazz have agreed to trade injured veteran forward Joe Ingles in a three-team deal in which the Western Conference contender will land promising third-year guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Jazz will acquire Alexander-Walker from the Portland Trail Blazers and reserve forward Juancho Hernangomez from the San Antonio Spurs in the deal, sources said. Portland will also send guard Tomas Satoransky — one of four players acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans in Tuesday’s CJ McCollum trade — to San Antonio and acquire second-year forward Elijah Hughes from Utah. The Jazz will send the Blazers a 2022 second-round pick via the Memphis Grizzlies and the Spurs a 2027 second-round pick.

Alexander-Walker, 23, the 17th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft who is averaging 12.8 points and 2.8 assists per game, is expected to be a rotation player for the Jazz. He could potentially fill some of the scoring and playmaking void in the second unit…

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