<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pelicans-kelly-olynyk-deal-gives-new-orleans-guide-in-jonas-valanciunas-talks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pelicans: Kelly Olynyk deal gives New Orleans guide in Jonas Valanciunas talks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kelly_Olynyk_extension_gives_Pelicans_guide_in_Jonas_Valanciunas_negotiations.webp"></figure><h1>Pelicans: Kelly Olynyk deal gives New Orleans guide in Jonas Valanciunas talks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-04T19:39:59-08:00">March 4th, 7:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-04T19:42:05-08:00">March 4th, 7:42pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New Orleans Pelicans stood pat this summer and doubled down on the status quo at the NBA Trade Deadline. All the smoke and mirrors around Naji Marshall and Jonas Valanciunas being expiring contracts on the move were misguided. Executive Vice President David Griffin did not build out this roster to wash the progress away as soon as the locker room was fully healthy. The franchise was never going to acquire a piece that could fill what Valanciunas does for this team.</p><p>The newly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pelicans-jonas-valanciunas-passes-test-against-stout-pacers-frontcourt">recertified as playoff-approved Valanciunas</a> and the Pelicans have a guidepost for future contract negotiations. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-toronto-kelly-olynyk-contract-extension" rel="noopener">Toronto Raptors and Kelly Olynyk</a> have come to terms on a two-year, $26.25 million contract extension. Olynyk is a year older but a bit more of a mobile perimeter threat than Valanciunas, who is far more dominant in rebounding and patrolling the paint.</p><p>Valanciunas has never been one to press the issue in free agency. The 31-year-old has preferred the security of having a multi-year deal in place and getting to have a big say in locker room chemistry. The Lithuanian loves New Orleans by all accounts, and it’s easy to see why both sides would be agreeable to a new deal. Willie Green explained why <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIU4bGqp2BQ">after the last practice</a> before the Pelicans flew out to Toronto:</p><p>“(Valanciunas) has been fantastic,” Green boasted. “Everything that we are asking him to do, to try and have more spacing, sacrificing because Zion (Williamson) is coming down the lane, and he’s still making himself available offensively. Defensively he’s sound. And it’s because of our communication. He and I, the rest of the coaches, his teammates. We’re constantly talking about game-to-game and what’s the plan. JV has been great this season.”</p><p>A three-year deal with the third season partially guaranteed for around Olynyk’s $26-28 million would be a team-friendly value. The contract would be moveable in a trade if needed, but also Jonas Valanciunas would feel like a part of the future even if the Pelicans bring in a younger prospect to play big minutes as the team’s nominal center.</p><p>Unlike the Kira Lewis Jr. transaction, finances would not be the first and final straw to consider in that Valanciunas scenario.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pelicans: Kelly Olynyk deal gives New Orleans guide in Jonas Valanciunas talks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-toronto-kelly-olynyk-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raptors, Kelly Olynyk agree to $26.25 million contract extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kelly_Olynyk_Toronto_agree_to_26.25_million_contract_extension.webp"></figure><h1>Raptors, Kelly Olynyk agree to $26.25 million contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-04T14:50:19-08:00">March 4th, 2:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-04T15:05:28-08:00">March 4th, 3:05pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors and Kelly Olynyk are <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1764783096455475480" rel="noopener">reportedly in agreemen</a>t on a two-year, $26.25 million contract extension, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. This contract was the max that Olynyk could extend on, per Wojnarowski as well.</p><p>The 32-year-old was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-jazz-raptors-4-player-trade-featuring-kelly-olynyk" rel="noopener">acquired by Toronto</a> after playing his first 50 games of the 2023-24 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-kelly-olynyk-shares-classy-farewell-message-to-utah-after-trade-to-raptors" rel="noopener">campaign with the Utah Jazz</a>. He has primarily came off the bench this season, but has found success in that role.</p><p>Overall, Olynyk is averaging 8.3 points per game on 54.2 percent field goal and 39.8 percent three-point shooting. Olynyk doesn’t take many shots from beyond the arc, but he’s making each attempt count. Additionally, Olynyk is averaging 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per outing between the Jazz and Raptors.</p><p>He has played in the NBA since 2013. For the most part, with a few exceptions, Olynyk has spent the majority of his career coming off the bench. It’s a role where he’s found success. He should also be able to help the Raptors’ younger players in their progression moving forward.</p><p>Olynyk will be an important player in Toronto over the next couple of years.</p><h2><b>Raptors’ outlook amid forgettable 2023-24 season</b></h2><p>Toronto currently holds a 23-38 record this season. The Raptors have consistently underperformed. As a result, key players such as Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby were moved prior to the NBA trade deadline.</p><p>Toronto is rebuilding. They are set to rely on younger players and impactful veterans who can utilize their experience and help amid the rebuild.</p><p>The Raptors would obviously love to bounce back in 2024-25, but it may take a few years for the team to emerge as a contender once again. Their performance in the draft, free agency, and trades will play a pivotal role in determining how long the rebuild lasts. Simply being able to develop players will also be of the utmost importance.</p><p>It will be intriguing to see how Kelly Olynyk fits into their plans moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raptors, Kelly Olynyk agree to $26.25 million contract extension

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jazz-news-kelly-olynyk-shares-classy-farewell-message-to-utah-after-trade-to-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kelly Olynyk shares classy farewell message to Jazz after trade to Raptors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jazz_news__Kelly_Olynyk_shares_classy_farewall_message_to_Utah_after_trade_to_Raptors.webp"></figure><h1>Kelly Olynyk shares classy farewell message to Jazz after trade to Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-13T19:22:53-08:00">February 13th, 7:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-13T19:22:53-08:00">February 13th, 7:22pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors were one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-nets-raptors-trade-spencer-dinwiddie-dennis-schroder" rel="noopener">most active teams</a> at the NBA trade deadline. They even kicked off the trade season with the OG Anunoby trade in late December. One of the teams who served as a trade partner with the Raptors was the Utah Jazz. The Jazz acquired Kira Lewis Jr. and Otto Porter from the Raptors in exchange for Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji. Olynyk had been a popular player among Jazz fans and even though he’s going to his home country Raptors, he <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyOlynyk/status/1757592510719816183" rel="noopener">penned a nice farewell</a> to the organization on Tuesday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thank You Utah 💜🎷🎵 <a href="https://t.co/GgjeyrOBBY">pic.twitter.com/GgjeyrOBBY</a></p><p>— Kelly Olynyk (@KellyOlynyk) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyOlynyk/status/1757592510719816183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kelly Olynyk played for the Jazz for one and a half seasons. He was acquired by the Jazz in a trade with the Detroit Pistons ahead of the the 2022-23 season. Over the course of his time with the Jazz, Olynyk averaged 10.6 points per game, 5.7 rebound and 4.0 assists with splits of 51.9 percent shooting from the field, 40.3 percent shooting from the three point line and 77.5 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>Kelly Olynyk has played in two games for the Raptors so far and has averaged 14.0 points per game, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.0 steals with splits of 50 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent shooting from the three point line and 100 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>Olynyk began his NBA career with the Boston Celtics as the No. 13 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Throughout his 11 year career, he’s also played for the Miami Heat and Houston Rockets in addition to the Raptors, Jazz and Pistons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kelly Olynyk shares classy farewell message to Jazz after trade to Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-kelly-olynyks-1-beautiful-wish-after-trade-to-toronto');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kelly Olynyk’s 1 beautiful wish after trade to Raptors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kelly_Olynyk_s_1_beautiful_wish_after_trade_to_Toronto.webp"></figure><h1>Kelly Olynyk’s 1 beautiful wish after trade to Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-09T18:37:26-08:00">February 9th, 6:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-09T19:12:27-08:00">February 9th, 7:12pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors were one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-nets-raptors-trade-spencer-dinwiddie-dennis-schroder" rel="noopener">most active teams</a> at the NBA Trade Deadline. Even before the trade deadline, the Raptors got the trade season off to a bang when they shipped OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks and Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers. One of the moves the Raptors made at the deadline was to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-jazz-raptors-4-player-trade-featuring-kelly-olynyk" rel="noopener">acquire Canada native Kelly Olynyk</a> from the the Utah Jazz. During his introductory media availability, Olynyk was ecstatic to be a Raptor and let it be known via Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports that he wants to <a href="https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1756098065331601643" rel="noopener">finish his career</a> as a Raptor.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kelly Olynyk: “I would love to be here for the rest of my career if that plays out.”</p><p>— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) <a href="https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1756098065331601643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kelly Olynyk grew up a Raptors fan and both his parents worked for the organization with his mom as a scorekeeper and his dad on one of the team’s coaching staffs. The former No. 13 overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Olynyk began his NBA career with the Boston Celtics were he played for four seasons.</p><p>Olynyk signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat during the 2017 offseason and he played for the team for three and a half seasons, helping them to the 2020 NBA Finals. He’s also played for the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets and most recently the Utah Jazz.</p><p>This season, Olynyk suited up in 50 games, including eight starts for the Jazz. He had been averaging 8.1 points per game, 5.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists with splits of 56.2 percent shooting from the field, 42.9 percent shootings from the 3-point line and 84.2 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kelly Olynyk’s 1 beautiful wish after trade to Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-jazz-raptors-4-player-trade-featuring-kelly-olynyk');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading the Jazz-Raptors 4-player trade featuring Kelly Olynyk');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grading-the-jazz-raptors-4-player-trade-featuring-kelly-olynyk.webp"></figure><h1>Grading the Jazz-Raptors 4-player trade featuring Kelly Olynyk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-08T08:55:54-08:00">February 8th, 8:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-08T11:56:05-08:00">February 8th, 11:56am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024 NBA <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/everything-to-know-about-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">trade deadline</a> is here, and deals are starting to fly in like crazy across the league. One of the more <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-kelly-olynyk-raptors-trade-deadline-deal" rel="noopener">surprising deals</a> of the morning saw the Toronto Raptors pick up Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agabji from the Utah Jazz in exchange for Otto Porter Jr., Kira Lewis Jr., and a 2024 first-round pick.</p><p>While the Jazz were known to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-warriors-linked-to-kelly-olynyk-as-trade-deadline-approaches" rel="noopener">exploring deals</a> for Olynyk, the fact that the Raptors were the ones that managed to pick him up was a bit surprising. Either way, with the deal now in the books, let’s take a closer look at the return for both teams, and hand out some final grades to each squad as well.</p><h2><b>Raptors get: C Kelly Olynyk, G Ochai Agabji</b></h2><h2><b>Jazz Get: F Otto Porter Jr., G Kira Lewis Jr., 2024 1st-round pick</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jazz_news_Utah_sends_Kelly_Olynyk_to_Raptors_in_4-player_trade_deadline_deal.webp"></figure><p>Olynyk is the biggest piece of this deal, so it’s best to look at the Raptors return first here. Viewed as one of the top big man trade targets at the deadline, Olynyk adds spacing from the center position when he’s on the floor, while also playing solid interior defense as well. Olynyk’s shooting has been lights out this season (8.1 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 4.4 APG, 56.2 FG%, 42.9 3P%), so it’s not surprising that he had a lot of suitors.</p><p>When you consider that Olynyk’s minutes had been cut pretty significantly from last season, it made sense for Utah to get rid of him. With bigger minutes, Olynyk should be able to thrive as a stretch big whose playmaking has also continued to improve as he’s gotten older. On a Raptors team that has been selling away some big pieces, there’s no question Olynyk will have minutes on his new team.</p><p>In addition to Olynyk, Toronto landed Agbaji, who was taken with the 14th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. Agbaji has flashed his potential early on in his career, but his numbers are down from last season (5.4 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 0.9 APG, 42.6 FG%), and the Jazz apparently decided it was time to cut ties with him.</p><p>It’s not that Olynyk or Agbaji are bad players, but the trade as a whole for Toronto is confusing. They have already gotten rid of Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby this year, so they are unquestionably selling. And yet, they decided to pick up Olynyk, one of the top big man trade targets, in a move that a buyer would typically make.</p><p>Landing Agbaji and giving him minutes is a good idea, but there’s no doubt this is a bit of a head-scratching move by the Raptors. Maybe they will make some more deals before the deadline to make this clearer, but as of right now, it’s tough to see how this trade actually makes their team better moving forward.</p><p><b>Final Grade: C+</b></p><p>The Jazz have been intent on selling off some of their spare parts to aid their rebuilding-on-the-fly efforts, and after getting an iffy return for Simone Fontecchio on Wednesday, they did better here with Olynyk. Giving up on Agbaji felt a bit premature, but his path to minutes was a bit too crowded, so it’s not the end of the world to send him to Toronto with Olynyk.</p><p>The return for Utah is going to be highlighted by the first-round pick they got, as that adds to what is becoming an increasingly impressive haul of picks. Chances are it’s not going to be an outrageously high pick, but it could be used in another move to help the Jazz bring more talent to Utah.</p><p>Porter has only played in 15 games this season, and while his numbers aren’t impressive by any stretch of the imagination (2.6 PPG, 1.9 APG, 1.5 RPG, 42.4 FG%), he’s a strong two-way wing who has championship experience after winning the 2022 NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors. Porter could get moved again before the deadline, but if he stays put, he could be a helpful piece of Utah’s rotation.</p><p>Lewis, who was the 13th overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft, hasn’t really panned out so far in his career, and his addition in this deal doesn’t really move the needle. He’s still just 22 years old, so the potential is still there, but there’s no doubt he’s a downgrade from Agbaji, who just sent away to Toronto.</p><p>It’s not a mind-boggling trade, but it’s tough to look at this deal and not view the Jazz as the winner. Whereas the Raptors are seemingly running in circles trying to figure out what to do, the Jazz are continuing to build for the future, while also piecing together a decent team on the court currently. This move isn’t going to win them a title, but it’s a shrewd piece of business that falls in line with their deadline day strategy, which is something that the Raptors cannot necessarily say they did on the other end of this deal.</p><p><b>Final Grade: </b><b>B</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
6.9	4.7	2.3	0.3	1.3

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