The Utah Jazz are going through a tough time. After calls around the league mounted against their tanking-adjacent practices, the league offices have hit them with massive fines, and now, star trade acquisition Jaren Jackson Jr.

While Walker Kessler has practically been out of sight and out of mind for Utah Jazz fans this year, sidelined for most of the 2025-26 NBA season with season-ending shoulder surgery, the Jazz and their big man enter a critical offseason this summer as he'll be set to go into restricted free agency.

According to Chris Haynes, the star forward might be on pace to miss the remainder of the 2025-2026 season, as he’s set to undergo surgery on his left knee. Per the report, a localized PVNS growth was discovered in Jackson’s left knee after the trade went down last week.

It was already a disastrous Thursday for the Utah Jazz long before the opening tip-off. By the time the final buzzer sounded, the Portland Blazers had simply added insult to a very expensive, painful injury.

SALT LAKE CITY — Jrue Holiday scored a season-high 31 points and Donovan Clingan added 23 points and 18 rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers beat Utah 135-119 on Thursday night — hours after the Jazz lost Jaren Jackson Jr. to knee surgery and were fined $500,000 by the NBA for sitting healthy stars.

Jrue Holiday recorded a season-best 31 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists while leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 135-119 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.

According to Tony Jones, who was on local Utah Radio, Sam Presti is the cause behind all of the problems and scrutiny of the Utah Jazz in hopes of getting the Thunder the Jazz’s top-8 protected pick.