The Utah Jazz are heading into the 2025-26 season with nine players on the roster from the last three NBA drafts. It’s an incredibly young team, and that’s by design.

“There’s no way that we’re going to be able to get to our ultimate goal of winning a championship if it’s not through a youth movement,” Jazz owner Ryan Smith said at media day on Monday. “And we’re pretty stoked on where it’s going, and it should be a really exciting season.”

There’s No. 5 overall pick Ace Bailey, rookies Walter Clayton Jr. and John Tonje, second-year players Cody Williams, Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski, and third-year hopefuls Taylor Hendricks, Keyonte George and Brice Sensabaugh.

But how will the Jazz decide who gets minutes and who plays together, especially considering the veterans on the roster?

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