The Utah Jazz have signed forward Jarrell Brantley to a 10-day contract.
Brantley (6-7, 250, Charleston) joins the Jazz most recently having played the 2022-23 season with the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL in Australia, where he appeared in 39 games (all starts), averaging 15.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.5 steals in 28.7 minutes per contest. The native of Charleston, S.C. has additional international experience playing with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United league in Russia and Leones de Ponce of the BSN in Puerto Rico during the 2021-22 campaign.
This marks Brantley’s second stint with the Jazz, having played with the club as a two-way player during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, appearing in 37 total games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.3 boards in 6.3 minutes per contest. With the Salt Lake City Stars in 2019-20, Brantley averaged 18.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per contest, earning All-NBA G League First Team honors.
Drafted in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft (50th overall) by the Pacers from the College of Charleston, Brantley was acquired via trade by the Jazz on draft night. He was a four-year collegiate player (2015-19), earning four-time All-CAA conference honors.
