Jazz and Svi Mykhailiuk sign four-year, $15 million contract (only one year guaranteed)

This is an end-of-summer, end-of-the-bench move by the Jazz, but it was a good upside swing. This is also a case where the reported numbers are slightly different from how things can play out in reality.

Utah has agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract with Svi Mykhailiuk, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

The report isn’t wrong, it’s a four-year deal, but the first year of $3.5 million is the only one guaranteed, as Tony Jones of The Athletic noted. The deal gives Utah the option of an affordable depth player in future years, but someone they can move on from if they need roster space.

Mykhailiuk is a six-year NBA veteran who has been bouncing around, spending last season in Boston, where he earned a championship ring. He played in half of Boston’s regular-season games and eight playoff games, but in garbage time for a total of 32 minutes. He averaged four points per game when he played last season.

Mykhailiuk is a 6’7″ wing who can shoot the 3 (38.9% last season) and is fairly athletic. He’s a motion shooter who thrives off the ball, lives outside the arc (78.8% of his shot attempts were 3s last season), and isn’t a great defender. It’s possible he could see regular minutes on the wing in Utah, as he would bring floor spacing and solid veteran play to the role.

Mykhailiuk will have to fight for playing time in the 3/4 behind Lauri Markkanen, Taylor Hendricks, Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski and Brice Sensabaugh.