The Utah Jazz have signed heart/ahead Kyle Filipowski.
Filipowski (7-0, 248, Duke) performed in eight video games (5 begins) for the Jazz on the 2024 Salt Lake Metropolis Summer season League and NBA 2K25 Summer season League in Las Vegas, proudly owning averages of 11.0 factors, 6.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steal in 22.2 minutes per contest. The Westtown, N.Y., native was drafted by the Jazz with the thirty second total choose within the second spherical of the 2024 NBA Draft.
Throughout his two-year collegiate profession, he performed in 72 video games (all begins), averaging 15.8 factors, 8.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.1 blocks in 29.8 minutes per contest. He was solely the seventh Duke participant prior to now 50 years to complete over 1,000 factors of their first two seasons.
As a sophomore through the 2023-24 season, he averaged 16.4 factors on 50.6 % from the sphere, together with 8.3 rebounds, and a pair of.8 assists in 36 video games, incomes Consensus 2023-24 All-American Second Workforce and All-ACC First Workforce honors. Throughout his first collegiate season in 2022-23, he recorded averages of 15.1 factors, 9.0 boards, and 1.6 assists in 36 video games, garnering 2022-23 All-ACC Second Workforce and All-ACC Freshman Workforce honors, in addition to being named the ACC’s Freshman of the 12 months and Rookie of the 12 months.
The 20-year-old completed his highschool profession at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., the place he was named the 2021 Massachusetts Gatorade Participant of the 12 months. He competed on the 2022 Jordan Model Traditional and Nike Hoop Summit following his highschool profession.
