Jazz guard Trey Alexander, who recently signed a two-way contract with the team, was taken off the court on a stretcher in the fourth quarter of Monday’s night game vs. Chicago.
As a report from The Associated Press details, Alexander made contact with Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson during a drive to the basket and immediately began grabbing at his side or abdomen before falling to the floor in a great deal of pain. The Jazz have yet to provide any formal updates on Alexander’s status.
In other Jazz injury news, back spasms have been a recurring issue this month for second-year swingman Ace Bailey, notes Sarah Todd of The Deseret News. After missing most of the Salt Lake City Summer League as a result of back spasms, Bailey sat out the first game of the Las Vegas Summer League last week and then left Sunday’s contest early.
“It’s a worry,” Jazz coach Steve Wojciechowski said after Sunday’s game. “He said he felt good this morning in shootaround, but (his back) was acting up during the game. He wasn’t moving great, so we decided (to) sit him.”
As Todd writes, it seems likely that the 19 minutes that Bailey played in the first game in Salt Lake City and his eight minutes on Sunday will make up the entirety of the 19-year-old’s 2026 Summer League run.
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