Former Utah big man Jakob Poeltl is getting more minutes as the season has gone and he is showing that he deserves it. He scored a career-high 20 points in Salt Lake City against the Jazz.
Damian Lillard has led the Portland Trail Blazers to the top of the Western Conference with a 12-5 record and had a couple of great performances during the fifth week of the season.
A pair of former teammates at the University of Utah, Delon Wright and Kyle Kuzma faced each other with their NBA teams. Their individual performances were the best of the third week of the season.
The NBA season has arrived for four players with ties to the state of Utah. Former Ute Kyle Kuzma started his sophomore campaign with LeBron James on the Lakers roster.