{"id":900624,"date":"2026-09-18T16:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900624\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:10:50","slug":"reports-keyonte-george-agrees-to-five-year-extension-with-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900624\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Keyonte George agrees to five-year extension with Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1913516\" class=\"wp-image-1913516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/keyonte-george-1920-2246542501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1913516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following a breakout season in Utah, Keyonte George is reportedly signing a five-year extension with the Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>The Utah Jazz are locking in key pieces for the future. The Jazz and guard Keyonte George reportedly agreed to a five-year, $157.5 million rookie extension on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2100963589213307039?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a>.\u00a0The deal comes after a breakout season for George, the No. 16 pick from the 2023 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in: Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George has agreed on a five-year, $157.5 million rookie-scale contract extension with the franchise, sources tell me and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BannedMacMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BannedMacMahon<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cmS7utNPGH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cmS7utNPGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2100963589213307039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old George set career highs in multiple categories in 2025-26, averaging 23.6 points, 6.1 assists and 1.1 steals while shooting 45.6% from the field and 37.1% from deep, all career-best marks. He has increased his scoring and assist numbers across each of the first three seasons of his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>Securing a long-term deal with George ensures the Jazz continue to build on a strong collection of talent on the roster. George will be joined by 2026 No. 2 pick Darryn Peterson in the backcourt this season on a team that also features 2025 No. 5 pick Ace Bailey, former All-Star Lauri Markkanen and recent trade acquisition and former Kia Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a breakout season in Utah, Keyonte George is reportedly signing a five-year extension with the Jazz. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,311590,311589,311591,459,82],"class_list":["post-900624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-keyonte-george-contract","tag-keyonte-george-extension","tag-keyonte-george-jazz","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}