‘Damage feels like it’s done’ with Bailey in Utah

Dan Patrick and co. react to Ace Bailey being introduced in Utah over the weekend and his comments about whether he considered not joining the Jazz.

June 30, 2025 11:15 AM

Dan Patrick and co. react to Ace Bailey being introduced in Utah over the weekend and his comments about whether he considered not joining the Jazz.

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Bill Simmons Blasts Danny Ainge and Utah Jazz for Trading Away Collin Sexton

Following a trade that sent Collin Sexton and a second round draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic fueled confusion and frustration sports commentator Bill Simmons.

Bill Simmons Blasts Danny Ainge and Utah Jazz for Trading Away Collin Sexton originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

In a scathing take that has ignited NBA Twitter, sports pundit Bill Simmons has unleashed his frustration over the Utah Jazz’s recent trade of guard Collin Sexton to the Charlotte Hornets for center Jusuf Nurkic.

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Posted on Sunday afternoon, Simmons’ tweet (@BillSimmons) declared, “This trade makes ZERO SENSE for Utah which means there has to be a much-bigger trade coming.”

His skepticism targets Jazz president Danny Ainge, questioning the strategic logic behind swapping a dynamic young scorer for an aging big man.

Simmons’ critique hinges on Sexton’s proven value—averaging 18.4 points and 4.2 assists last season—against Nurkic’s perceived decline, especially as the Jazz rebuild with rookies like Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr.

Fans and analysts echo his confusion, with some suggesting the move clears minutes or signals a tanking strategy to protect a future draft pick owed to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Mar 10, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton (2) controls the ball while Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday (4) defends during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images © Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images

Mar 10, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton (2) controls the ball while Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday (4) defends during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images © Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images

Others speculate a larger deal looms, potentially involving key assets like forward Lauri Markkanen and center Walker Kessler.

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The trade, first reported by Shams Charania also included a 2030 second-round pick heading to the Hornets, further fueling Simmons’ dismay.

He implies Ainge’s once-celebrated executive acumen, honed with the Boston Celtics, may be waning, a sentiment amplified by Utah’s 17-65 record last season.

Replies to Simmons’ post range from memes mocking Ainge to theories of Kessler heading to the Lakers, underscoring the trade’s polarizing impact.

As the NBA offseason heats up, Simmons’ bold stance has set the stage for intense scrutiny of Ainge’s next moves.

Whether this trade is a misstep or a masterstroke remains unclear, but for now, the Jazz and their embattled president are under the microscope.

Related: Alabama Commit Makes Major Recruiting Announcement

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Ace Bailey ‘blessed’ to be in Utah with Jazz

If there were any doubts Ace Bailey was happy to be the fifth overall pick in the NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, he put those notions to rest, assuring everyone at his introductory press conference that …

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – If there were any doubts Ace Bailey was happy to be the fifth overall pick in the NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, he put those notions to rest, assuring everyone at his introductory press conference that it was always his attention to show up on Sunday.

“No, not at all,” Bailey said. “I mean, I’m just blessed to be in this position. Not a lot of people can sit in these chairs and have great teammates as I’ve got that came with me. So I’m just glad to be here.”

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Bailey was struck by the beauty of the Wasatch mountains as he flew into town yesterday.

Jazz trade Collin Sexton for Jusuf Nurkić

“As soon as I got off the plane, I didn’t the mountains were real,” he said. “Seeing the scenery, being in a position to get off that plane, meeting the coaches, this is all great.”

Even though he’s just 18 years old, Bailey has immense talent. He averaged 17 points and 7 rebounds per game in his lone season at Rutgers. Bailey can score from all over the floor, and should bring athleticism and excitement to the team.

“I’ve got great energy,” Bailey said. “I can do everything, from rebounding from defense to scoring, to passing. I can bring it in a lot of different ways.”

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The Jazz traded up three spots to draft Walt Clayton Jr. with the 18th overall pick in the NBA Draft. Clayton was the Most Outstanding Player in the Final Four for national champion Florida. He said he’d like to be called Walt instead of Walter, but he’s not ready to take on the nickname “Walt Lake City” just yet.

“I got a little bit more work to put in before we start with that,” Clayton said with a laugh. “Obviously March Madness is a big stage, but this is an even bigger stage, the best basketball league ever. So I’m just thankful to be in this position and I’m ready to get to work.”

Jazz select Ace Bailey with #5 pick in NBA Draft

Clayton won 36 games with the Gators last year. The Jazz probably won’t win that many, but Clayton likes all the young talent.

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“I’ll be honest, I think we got a lot of great talent young here. I think once we mesh well, we’ll be able to put some wins in that column.”

In the second round, the Jazz took Wisconsin guard John Tonje, who torched Austin Ainge’s and Ryan Smith’s alma mater BYU for 37 points in his final college game in a loss to the Cougars in the NCAA Tournament.

“Yeah, I a couple of questions last night about BYU,” Tonje said. “I hate that I had to lose them, but, it’s all love now.”

All three will begin Summer League practice tomorrow, hoping to show the Jazz all they can do.

“Our goal as an organization is to just get players that love the game, that love to work, and obviously have the talent to go with that,” said Ainge, the Jazz President of Basketball Operations. “We think all three of these guys are just add to that list. We’re looking for the best combination of all the skills we can.”

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Jazz trade up to select Walton Clayton Jr.

The three draft picks will begin practice for Summer League Monday with the first Summer League game set to go Saturday night at the Huntsman Center.

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How Utah charter company American Preparatory Academy fiercely divided a Wyoming town in desperate need of a school

This gateway community to Jackson, Wyo., needed a school and Utah’s American Preparatory Academy was going to provide a K-8 charter. But the Utah company’s politics were too divisive.

Note to readers • This story has been edited by The Salt Lake Tribune for a Utah audience in collaboration with WyoFile.com, a Wyoming nonprofit newsroom.

Alpine, Wyo. • This bedroom community outside Jackson, Wyoming, has a grocery store, three banks, a brewery and medical center. But it doesn’t have a school.

The lack of options and the long commutes for education are a source of frustration for families in this growing town of 1,220, where many parents spend their days working in a town one to two hours’ drive from where their children are educated.

Relief appeared on the horizon when Wyoming approved a charter application for Utah-based American Preparatory Academy to operate a school.

But fast-forward several months and the charter school proposal has deeply divided the community.

Outcry over APA’s conservative values and history of lawsuits fueled months of debate before the Alpine Town Council stipulated the charter board select a new provider. Adding to the tension, landowners of a nearby airpark are leery about a school location that might sit in their flight path. Questions about precise school enrollment estimates, employment structure and the makeup of the school’s governing board remain unanswered as the town considers leasing its land to the school.

School proponents, meanwhile, say they need the town’s stamp of approval before they can nail down details — underscoring a chicken-and-egg conundrum that has swirled around the charter school proposal since its inception.

It’s a story shaped by factors that include rural challenges and the high cost of living in resort towns. It’s also one that could offer a cautionary tale of the stumbling blocks and lengthy process proponents might face as they work to open more charter schools in a state that is becoming friendlier to school choice.

In Alpine, the charter school proposal also has become a painful reminder of deep disagreements over how the town can best shape its future.

“It’s gutted us,” said Shay Scaffide, a real estate agent and mother who was motivated to run for Town Council by her interest in the school. She was elected in November.

A complication of geography

(Katie Klingsporn | WyoFile) Alpine, which sits near the Idaho border on the northern end of Star Valley, was incorporated in 1988.

Alpine butts up against the Idaho border where the Snake River flows into the southern foot of Palisades Reservoir. Along with bordering two bodies of water, the town is surrounded by mountainous national forest.

It’s relatively young among Wyoming towns; it wasn’t incorporated until 1988. But it’s grown substantially and has been one of the state’s fastest-growing communities in recent years.

Lifelong Alpine resident Dave Jenkins was born before it was incorporated. His father started a hardware business in Alpine and was instrumental in forming the fire department, EMS and a local church. The younger Jenkins has watched the community evolve drastically.

It’s always been a bedroom community for people who work in Jackson, Jenkins said, but he remembers when it was little more than a handful of homes, plus a gas station and bar. Today, neighborhoods near the reservoir house families, and residents and visitors can land and stow their aircraft in the Alpine Airpark. It’s plain to Jenkins why more people are moving here.

“We have three rivers, a beautiful lake, the mountains,” he said. “It’s just an awesome place to live if you like the outdoors.”

(Katie Klingsporn | WyoFile)
Kelly Shackelford and Dave Jenkins, two proponents of a charter school in Alpine, stand in April at the site of town property they hope to lease for the school.

Alpine also technically sits at the northern tip of Star Valley — a scenic and sparsely populated landscape settled by Mormons in the late 1870s.

That puts Alpine inside the boundaries of Lincoln County School District 2, which operates schools in Etna, Osmond, Thayne, Afton and farther south in Cokeville.

As a kid and then a parent in Alpine, Jenkins experienced firsthand the hardships involved with having a school so far from home. Kids leave the house before 7 a.m. and, depending on after-school activities, often don’t return until after dinnertime.

“It’s a long day,” he said. “It’s an hour there, an hour back. Sometimes you get home, and then have to go back again for something else.”

The grueling schedule puts Alpine kids at a disadvantage, he said, especially the youngest students. “Your 5-year-old is changing buses in the middle of the winter, in the dark, in Etna, and then getting on another bus to go on to Thayne.”

He also thinks a school is crucial for Alpine to be a sustainable and well-rounded community.

“You hear multiple times where people move here, they get kids, the kids get of age and either they move to Afton or Victor/Driggs or somewhere else” that has a school, he said. A school would root people into Alpine, he said.

Jenkins was among a group of citizens who joined forces with a common goal for a school. He was so motivated that he ran for the LCSD2 school board. He was elected in 2022 with the express goal of bringing a school to Alpine. But he soon discovered that going through traditional public school channels would take many years.

Jenkins and others didn’t want to wait years. They began exploring other options.

School dreams

(Katie Klingsporn | WyoFile) A Lincoln County School District 2 bus driving an early morning route in Alpine in April.

Alpine resident Eric Green commuted to Jackson five days a week when his children were in LCSD2 schools, and he knows firsthand what a headache it can be. When he was elected Alpine mayor in 2022, one of the first things he did was initiate a conversation with district officials about a school in Alpine.

Green also initiated the Alpine Public Education Committee which ultimately decided that the charter option was its best bet for success.

A charter school is a tuition-free public school that is run independently. In Wyoming, these were traditionally approved through school districts. In 2023, however, the Wyoming Legislature created a state charter authorizing board as another avenue for charters to emerge. That board was empowered to approve three charters, which it did for schools in Cheyenne, Chugwater and Casper.

By the time school advocates decided to pursue a charter for Alpine, the state board did not have the authority to approve another charter until 2026. The Alpine group hired an education consultant to work with lawmakers, and they helped pass legislation that enabled one Western Wyoming charter school to be authorized in 2024, which meant a spot was open for Alpine.

The Alpine group set out to select a school provider. Wyoming doesn’t have any charter providers, so they looked out of state and — with the recommendation of Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, and support of Sen. Dan Dockstader, R-Afton — settled on Utah’s American Preparatory Academy to move forward with the application.

APA, which operates nine charter schools in Utah, touts its program as a “classical education charter school focusing on academic rigour and character development.” Its students wear uniforms, learn cursive from a young age and study Latin. It boasts a structured and patriotic environment that pushes kids to want to excel on their own.

The Alpine charter board, joined by APA’s founder, Carolyn Sharette, held public information sessions last summer before undergoing the application process with the state.

In the end, Alpine won out over another application from Cody.

The authorizing board approved the K-8 school charter in October with several conditions including that the charter board add a member who is a K-12 expert and that the head of school report to the school board rather than the APA.

“So we got the charter,” Jenkins said. “We thought that would be the hard part.”

Sentiment splits

Support dominated the tenor of early town meetings on the possibility of a charter school.

Jennifer Wilhite stood at the lectern during a September meeting to explain how, after 27 years, she had sold her home in Jackson and moved her family to Alpine. But getting her kids to the bus at 6:50 a.m. every day “was challenging, to say the least.” So challenging that she went to the trouble to build a house in Etna and move her family again to be close to that school. She still dreams of settling in Alpine. “I am 100% for this charter school,” she said.

At that same meeting, Alpine resident, parent and elementary school teacher Jennifer Baki said she sees how the grueling schedule impacts students’ ability to learn, especially the youngest ones. “They come to school so exhausted,” she said.

There were voices of concern about American Preparatory Academy, however, including from members of the mayor’s education committee. Jordan Kurt Mason, a Jackson teacher, warned about “dog whistles to a far-right political stance,” such as an American Preparatory Academy blog post specifying that teaching Critical Race Theory at a K-12 level is indoctrinational.

Heather Goodrich was another member of the committee. Because she is a teacher in Jackson, Goodrich has been able to enroll and take her children to school in Teton County School District 1. But she wanted Alpine to have a school of its own. She even dreamed of working for it, she said.

However, she was troubled by the APA’s rhetoric and what she sees as language coded toward far-right and white nationalist views. Soon after the committee began to explore the charter school option, Goodrich said she started feeling like the plan was predetermined, which she didn’t like.

When she and others tried to explore other charter providers, she said, they were shot down and “gaslit” with the message that APA was the only option. But the more she learned about APA, the more opposed she became. She discovered a host of concerns regarding lawsuits, pedagogy, alleged racism and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, she said.

“It’s very clear that this is a very right-leaning school,” Goodrich said.

In Alpine, criticism began to grow louder. Meetings grew more contentious, with accusations flying about conflicts of interest and complaints that the state’s and town’s school conditions weren’t being met. Both sides felt attacked.

(Katie Klingsporn | WyoFile) Real estate agent and Alpine Town Council Member Shay Scaffide poses at her desk in Alpine on April 12, 2025.

“It just feels like this snowball,” said town council member Scaffide, who was among critics. “Every time we have actual facts to say, ‘this isn’t a good idea,’ we are made to look like we’re anti-school.” There were also too many outstanding questions around how the school would be funded and how students would be served, she said.

In a written response signed by the Alpine Charter Board, the group aimed to dispel many of the criticisms about APA.

“There have been significant rumors, inaccurate statements, and baseless lies being spread around our community about the Alpine Charter School project, and the proposed Education Service Provider, American Preparatory Academy,” the group wrote, adding that a group of community individuals “are actively engaged in an attempt to discredit this school and kill the opportunity for Alpine to finally obtain a public, community school.”

That didn’t mollify those concerned that APA was a bad fit for Alpine.

‘Are you with us or not?’

(Katie Klingsporn | WyoFile) Water fowl dot the surface of Palisades Reservoir near Alpine in April 2025.

Those concerns spilled into town council meetings over the winter and spring when the charter board asked to lease town land for the school. The land in question sits near the south end of the reservoir, and town council members expressed caution of promising away too much without certain guarantees.

Mayor Green noted during a meeting that despite the need that everyone agrees is there, something this monumental cannot be rushed.

“This is probably the biggest decision that’s happened [in Alpine] in the last 30 years,” he said. “And I don’t take that lightly.”

In December, the council presented the charter board with a list of demands including a roster of the fundraising foundation’s board and any contracts with APA and projected enrollment.

Following that meeting, the apparently discouraged charter board pursued purchasing a private parcel for the school. Charter investor and developer Steven Funk told a local radio program that “lawsuit threats, coercion, lies” had seeped into the process and he feared they would “lose this at the town level” due to the obstacles being put in the way.

Then, in March, a hasty town council meeting was convened. The charter board had an unexpected opportunity to purchase modular buildings for the school, but faced a tight purchase deadline. The board wanted to know if the town would lease it the property.

The opportunity was too good to pass up, Jenkins told the room. He repeatedly urged the council’s support.

“If we lose these modulars, I don’t know how we’re going to do it,” he said. “Are you with us or not? That’s kind of what we’re saying to the town council tonight.”

Frustrations boiled over, and decorum eroded as people shouted over one another and demanded to make public comment. The town attorney brought up a new letter from the airpark giving notice that the proposed location is in its unpublished flight path — basically the ground zone of aircraft trajectories. He called it a litigation threat. Tensions were thick.

In the end, the council passed a measure directing Mayor Green to work with the charter group and the airpark to find a property that works for all parties.

Around this time, a 2024 court document surfaced from a Utah civil lawsuit, finding that APA founder Sharette defrauded her sister when the latter was cognitively impaired from a health condition, among other fraudulent actions. The sister, Laura Campbell, co-founded APA with Sharette. The case is in settlement, according to sources.

Then, in May, the town issued a new lease stipulation for the charter board: select a different provider.

Days later, the charter board began talks with Academica, a service provider to the Wyoming Classical Academy in Casper and Cheyenne Classical Academy. The Alpine charter group hopes to amend its charter application to reflect a new provider. Academica can still offer the classical style of education, Jenkins said.

On Tuesday, town council passed a motion to enter into a temporary lease agreement with the Alpine Education Foundation, clearing another hurdle to opening the charter school.

A town ‘fractured’

What began as a lofty goal for the kids of Alpine has put the community’s adults through a stressful and acrimonious process. It’s not over yet, but those involved hope the provider change will smooth some of the edges.

“I’m really relieved they’re moving away from APA,” Goodrich said. She hasn’t had a chance to look into Academica carefully, but said she has general concerns “about the charter school movement and diverting public funds away from public schools to private entities.”

Still, she is hopeful the latest development leads to more open conversations, she said.

The charter board fought for APA for a long time, Jenkins said, so pivoting wasn’t easy. But the piece of town land is critical for a school, and the charter board was willing to make this concession if it meant a school was possible, he said.

Councilwoman Scaffide also hopes the new provider represents a turning point toward a better process. She still has concerns about tying up valuable town land and the unanswered enrollment and budget questions, however. “What’s so hard at the end of the day is it’s so divided,” she said.

The Alpine charter board originally envisioned opening the school to students this fall. That was revised to fall of 2026, and the group is still aiming at that ambitious goal, Jenkins said.

“We’re very hopeful,” he added. “Alpine needs relief.”

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Get to know the Mammoth’s newest draft picks: ‘I’m so happy with Utah’

After taking center Caleb Desnoyers fourth overall in the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday night, the Utah Mammoth welcomed six new players on Saturday.

After taking center Caleb Desnoyers fourth overall in the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday night, the Utah Mammoth welcomed six new players on Saturday.

The second through seventh rounds were hosted at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater. The Mammoth had the following picks: 46 (second round), 78 (third round), 110 (fourth round), 142 (fifth round), 174 (sixth round) and 182 (sixth round) — which they traded their 2026 sixth-round pick to the Nashville Predators to get. Utah did not have a pick in the seventh round.

Here is everything you need to know about who the Mammoth selected on the final day of the draft:

Max Pšenička — 46th overall (second round)

Max Pšenička is a 6-foot-5, 185-pound defenseman from Czechia. The 18-year-old finished last season in the Western Hockey League with the Portland Winterhawks and had seven points (one goal, six assists) in 24 games. Pšenička started the year with HC Plzeň U20 for 20 games (had three goals, eight assists) and then moved up to play with the senior HC Plzeň team (in the top league in Czechia). Pšenička also represented his home country at the U18 international tournament, logging six points (two goals, four assists) in 10 games.

“It means a lot to me. It was an amazing experience for me to get drafted — especially to Utah which I really like,” Pšenička said. “It’s been amazing and I’m so happy with Utah.”

The Mammoth traded Michael Kesselring to the Buffalo Sabres earlier this week as part of the J.J. Peterka deal and Pšenička — while he will take some time to develop — fills the profile that Utah lost. Both Kesselring and Pšenička are right-shot defensemen and 6-foot-5. Pšenička described himself as a two-way blueliner who wants to work on his offensive game, too, like Kesselring.

“For me, I think I’m a two-way D. I think I can do a lot of stuff on both sides of the ice. I’m really trying to get into the rush up the zone — offensive style. But also I think I’m a really good D in the defensive zone and trying to be really good on both sides,” Psenicka said. “Good skater, I think. Good hockey IQ.”

Utah’s director of amateur scouting Darryl Plandowski and associate director of amateur scouting Ryan Jankowski said they were excited when Pšenička was still available.

“He tickled a couple of different areas because he started the year in the Czech Republic and then came back and finished his year in Portland,” Jankowski said. “When our scout in the Czech Republic and our scouts in the West both liked him — now it actually creates a little bit more excitement around the staff when you pick that player.”

Štěpán Hoch — 78th overall (third round)

Štěpán Hoch is a 6-foot-4, 192-pound left wing from Czechia. He played for HC Motor České Budějovice U20 for 30 games last season — and had 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists) — before moving up to the senior team for 25 games (had one goal, two assists). The 18-year-old skated for Czechia at both the U19 and U20 international tournaments and posted a combined seven goals in 20 cumulative games.

“We want to have size in our lineup but we always try to take the best player available,” Plandowski said. “Always make sure he has talent, always make sure he can skate, always make sure he has the ability to get bigger and stronger.”

Yegor Borikov — 110th overall (fourth round)

Yegor Borikov is a 6-foot, 181-pound right wing from Belarus. The 19-year-old played in the Kontinental Hockey League last season with Dinamo Minsk and had 25 points (12 goals, 13 assists) in 67 games. Borikov tied Evgeny Kuznetsov for the most goals scored in a single KHL playoff run among U20 players with seven this year. He is also teammates with forward Vadim Moroz, who was a third-round pick of the Arizona Coyotes (now Utah Mammoth) in the 2023 NHL Draft.

(Utah Mammoth) Darryl Plandowski (left) and Ryan Jankowski (right) speak to media at the 2024 NHL Draft. June, 2024.

The Mammoth went heavy on international players this year (including Borikov) and their staff felt confident about the picks because of the work — and miles flown — they had put in.

“We have equal representation really everywhere around the world,” Jankowski said. “We have two scouts in Ontario, we have four scouts in Europe, three scouts in the United States, two scouts in western Canada. Our European scouts are just as critical to the process as our North American scouts.”

Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko — 142nd overall (fifth round)

Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound goaltender who is from Russia. The 18-year-old was in the MHL — the junior league of the KHL — with Tolpar Ufa last season. Tkach-Tkachenko had a 2.99 goals against average and a .908 save percentage in 40 games.

“Ivan we just saw in Florida last week at a camp put on by his agency. He is very raw but he has a lot of athleticism, a lot of passion. He’s a great young man,” Jankowski said. “And it’s just going to take some time for him to develop but we feel he has the right mentality, the right mindset, the right attributes to develop into a goalie potentially down the road for us.”

Tkach-Tkachenko adds some depth to Utah’s pool of goalie prospects which Michael Hrabal (2023 second-round pick) leads.

Ludvig Johnson — 174th overall (sixth round)

Ludvig Johnson is a 6-foot, 181-pound defenseman. The 18-year-old, who has a left shot, started last season with EV Zug U20 (in his native Switzerland) and had 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in 14 games. He then moved to the senior EV Zug team where he had 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 31 games.

Reko Alanko — 182nd overall (sixth round)

Reko Alanko is a 6-foot-5, 201-pound defenseman from Finland who the Mammoth acquired via a trade. Utah dealt the Nashville Predators their sixth-round pick in 2026 to get the 182 slotting.

“There’s always players that you like,” Jankowski said. “And with [general manager] Bill Armstrong being in this chair before, he understands that there’s a player that the scouts really want as the draft is going on. Maybe they’re not slipping to you but you always have a passion for a player.”

Alanko played for Jokerit U18 at the beginning of last season and had 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 33 games before playing for Jokerit U20 where he had two assists in 13 games. The 17-year-old has a right shot.

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Former Utah Jazz Veteran Speaks Out on Ace Bailey Situation

But now, it becomes time to help Bailey truly embrace Utah as he place he wants to be moving forward. And in the eyes of former Jazz veteran Derrick Favors, if the Rutgers wing gi …

But now, it becomes time to help Bailey truly embrace Utah as he place he wants to be moving forward. And in the eyes of former Jazz veteran Derrick Favors, if the Rutgers wing gi …

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Child sex abuse videos allegedly found on Utah school director’s phone leads to arrest of CT man

Authorities alleged that he recorded videos involving in the sexual abuse of a toddler and shared them through the Telegram application.

A Connecticut man faces federal charges after authorities said they were allegedly able to tie him to videos discovered during an investigation in Utah that showed a man sexually abusing a child.

Carlos Inesti, 29, of West Haven was arrested Thursday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.

According to authorities, FBI agents arrested a charter school director in Utah in April after allegedly finding him with child sexual abuse materials. An analysis of a cell phone that was seized allegedly revealed videos of a man who was engaged in sexual contact with a toddler-aged girl, officials said.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the man in the videos was identified as Inesti. Authorities further allege that Inesti had recorded the videos and shared them through the Telegram application.

Inesti appeared Thursday in federal court in New Haven where he was released on a $100,000 bond into home detention with location monitoring, officials said. He is prohibited from accessing the Internet and having any contact with minors while the charges are pending.

The charges Inesti faces carry a combined maximum of 50 years in prison. One offense also includes a minimum of 15 years behind bars, and the other carries a five-year minimum mandatory sentence.

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