Utah Jazz Sign Taevion Kinsey To Two-Way Contract

The Utah Jazz have signed guard Taevion Kinsey to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.

Kinsey (6-5, 190, Marshall) appeared in 34 games (23 starts) for the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s G League affiliate, during the 2023-24 regular season, owning averages of 11.8 points on 59.7 percent from the field and leading the league with 51.1 percent from three, also adding 3.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 30.8 minutes per contest. He was selected to compete in the G League Slam Dunk Contest at the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis, where he earned second place.

The Columbus, Ohio, native played five seasons at Marshall (2018-23), appearing in 154 games (130 starts), owning averages of 17.1 points on 50.7 percent from the field, along with 4.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.1 steals in 34.1 minutes per contest and left the school as its all-time leading scorer with 2,641 points. He was named the 2022-23 Sun Belt Player of the Year following his final college season, with averages of 22.1 points, 5.4 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.7 steals in 32 games (all starts) and was also named to the 2022-23 All-Sun Belt First Team. He competed for the Utah entries at 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League and NBA 2K24 Summer League.