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Sunday marks the first time Jaden Springer could play against the Philadelphia 76ers as a member of the Utah Jazz. However, Springer’s availability is up in the air. According to the official NBA injury report,

Following All-Star Weekend, the Jazz rookie has logged a true shooting percentage of 67.2%, which places him ninth-best in the NBA for that stat during the stretch run of the season –– placing him behind stars like Tyrese Haliburton (77.7%), Stephen Curry (71.0), and MVP-frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (68.4).

The Philadelphia 76ers will host the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Both teams are planning for key absences. On Utah’s end, their lengthy injury report is headline

When the Jazz are referred to as a rebuilding team from those who are on the outside looking in, those who are on the inside are quick to make a correction to that narrative. The Jazz do not view the 2024-25 season as the third year of a rebuild. Instead, they see it as part of the teardown. In their eyes, the rebuild hasn’t started.

The first thoughts when assessing the tone of the Jazz have to be directed to their current roster. Utah is years removed from a real shot at competitive basketball. Positive progress will follow strong players, and at the moment, most of Utah's valuable pieces are either on rookie contracts, or were unmoved at the trade deadline.

This is Utah's fourth straight loss, and eighth defeat in the last 10 contests. Falling to another NBA loss leader -- and a very shorthanded one -- in Toronto, Utah dropped their 11th straight game on the road, making the Jazz winless since January 5th in any arena outside the Delta Center.

The Toronto Raptors will host the Utah Jazz in a cross-conference matchup on Friday's NBA schedule. Toronto is 20-42 overall and 13-19 at home, while Utah is 15-47 overall and 7-23 on the road. This is their first meeting of the season,

The Sixers have 20 games left in this mess of a season. The final crawl continues Sunday night when the Sixers host the Jazz, with both teams benefitting more from a hypothetical loss than a win.

Our NBA player props for March 9 target Andre Drummond, Kyle Filipowski, and Jaden McDaniels. “Capture the Flagg” draws attention to lopsided spreads. The Jazz being 6.5-point underdogs at Philadelphia garners that look, for example, or the Pelicans as double-digit home underdogs against the Grizzlies.