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Jazz Nightly Desk · transactions · Thursday, September 24

Justin Harmon Joins the Utah Jazz

Free agent→Utah Jazz
Justin Harmon
G · 25 · rookie
The move
Joins the Jazz
official roster · Sep 24, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Jazz payroll
$181.9M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
20 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Jazz Nightly Desk · 1 h ago

Guard Justin Harmon is on the Utah Jazz roster as of Thursday, Sept. 24, arriving out of free agency. The 25-year-old rookie has no report logged ahead of the move and no NBA line from last season.

The move

Justin Harmon, a 25-year-old rookie guard, joins the Utah Jazz roster out of free agency, with no prior NBA team on file. The move was detected from the official roster on Thursday, Sept. 24. No injury report entry preceded the transaction; none is logged in connection with it. Harmon becomes the newest name on Utah's roster as the club fills out its group ahead of the 2026-27 season.

The money

Harmon's contract is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day. The Jazz carry a payroll of $181.9 million across 15 contracts for 2026-27, above the $165.0 million salary cap but below the $200.4 million luxury tax line. Utah also sits under the $209.0 million first apron and the $221.7 million second apron.

The fit

Harmon has no NBA line from last season. He joins a Jazz backcourt led by Keyonte George, who averaged 33.1 minutes and 23.6 points, and Kennedy Chandler, at 32.3 minutes and 15.0 points, with Bez Mbeng also logging 32.8 minutes. The Utah roster now stands at 20 players, 15 on standard contracts plus three two-way spots.

What is Justin Harmon's contract with the Jazz?

Not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Did an injury report precede the move?

No, none is logged in connection with the transaction.

How many players are on the Jazz roster now?

20 players: 15 on standard contracts plus three two-way deals.

By the Jazz Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Jazz rotation

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Lauri Markkanen34.3 min · 26.7 pts
Keyonte George33.1 min · 23.6 pts
Jaren Jackson Jr.30.3 min · 19.4 pts
Ace Bailey27.6 min · 13.8 pts
Jusuf Nurkic26.4 min · 10.9 pts
Isaiah Collier25.7 min · 11.7 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.