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Jazz Nightly Desk · transactions · Friday, September 25

Jaelen House Joins Utah Jazz Roster

Free agent→Utah Jazz
Jaelen House
G · 25 · rookie
The move
Joins the Jazz
official roster · Sep 25, 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

Jaelen House is on the Utah Jazz roster as of Friday, September 25, per the official roster. The 25-year-old guard is a rookie with no NBA line from last season.

The move

Jaelen House, a 25-year-old guard, is on the Utah Jazz roster as of Friday, September 25, according to the official roster. He arrives from free agency, having not been on an NBA roster before now. No report preceded the move; none is logged for this transaction. House is a rookie, meaning he has no prior NBA regular-season line to point to before this roster spot.

The money

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

The fit

House has no NBA line from last season. At guard, Utah's returning rotation last season included Keyonte George at 33.1 minutes and 23.6 points, Kennedy Chandler at 32.3 minutes and 15.0 points, and Bez Mbeng at 32.8 minutes and 8.1 points. The Jazz roster now stands at 20 players, 15 on standard contracts plus three on two-way deals.

Is Jaelen House a rookie?

Yes, House is a rookie with no NBA line from last season.

What is Jaelen House's contract with the Jazz?

It is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Where was Jaelen House before joining the Jazz?

He came from free agency and was not on an NBA roster.

Did an injury report precede this move?

No, none is logged for this transaction.

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

tracker →
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.