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Jazz Nightly Desk · transactions · Wednesday, October 14

Chance Moore Joins the Utah Jazz

Free agent→Utah Jazz
Chance Moore
F · 23 · rookie
The move
Joins the Jazz
official roster · Oct 14, 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
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Jazz Nightly Desk · 2 h ago

Chance Moore is now on the Utah Jazz roster, the move detected from the official roster on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The 23-year-old forward comes in as a rookie with no NBA line from last season.

The move

Chance Moore, a 23-year-old forward, joins the Utah Jazz roster from free agency, with no prior NBA team on record. The move was detected from the official roster on Wed, Oct 14. No report preceded this transaction; it is not announced through any injury-report or league-source channel logged here.

The money

Moore's contract terms, including cap hit and years, are 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, putting the club over the salary cap of $165.0M but under the luxury tax line of $200.4M. Utah also sits below the first apron of $209.0M and the second apron of $221.7M.

The fit

Moore enters as a rookie with no NBA line from last season. At forward, Utah's rotation last season was led by Lauri Markkanen at 34.3 minutes and 26.7 points per game, with Ace Bailey logging 27.6 minutes and 13.8 points. The Jazz roster now stands at 21 players, above the standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

Did a report precede Chance Moore joining the Jazz?

No. There is no report logged ahead of this move; it was detected from the official roster.

What is Chance Moore's contract with the Jazz?

Not announced yet. His contract terms are not on file, which can happen when public salary data lags a signing by a day.

Did Chance Moore play in the NBA last season?

No. He has no NBA line from last season; he enters the league as a rookie.

Are the Jazz over the salary cap?

Yes. Utah's payroll is $181.9M across 15 contracts for 2026-27, above the $165.0M cap but below the $200.4M luxury tax line.

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.