The Hornets and Jazz got ahead of free agency by agreeing to swap Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick for Jusuf Nurkic.

The Utah Jazz are trading Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Jusuf Nurkic, a deal first reported by Shams Charania of ESPN and subsequently confirmed by other reports.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Sunday that the Utah Jazz were sending guard Collin Sexton and a 2031 second-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for big man Jusuf Nurkic. Sexton is now set to lineup alongside LaMelo Ball and newly drafted Kon Kneuppel in the Hornets lineup.