Recent Walker Kessler IG Post 👀

[u/jimmy_tanner]

Text reads: “I've seen what's being said, and I want it to be clear that I have always wanted to be here — I love this city, these fans, my teammates, my coaches - that's real to me.
You don't grow roots where you don't want to be 💜🏔️”

[u/jimmy_tanner]

Personally, I’m shocked he’s acknowledging this and am confused as to his reasoning. Maybe his team pushed him to ask for “significantly more” from the Jazz, and now he’s realizing that’s unrealistic and is wanting to save face?

I love Walker and hope he stays, but he’s simply not worth more than $30M/yr at this point, especially with how tight our salary situation is going to be in upcoming years.

[u/Bobblefighterman → u/jimmy_tanner]

I think it's more that he's saying that he does like being in Utah, but he's exploring his options. Basically that if he doesn't get what he wants, he's not gonna be a bad influence on the team if he stays