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Joel Bolomboy to play in D-League All-Star Game: The Jazz's contingent for All-Star Weekend grew on Thursday. Jazz draft pick and Salt Lake City Stars mainstay Joel Bolomboy has been selected as a replacement player and will participate in the D-League All-Star Game in New Orleans on Saturday. He joins Gordon Hayward (NBA All-Star Game, Skills Challenge) and Dante Exum and Trey Lyles (Rising Stars Challenge) in the Crescent City. -- The Salt Lake Tribune At All-Star break, Jazz need to rest and regroup for final push in playoff race: With a victory in hand and a week of vacation ahead, Rudy Gobert sat at his locker, patted his chest and announced his vacation plans with a smile. "I'm going to swim," he said. "I need some sun." The Jazz locker room cleared out quickly following Wednesday night's win over the Portland Trail Blazers, with players headed off to tropical destinations, home to be with family, or preparing for basketball's biggest party this weekend in New Orleans. -- The Salt Lake Tribune Utah Jazz analysis: Four things to consider as the trade deadline approaches: All but four NBA teams are officially on All-Star break (two games will be played Thursday night), and that means it’s time for trade season to kick into high gear. The trade deadline is a week from Thursday, and the Utah Jazz do not play again until next Friday on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks. Will there be any new faces in the Jazz’s lineup that night? -- Deseret News Utah Jazz: Joel Bolomboy named an NBA D-League All-Star: Joel Bolomboy is an All-Star. The former Weber State big man and 52nd overall pick of the Utah Jazz in last June's NBA draft who has spent much of the season playing for the NBA D-League's Salt Lake City Stars was named a D-League All-Star on Thursday. -- Deseret News
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