Las Vegas • Willie Reed is 29 years old. He’s appeared in 152 NBA games in his career. And because he’s hoping to add to that total, he’s playing for the Utah Jazz’s summer league team.
Reed has been around enough to know the situation he’s in. The 6-foot-10, 220-pound center knows the Jazz are well-set at his position with two-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and free-agent addition Ed Davis. He knows his summer league teammate, Tony Bradley, as a recent first-round pick with a guaranteed contract, has a lock on the third-string spot.