{"id":268359,"date":"2025-09-05T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/268359\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:36:22","slug":"utah-jazz-read-along-its-almost-midnight-keyonte-george-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/268359\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz Read-along: It\u2019s almost midnight, Keyonte George!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome, one and all, to a special edition of The Downbeat, here at SLC Dunk. I\u2019m glad to see some familiar faces in the crowd (you know who you are), because today we\u2019ll be reading a very important story about one of our favorite players on the Utah Jazz!<\/p>\n

Those of you who are advanced readers have likely already figured out who we\u2019re talking about: Keyonte George!<\/p>\n

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Now settle down, settle down. I\u2019m very excited to read this, too, but before we begin, I\u2019d like to share a bit about what makes this story so important to the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve all heard the expression that, unless you\u2019re Kawhi Leonard, money doesn\u2019t grow on trees. This is a universal truth about life in our world. If you want to be rewarded \u2014 or get paid, in this case \u2014 you need to do some hard work for it! Working hard and becoming better is what life is all about!<\/p>\n

For Keyonte George, getting better is going to be very important when it comes to getting a better salary and more success at his job, which is playing basketball with the Utah Jazz! Unfortunately, after several emails and a restraining order, Keyonte has declined an opportunity to join us for today\u2019s read-along of It\u2019s Almost Midnight, Keyonte George! It\u2019s okay, he\u2019s a very busy man, I already cried about it on the drive over here, and this book is still a few weeks away from topping the New York Times Bestseller list.<\/p>\n

But this book has it all: danger, challenges, and a great reward at the end! Keyonte has plenty to prove to his bosses at the Jazz. He needs to score more efficiently, turn the ball over less often, play better defense, and show everyone how much he\u2019s improved in this, his third year of NBA basketball. It\u2019s a daunting task for our hero, but I think he just might have enough heart to get the job done!<\/p>\n

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Be warned: I\u2019ve heard the illustrations within this book are so transcendent \u2014 so beautiful \u2014 that one can\u2019t help but weep in quiet solitude at their majesty. I hope you brought a pack of tissues; tears very well may be shed during this presentation.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s turn the page and begin our reading of: It\u2019s Almost Midnight, Keyonte George! by yours truly.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Almost Midnight, Keyonte George!\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

And that, dear audience, is the path to Keyonte\u2019s breakout season in 2025-26. If he follows those steps to the letter, there\u2019s no telling how far he \u2014 nay, the entire Utah Jazz organization \u2014 can soar. The sky is the limit for the dreamers who work hard to turn their vision into reality. Keyonte cannot miss his chance to shine.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019d like to pick up a copy of this work, I\u2019ll be holding a signing event following this readalong. Our stock is limited, so please, only one copy per customer. I know you can\u2019t wait to share this story with your children at bedtime, so you can get your own personal copy of the e-book by clicking this link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Calvin Barrett<\/a>\u00a0is a writer, editor, and prolific Mario Kart racer located in Tokyo, Japan. He has covered the\u00a0Utah Jazz<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0BYU<\/a>\u00a0athletics since 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome, one and all, to a special edition of The Downbeat, here at SLC Dunk. I\u2019m glad to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,529,955,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-268359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz","10":"tag-kawhi-leonard","11":"tag-keyonte-george","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-utah","14":"tag-utah-jazz","15":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115152433039584825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}