{"id":693691,"date":"2026-04-02T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693691\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:51:15","slug":"kennedy-chandler-by-the-numbers-for-utah-against-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693691\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Chandler by the numbers for Utah against Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 2, 2026, 6:36 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Denver (49-28) defeated Utah (21-56), 130-117, Wednesday at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Tennessee basketball player<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/24\/kennedy-chandler-by-the-numbers-for-utah-jazz-against-toronto-nba\/89296933007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Kennedy Chandler<\/a> totaled 16 points, six assists, five rebounds, one steal and one block in 32 minutes for the Jazz. He converted 5-of-14 field goal attempts and 6-of-8 free throw attempts for Utah in its seventh consecutive loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chandler made his first start for the Jazz on Monday in a, 122-113, loss to Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He was selected by San Antonio in the second round of the<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2022\/06\/23\/2022-nba-draft-final-projection-for-tennessees-vols-kennedy-chandler\/79185524007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a02022 NBA draft<\/a>\u00a0(No. 38 overall) and traded to Memphis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chandler appeared in 36 games for the Grizzlies during his rookie 2022-23 season, splitting time with the Memphis Hustle, the team&#8217;s NBA G-League affiliate, before being waived in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He also played in the NBA G-League for the Long Island Nets (2023-24), Raptors 905 (2024-25) and the Delaware Blue Coats (2025-26).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He played at Tennessee during the 2021-22 season, appearing in 34 games, including 34 starts. Chandler averaged 13.9 points, 4.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 0.2 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former Vol was a Second-Team All-SEC performer (2022). He was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and SEC Tournament MVP.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/23\/kennedy-chandler-debuts-utah-jazz-nba-photos\/89287920007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - PHOTOS: Kennedy Chandler debuts with Utah in NBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89287754007-usatsi-28563133.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 2, 2026, 6:36 a.m. ET Denver (49-28) defeated Utah (21-56), 130-117, Wednesday at Delta Center in Salt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[72400,7,301,187,3943,6,302,77586,73480,72696,72445,73732,72526,73815,72687,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-693691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-nuggets","12":"tag-denvernuggets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nuggets","15":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersmens-basketball","16":"tag-sstsnmens-basketball","17":"tag-tagfacebook","18":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","19":"tag-tagsec-conference-mens-basketball","20":"tag-tagsmg-timely","21":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-mens-basketball","22":"tag-tagtwitter","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116334735187542380","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693691","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=693691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}