Jazz Granted Disabled Player Exception

The Utah Jazz have been granted a disabled player exception by the NBA, the team announced Thursday.

The exception will allow the Jazz to exceed the salary cap to sign a player who has been deemed to have a permanent disability by the league. This could help the team offset the loss of Thabo Sefolosha, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last season.

The Jazz have not yet said who they will target with the exception, but they have been linked to several players, including Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith, and Iman Shumpert.

The disabled player exception is a rarely used provision in the NBA. The last team to use it was the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 to sign Mo Williams after Kevin Love suffered a season-ending shoulder injury.

The Jazz are currently in the midst of a rebuild, and they are hoping to add a veteran player who can help them make a playoff push.

The disabled player exception will give them the flexibility to do that, and it could be a major boost to their chances of making the playoffs next season.