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Report: Jazz, Sefolosha agree to 2-year, $10.5M contract

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The Utah Jazz may have lost Gordon Hayward's scoring this offseason, but their defense is starting to look like a world-beater.

The team has reportedly agreed to terms with Thabo Sefolosha on a two-year, $10.5-million contract, according to The Vertical's Shams Charania.

After three seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, the Swiss-born wing will ply his trade in Salt Lake City alongside other hard-nosed international defenders like stifling French rim-protector Rudy Gobert, Australian forward Joe Ingles, and newly acquired Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio. Sefolosha was named to the All-Defensive second eam for the 2009-10 season.

While Sefolosha's outside shooting has dipped in recent years, he shot 42.2 percent from the 3-point arc from 2011-13, part of his five and a half seasons with the Thunder.

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