Kyle Korver returns to Jazz in exchange for Alec Burks and two second round selections

With Utah Jazz in trouble from the 3-point range this season, the team reacted on Wednesday to address this gap.

The Jazz will purchase veteran sniper Kyle Korver from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Alec Burks and two future second-round picks, a source confirmed by the Salt Lake Tribune.

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN first reported the story.

Korver, 37, has averaged just 6.8 points in 15.7 minutes per game for the Cavaliers this season, but draws 46.1% on the field and 46.3% from Deep.

For his career, he averaged 9.9 points per game over 44.4% and 43.2% at depth.

This is the second time in his career that Korver has moved to Utah in the middle of the season.

The team had previously acquired it from Philadelphia during the 2007-08 campaign. He has played 50 games with the team this season and then two more seasons with the franchise. He joined the Chicago Bulls as a free agent in 2010.

In 180 career games with Utah, he averaged 8.7 points per game, shooting 46.1 percent of the field and 41.6 percent of the 3-point range.

Burks, meanwhile, leaves the only franchise he's ever known.

The shooting guard was selected No. 12 overall in the NBA 2011 Colorado and has participated in 382 career games with the team, averaging 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1, 6 assists.

However, the strength of his game is to be an elite shooter rather than a shooter. He is a career shooter with 42.5% on the field and 35.5% on Deep.

This season he had played in 17 games for the Jazz – all off the bench – averaging 8.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists. After starting to shoot hard, it dropped to 42.2% of the total and 37.2% of the depth – although on 2.5 attempts per game.

Prior to the transaction, the Jazz had a 9-12 record in total, one of their biggest problems being the serious lack of three-point shooting beyond forward Joe Ingles.

The team placed 23rd in the NBA in 3 points per game, with 10.1 points, and the 29th position in percentage of 3 points, only 31.9%.

Jazz rookie Grayson Allen said Burks announced the news of the cloakroom transaction shortly before the team could face the Brooklyn Nets tonight at Barclays Center.

"I was shocked when he told me … Everyone was a little surprised," Allen said. "Just the moment, but that's the way it goes."

But though it's sad to see one of his teammates leave, he's also looking forward to seeing what Korver can bring to the team.

"I'm proud to shoot the ball, and I'm sure I can learn a lot from him, what he's doing to prepare himself and what I know about his game, he's very good at the movement without the balloon, "Allen added. "I'm sure there are a lot of things I can look at from him and it will be cool to see that up close."