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[QUOTE]If Westbrook can keep up this level of play off the bench, the Lakers might not regret holding onto the volatile guard, but if they don’t start winning, they may want to see if Danny Ainge is still willing to deal.
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pretty sure Danny is open for business. Rather the owner will let him part with the bum Clarkson is anyone's guess though
[url]https://kslsports.com/495020/minnesota-timberwolves-rudy-gobert-airballs-three-pointer/[/url]
[QUOTE]In a league where player movement is rabid, and loyalty is rarely rewarded, Gobert’s nine-year tenure with the Jazz was unique, and it’s safe to say he never mailed in a game.
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imagine him a O'Neale on a team like they have now that plays harder than everyone else and shares the ball :cry:
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/5/23439563/analysis-utah-jazz-beat-los-angeles-lakers[/url]
[QUOTE]“That play bothered me a lot,” Hardy said. “Lonnie Walker went 94 feet, right-handed, down the middle of the lane and dunked it and not one player on our team picked up the ball. No one talked. We had a couple of guys who actually ended up under the basket while he was dunking it in transition. And that’s unacceptable for our group. There are a lot of moments where I have to maintain my poise with the team and then every now and then I need to let it rip.”
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good for you
[QUOTE]He hit his first three 3-pointers, was making good reads and played really well with the guys on the floor, especially Juan Tuscano-Anderson. I obviously haven’t watched all of the Lakers games and I don’t know what the answer is for the team that started the season 0-5. But this might have been a really good move.
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it was a no brainer. With his energy he was built for the role
[url]https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/11/4/23440169/nba-analysis-utah-jazz-dallas-mavericks-san-antonio-spurs-upstart-teams[/url]
[QUOTE]One part of the documentary in particular caught my attention. At some point the lightbulb went off for the coaches and the myriad NBA superstars that they had to change their style of play in order to win at the international level. In one particularly notable interview, Coach K sits down, looks into the camera, and states that despite the talent gap between them and the other countries, Team USA would only win if they adapted to everyone else’s game.
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the lightbulb was the 2004 olympics though it should have happened after they got beat in the worlds.
[QUOTE]The implication was abundantly clear, even if Coach K, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and the rest of the interviewees seemed to have it go directly over their heads. The default style of American basketball is so bad, that even a talent disparity of epic proportions isn’t always enough to negate a team that simply plays a different brand of basketball.
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the same kind of ball Mitchell, Clarkson and apparently COTM prefer
[QUOTE]In a game defined by pick and rolls and isolation, the Jazz rank 25th and 20th, respectively, in frequency of each. They’re 10th in the league in passes per game, despite operating at a league average pace. The Jazz aren’t alone here. The [URL="https://www.poundingtherock.com"]San Antonio Spurs[/URL], co-drivers of the Wembanyana-bound train, shockingly sit at 5-3. They’ve run just 18 isolation plays all year, which is only a hair more than the Mavericks average per game. The [URL="https://www.indycornrows.com"]Indiana Pacers[/URL], who surprisingly sport the [URL="https://www.cleaningtheglass.com/stats/league/fourfactors"]league’s seventh-best offense[/URL] in a rebuild year, are the only team in San Antonio’s stratosphere when it comes to isolation infrequency.
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Defenses have little chance as it is in the NBA today. Move the ball and it gets tougher. Under COTM they were at their best when the ball moved not when Mitchell and Clarkson were playing 1 on 5
Nick Friedell: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Hall of Fame coaches Roy Williams and Larry Brown in the building tonight in Charlotte.[/URL] Nets assistant coach Igor Kokoskov served on Brown’s staff in Detroit.
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Kyle Goon: Anthony [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Davis says the plan is to play in both games of the back to back against Cleveland and Utah,[/URL] and that his back injury is getting better day by day:
Tony Jones: Utah Jazz forward Jarred Vanderbilt has been added to tonight’s injury report. He is questionable with right adductor soreness
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Omari Sanfoka II: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jalen Duren, Marvin Bagley III and Alec Burks all practiced today,[/URL] Dwane Casey said. Not everyone practiced fully, but it was the first time everyone on the roster was available this season.
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Mike Curtis: #Pistons rookie Jalen Duren (left ankle) is listed as probable for tomorrow’s game against the #Thunder. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Marvin Bagley (right knee) and Alec Burks (left foot) are still out[/URL].
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Keith Pompey: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]#Sixers Joel Embiid (flu) and Danuel House Jr. (Non-COVID illness) are questionable for Monday’s game vs. the Suns.[/URL] James Harden (right foot tendon sprain) is out.
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the two ways starting with Alkins, Cook and Bass. not what I would have guessed. Injuries?
3 guys out
[url]https://fansided.com/2022/11/04/jazz-spurs-tanking-winning-losing/[/url]
[QUOTE]So where does that leave the fans? Is there any point in emotionally investing in a TV show you know the network is itching to cancel? If you’re not fighting for the trophy, you’re fighting for ping pong balls, the wisdom of our age insists. The Jazz are asking their fans to drink some gross medicine. “You may not feel like you’re sick now,” they insist, “but trust us: you’ll feel better in time.” Many of those fans may not feel sick at all, not at 6-3. But Dr. Ainge is here with his needles and he’s going to vaccinate, like it or not.
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Clarkson makes me sick
[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/what-matters-most-to-transitioning-jazz-part-2-development-identity/[/url]
[QUOTE]Look at the last Jazz rebuild: would former top-3 pick Enes Kanter’s career have played out any differently if his early minutes had been contingent on him showing a willingness to put in the work in practice and individual skill sessions? Would Trey Burke’s? Maybe, maybe not. We don’t get to find out. The same story has played out with dozens of talented youngsters who were gifted a role based on raw talent and upside, potentially removing some of the motivation to really study how to contribute to winning in the team context.
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Kanter worked didn''t he? Good player . He was never going to be much of a defender no matter how hard he worked
[QUOTE]Still, watching this all play out is fascinating, and one of my favorite things about watching a team that’s in any sort of a rebuilding phase. The Jazz already have one rookie — Walker Kessler — who has earned a rotation spot by understanding what Hardy wants and being able to execute the game plan on both ends. Hardy is also playing 21-year-old Talen Horton-Tucker, about whom most fans are ambivalent at best but who has some NBA knowhow after logging 3,000 Laker minutes. (For the record, I’d personally be fine with less THT too, but I understand why Hardy goes there.) Jarred Vanderbilt and Collin Sexton are both 23 and are among the team’s top seven minute-getters.
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he's playing the best guys the way it should be. You should earn you minutes. That's been a big problem since the league got younger 25 yeas ago. Always the Stars if you're not playing
[QUOTE]But I’m also referring to the broader identity shift that will inevitably happen when the Jazz figure out who their next core is. For example, the style of play changed abruptly in early 2015 when the Jazz started to realize what they had in Rudy Gobert. Eventually, if things go right, the Jazz will have a player (or players) good enough to define the way they play. Then they can determine what is needed to complement the ecosystem that will maximize that star or set of stars. Maybe someone like Markkanen or Sexton will be part of that answer, with further development. Maybe it will be answered through the draft. Maybe the Jazz will compile assets at some point in attempt to acquire a defining player via trade.
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2014. Too bad they never really did build properly around their best player. Would have loved having an unselfish team playing D around him like they have now
Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jarred Vanderbilt is out tonight with right adductor soreness for the Utah Jazz[/URL]
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Law Murray: Will Hardy and Kawhi Leonard began their NBA careers with the San Antonio Spurs. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Hardy praised Leonard as a player who “impacts winning as much as any player that I’ve ever been around on both ends of the floor”[/URL] pic.twitter.com/WlTpwXguiI