2021-22 regular season Utah Jazz news, notes and game coverage

[QUOTE] Shams Charania: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz plan to sign forward James Ennis to a 10-day contract,[/URL] sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium . Ennis has spent time with the Nets and Clippers on 10-days this season.

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania"]Twitter ShamsCharania[/URL]


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another good pickup. Get rid of Clarkson, Hughes and Whiteside!

[QUOTE] Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Jazz plan to sign guard Denzel Valentine, pending his pass of Covid protocols, sources tell ESPN. Valentine played 22 games with the Cavaliers this season[/URL].

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]




Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz are no longer planning to sign James Ennis on a 10-day contract and continue to scour the marketplace for a free agent wing player,[/URL] sources tell ESPN.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]


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getting some interesting names. Hopefully someone replaces Clarkson!

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50325029/with-covid-19-spreading-through-team-jazz-reportedly-sign-denzel-valentine[/url]

[QUOTE]On Sunday, Rudy Gay and Elijah Hughes both entered the league's health and safety protocols after testing positive for COVID-19, joining Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles as Jazz players currently in the protocols. Ingles has been in the protocols since Tuesday; Gobert, meanwhile, tested positive on Thursday. The virus has fully hit the Jazz with three assistant coaches — Alex Jensen, Vince Legarza, and Sergi Oliva — also testing positive.

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3 rotation players. Time for best player in franchise history to prove himself

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/1/9/22875809/utah-jazz-sign-denzel-valentine[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz obviously then pivoted to another target and signed Denzel Valentine. What’s interesting is this isn’t a 10-day contract.

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maybe he would only sign if it was guaranteed for the year? House and Pelle both looked good and they obviously liked Ennis as well so I'm not sure I like them committing to anyone though I think he could be a good fit

[QUOTE]The terms of the deal haven’t been released but it will likely be for the remainder of the season. It’s not very likely that Valentine will get many minutes. Although he might in the next few days as the Jazz have a growing number of players in covid protocols.

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I'd say Forrest's minutes are up for grabs and Clarkson's should be

[QUOTE]Other sources say it's just a 10-day contract, nothing to worry about.


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figured





[QUOTE]Well, his 6'10" wingspan is decent length


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yep

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/10/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-injury/[/url]

[QUOTE]Regardless, he’s [URL="https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/jazzs-rudy-gobert-enters-health-and-safety-protocols/"]currently suffering from a shoulder injury[/URL] that may keep him out of the rotation for the foreseeable future.

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not sure the shoulder would have kept him out

[QUOTE]A lower back strain kept Gobert out of 13 contests in the 2019-20 season.

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he missed 4 games that year. Trump virus took the rest :facepalm

[QUOTE]During the 2017-18 season, Gobert suffered the most significant injury of his career to date. A knee contusion cost the 3x Defensive Player of the Year 26 games during that season.

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He tweeked knees 4 times. 3 kept him out about a month. The other was in the playoffs or else he probably would have missed a month but only missed a game. Wasn't himself though

If you're going to do an article like this at least get it right. :facepalm

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/09/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-take/[/url]

[QUOTE]Hassan Whiteside is [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/20/utah-jazz-regrading-hassan-whiteside/"]one of the best backup bigs in the NBA,[/URL] but he appeared ill-equipped to handle Sabonis last night. The star big man had his way with the Jazz, scoring with an array of head fakes on the low block, and frequently in the pick-and-roll.

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is he though?

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2022/01/10/nba-trade-rumors-jazz-joe-ingles-deadline/[/url]

Clarkson, Hughes and Whiteside

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50325757/jazz-surrender-22-point-lead-in-shocking-loss-to-detroit[/url]

[QUOTE]It shouldn't have mattered that the Utah Jazz were without Rudy Gobert, Rudy Gay and Joe Ingles. It shouldn't have mattered that it was the last game of a COVID-stricken five-game road trip. The Jazz were up by 22 points on one of the worst teams in the league — and they lost.

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the problem is that the Jazz have always been one of the worst teams in the league minus Gobert

[QUOTE]Mitchell then paused and with a new frustrated tone, finished: "We got to guard, man. We got to just guard the ball. They really aint much else to it."

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we or you?

[url]https://kslsports.com/476624/jazz-defense-exposed-in-collapse-to-pistons/[/url]

[QUOTE]O’Neale is a talented defender, but the Jazz are asking far too much of the undrafted forward if they want to be a championship contender.

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you forgot the part about asking him to be their starting 4 :facepalm

[QUOTE]While that remarkable stretch of health for Gobert has made the Jazz one of the best team’s during the regular season over the last three years, it may have hindered the ability of the team to truly diagnose the defensive flaws that exist on the team’s roster.

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it shouldn't have. They've always sucked without him on the floor

[QUOTE]“In the Indiana game, when you see a guy like Keifer Sykes picking up full court, you see players that are really enthusiastic and appreciate the opportunity,” Snyder said.

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and despite that you've refused to play guys at the end of your bench under any circumstances unless forced to

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/10/22876434/video-breakdown-utah-jazz-second-half-defense-against-detroit-pistons-wasnt-just-bad-it-was-baffling[/url]

[QUOTE]It’s not like the Jazz don’t have the ability to defend — they held the Pistons to 48 points in the first half. But then, on the opening possession of the second half, this happens. Donovan Mitchell is directing traffic, or warning about a drive by Cunningham, but he’s so concerned with what’s going on over on that side that he leaves his own man open in the corner and is too late on the close out.

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they held a bad team to 48. Doesn't mean they have the ability to defend

[QUOTE]In this last video, Whiteside gives so very little effort that I’m not even sure what to think. Whiteside’s lack of effort in finishing out the play leads to a super easy second-chance 3 for Cory Joseph.

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that's Whitesdie. Even when everyone was gaga over him earlier in the year I saw little effort

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/10/22876433/instant-analysis-detroit-pistons-rookie-cade-cunningham-shines-as-utah-jazz-lose-third-straight[/url]

[QUOTE]One of the things that Donovan Mitchell has added to his game that is really useful and he’s been able to utilize quite a bit this season is a really high arc on his shot. He doesn’t use it all the time and he doesn’t have to — he already had a really nice arc before now. But it seems like the new rule changes this season have forced him to adapt to the defense a little bit differently. Rather than jump into the defense to draw a foul, he rainbows up a shot that is actually really accurate.

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maybe he got that from Darrell Griffith?

[QUOTE]The Jazz closed out their five-game road trip with three straight losses, the team’s longest losing streak of the season. In their loss to the Raptors, there’s not a lot that anyone is going to point to because the Jazz were without eight of their top nine guys, but against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday and the Pistons on Monday, the Jazz’s defense was bad. They offered little to no resistance against the Pistons and got beat repeatedly. The Jazz’s perimeter defense looks like it really has some issues that can’t be overlooked anymore.[/QUOTE]

could they be overlooked before?

[url]https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/mitchell-no-2-all-time-jazz-made-three-pointers[/url]

[QUOTE]Often talking about how his game has evolved over the past five years, Mitchell never viewed himself solely as a '3-and-D' type of player. While he acknowledges he made his mark his rookie season on the defensive end, his offensive evolution is what's made the difference in him going from good to great, leading to multiple all-star appearances.

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he played d as a rookie? :lol

Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert and Rudy Gay are both out tomorrow night in health and safety protocols[/URL]. Jared Butler, Udoka Azubuike and Malik Fitts and Elijah Hughes are also out Joe Ingles is questionable
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]

Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz are signing G/F Zylan Cheatham to a 10-day hardship deal,[/URL] sources tell ESPN.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]

14 and 10 in gleague. Improved 3 shooting

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50326178/patrick-kinahan-will-market-envy-drive-mitchell-out-of-utah[/url]

[QUOTE]Here's the basic choice: Become a franchise pillar in the manner of John Stockton and Karl Malone, two NBA legends, or follow the path that has become routine, if not boring, in the NBA.

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he's already the best player in franchise history!

[QUOTE]His stint with the Boston Celtics never quite panned out, in part due to a serious injury. He's now with the Charlotte Hornets, likely never coming close to what he was building with the Jazz.

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no Rudy

[QUOTE]Mitchell has a chance to belong in the conversation with Stockton and Malone, two first-ballot Hall of Fame players, as the greatest to ever play with the franchise. Outspoken on social issues, he also could carry a louder voice in Utah rather than getting drowned out as one of many in the big city.

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let's see him get to level of Gobert first

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/12/22876366/why-the-coming-weeks-will-test-the-jazz-and-determine-teams-future[/url]

[QUOTE]But the Jazz’s small-ball lineups haven’t panned out quite as they’d hoped and perimeter defense remains the Jazz’s most glaring imperfection. The Jazz already look poised to make a move, with two open roster spots, but how they perform in the weeks to come could push Jazz brass to move in a more serious way.

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what idiot thought they would?

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/12/utah-jazz-guard-donovan-mitchell-trade/2/[/url]

[QUOTE]While fitting Simmons and Gobert together may be a challenge, Quin Snyder is a master technician. With the two surrounded by Utah’s plethora of floor spacers, they may come to an acceptable arrangement.

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the master that has never won without Gobert?

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/12/utah-jazz-cavaliers-odds-starters-jan-12/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz will be without [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/02/utah-jazz-ranking-important-players/"]arguably their most important player[/URL] in Rudy Gobert, but every other starter will be available. Look for Quin Snyder to deploy his usual lineup of Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic, Royce O’Neale and Hassan Whiteside.

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no argument

[QUOTE]Outside of Gobert (shoulder), the Jazz will be without Joe Ingles (conditioning), Jared Butler (protocols), Malik Fitts and Udoka Azubuike in this contest.

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why do you keep saying shoulder when he's got covid?

[url]https://sports.yahoo.com/b-r-trade-proposal-sees-211327844.html[/url]

[QUOTE]The deal in question? The Celtics get [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/5393/"]Joe Ingles[/URL], [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/6582/"]Jared Butler[/URL], the Memphis Grizzlies’ 2022 second-round pick, and a 2023 first-round draft pick swap option (pending Utah’s 2022 obligation to Memphis), while the Jazz receive [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/5500/"]Josh Richardson[/URL] and Dennis Schroder.

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no Clarkson or bust!

[QUOTE] Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Joe Ingles said he was initially a close contact of a family member who tested positive, and then he and his entire family got tested and all came up positive.[/URL] He said he was asymptomatic the entire time and felt fine.

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]


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shouldn't have conditioning issues than should he?

[URL]https://www.ksl.com/article/50327339/eric-paschall-is-making-a-case-for-more-playing-time[/URL]

[QUOTE]That doesn't exactly answer the question, but at the very least Paschall has given Snyder some things to think about.

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yeah right

[QUOTE]"I think the most important thing is that he's playing well," Snyder said. "He's played well both when he's been 'at the four' or tonight, more at the five."

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he played best at the 3 and 5 with GS. Give him Clarkson and Forrest's minutes

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50327277/its-weird-with-no-centers-jazz-lose-4th-straight-game-in-loss-to-cavs[/url]


[QUOTE]How long will those circumstances last? The Jazz get a fortunate-timed three days off, which should give guys some time to get back — maybe, then, the losing streak can come to an end.

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unless one of those guys is Gobert it doesn't matter

[url]https://kslsports.com/476770/undersized-jazz-no-match-for-cavaliers/[/url]

[QUOTE]The question going forward is will Snyder be willing to take either Rudy Gobert or Hassan Whiteside off the floor in favor of a smaller lineup if he wasn’t forced to like he was against the Cavaliers?

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what do you think? :facepalm

[QUOTE] Ryan Miller: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jazz have waived two-way contract forward Malik Fitts[/URL].

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/millerjryan"]Twitter millerjryan[/URL]

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He has potential as a 3 and D. I'm guessing if he was healthy he'd still be here

I'd guess that new guy may get the two way

Ryan Miller: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Danuel House Jr and Norvel Pelle participated in practice today. So it seems they really did have a “non-covid illness”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/millerjryan"]Twitter millerjryan[/URL]

Ryan Miller: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert and Rudy Gay have both cleared COVID protocols[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/millerjryan"]Twitter millerjryan[/URL]

Utah Jazz forward [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/royce-oneale-have-high-school-jersey-retired-alma-mater"]Royce O’Neale will return to his alma mater Harker Heights High School tonight for a jersey retirement ceremony.[/URL] The event will take place before their game against Temple High School, which tips off at 7 p.m. CT.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/royce-oneale-have-high-school-jersey-retired-alma-mater"]NBA.com[/URL]

[INDENT][url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/14/3-big-men-utah-jazz/3/[/url]

I like Maker


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[QUOTE] Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz are letting the 10 day contract for Danuel House expire tomorrow,[/URL] according to sources. The Jazz are high on House and believe he can help their team. Utah has to sign a 10 day by the 18th, and House is a candidate to be that signing

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]

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looked good in the game he played

The Utah Jazz have been one of the NBA’s best teams for a number of seasons. But they are yet to take that next step forward and join the league’s elite teams when it matters, in the postseason. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner Rudy Gobert sounded off on what he believes separates the Jazz from the league’s elite, like the Warriors and Suns. [URL="https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-rudy-gobert-calls-out-jazz-teammates-says-warriors-suns-are-a-step-ahead/"]“When I watch some of these other teams like the Suns or the Warriors, those guys are a step ahead in terms of winning habits.[/URL] They take every game personally. Devin Booker is playing his ass off defensively… Guys like that, they buy in, and you can tell they take pride in playing defense and stopping their man, doing whatever they can defensively to stop the other team and be part of a winning culture. I think we’re not there yet, but I think we’re gonna get there.”
– via [URL="https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-rudy-gobert-calls-out-jazz-teammates-says-warriors-suns-are-a-step-ahead/"]Kendall Capps @ Clutch Points[/URL]

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50328760/rudy-gobert-says-recent-stretch-shows-warriors-suns-are-a-step-ahead-of-jazz[/url]

[QUOTE]Why did he specially bring up Booker — a player who is regularly compared to Utah's own Donovan Mitchell? Read into that what you will. The overall point, however, doesn't take much to get: The Jazz have to develop better habits if they want to make a deep run in the playoffs. Mitchell, himself, expressed similar sentiments following recent losses to the Pacers and Pistons.

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it's true. Booker sets screens and tries to play D

[url]https://kslsports.com/476926/royce-oneale-gets-high-school-jersey-retired/[/url]

Ben Anderson: I asked Donovan Mitchell about the ESPN report saying he may want to play in a bigger market, he cut me off: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“Y’all like to talk a lot when we lose. I don’t understand. Y’all like to just keep all the negative stuff when we start losing, when we’re winning there’s nothing said.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]




Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Asked about the Brian Windhorst report about him wanting to play in a bigger market, Donovan Mitchell cuts off the question, notes that in his mind, all the questions he gets when the team is losing are negative, and says it’s simple: “We’re trying to win a championship.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]







Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Don, on Rudy seeming to call the team out publicly: “We all as a group hold each other accountable.[/URL] That’s his way, I guess. I’m not too concerned about it. His just happened this way. Cool.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]






Eric Walden: Jordan Clarkson, on why he liked the tweet about Rudy Gobert commenting on the defense: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“It’s just defense. It’s all focus. It is what it is. That’s what we’re going to hold our hat on, that’s what we’ve been talking about all year. Just defense. … We know what we gotta do.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]






Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jordan Clarkson, when asked if he felt like Rudy was talking to the perimeter players: “I ain’t gonna talk about it no more. It ain’t like he pointed out a big man. We know what we gotta do.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]






Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder on Rudy Gobert’s “winning habits” comment: “You can make the argument that none of this matters if we’re playing at our best at the right time. And that’s my focus. … Many times there’s slippage in your habits, and it’s important to recognize that.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[QUOTE] Jake Fischer on Dario Saric: [URL="https://open.spotify.com/episode/46OZLz6ZMVZBu7U6BhECNS"]His contract gets brought up time and again, it’s something that they’re trying to move,[/URL] which makes sense.

– via [URL="https://open.spotify.com/episode/46OZLz6ZMVZBu7U6BhECNS"]Spotify[/URL]


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he might fit

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50329072/donovan-mitchell-jordan-clarkson-respond-to-rudy-goberts-pointed-comments[/url]

[QUOTE]To him, it hasn't been a surprise the Jazz have struggled without Gobert. The same way it wouldn't have been a surprise to see the team struggle without Mitchell or Mike Conley. Each season will have ups and downs — the Jazz are just in a low moment.

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they haven't played well without Conley this year but yes it would be a surprise because as long as Gobert plays they win games

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/1/15/22885362/rudy-gobert-rudy-gay-clear-nba-health-and-safety-protocol-rejoin-jazz[/url]

[QUOTE]While the Jazz are in the midst of their longest losing streak since February of 2020, they are also aware of the fact that they have lost these games while dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak, and that it’s not wholly reflective of who they are as a team.

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it's who they are and have been for a long time without Gobert

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/01/15/turmoil-utah-jazz-locker-room/[/url]

[QUOTE]It was the second part of that quote that has incited speculation across the National Basketball Association. Is the implication that Donovan Mitchell is [I]not[/I] playing his a** off?

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well is he? He supposedly has to rest on D because offense is so taxing for him

[URL]https://hoopshabit.com/2022/01/15/nba-trades-donovan-mitchell/[/URL]

[QUOTE][B]76ers receive: Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Ingles[/B]

[B]Jazz receive: Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris[/B]

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Simmons makes no sense. Harris sure!

[QUOTE][B]Heat receive: Donovan Mitchell[/B]

[B]Jazz receive: Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro, Max Strus, 2028 Second-Round Pick[/B]

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That one I like better but Conley and Lowry don't make much sense
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[B]Knicks receive: Donovan Mitchell[/B]

[B]Jazz receive: RJ Barrett, Evan Fournier, Alec Burks, 2024 First-Round Pick, 2026 First-Round Pick[/B]

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I like that one best but COTY didn't like Burks so replace him with something else

[QUOTE]Giving up RJ Barrett would probably hurt since he’s so young and full of potential. That being said, Mitchell is already a proven All-Star and would be able to lead them to the playoffs for many years to come.

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would he be an all star or lead anyone to the playoffs without Gobert?