Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[QUOTE][URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/31999577/lowe-winners-losers-everyone-a-wild-2021-offseason"]The Jazz remain way over the luxury tax, but as of now do not plan to dump any of their mid-salaried rotation guys — Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic, Royce O’Neale — for tax relief,[/URL] sources said.
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/31999577/lowe-winners-losers-everyone-a-wild-2021-offseason"]Zach Lowe @ ESPN[/URL]
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Why is Clarkson never mentioned? The guy that seems obvious to me. They'd have a hard time replacing Ingles and O'Neale
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/11/22616658/utah-jazz-offseason-moves-make-jazz-an-nba-title-contender-rudy-gay-hassan-whiteside[/url]
[QUOTE]Utah was never going to have a big, splashy, extravagant offseason. This summer was about role players and working the edges of the roster
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same as usual
[QUOTE]The Jazz left the 2021 playoffs with some [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/7/13/22565729/utah-jazz-face-hard-questions-heading-into-draft-free-agency-derrick-favors-joe-ingles-mike-conley"]clearly defined issues[/URL] that needed to be addressed, such as lack of versatility, defense on the wing, depth.
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starting 4. new head coach. new 6th man
[QUOTE]Right off the bat the Jazz’s offseason looked good with those first two moves. Favors, in his return to Utah, unfortunately didn’t add to or improve the team in the way the Jazz needed, and with the Jazz facing the luxury tax, Favors was going to cost upwards of $20 million to keep around. The cost of getting off that contract was a future first-rounder traded along with Favors to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for a future second-round pick and cash considerations. The move made sense.
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the signing never made sense
[QUOTE][URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/3/22608945/the-utah-jazz-owner-ryan-smith-mightve-just-ended-joe-ingles-trade-rumors"]Joe Ingles[/URL] just simply is not able to take on all of the point guard duties and still be his most effective self. Plus, Ingles’ contract is expiring after this season and the Jazz need to plan for the future. If Butler can develop into a reliable backup point guard who is also able to play off the ball when needed (as he was able to do at Baylor) and knock down shots, then the Jazz will be in good shape.
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can he defend?
[QUOTE]The Jazz can talk about development of young players and the potential they see in Paschall all they want. The truth is that it was a savvy business move, bringing in one of the best friends of a franchise player, especially at the price the Jazz were able to swing it.
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we'll see. Kow towing to players isn't a great thing. See Hayward saying he'd play with Rubio :facepalm
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/11/utah-jazz-step-closer-another-starter/[/url]
[QUOTE]Under the right conditions and with proper training, [URL="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/forretr01.html"]Trent Forrest[/URL] could become an NBA starter. It wouldn’t hurt to spend more years with the [URL="https://thejnotes.com/"]Utah Jazz[/URL], under the wings of All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley.
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can he shoot?
[QUOTE]Even so, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound fill-in floor general drew zero starting nods last season, played in only 30 games, and saw nothing more than garbage-time minutes in the postseason.
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why play him when Oni, Favors and Niang are doing nothing!
[QUOTE]Then there’s Rudy Gobert, who was just a late first-round pick in 2013. The gangly 7-footer required a rookie year on the pine and in the G League before becoming a vital reserve midway through the following season. Eventually, he also became a full-time starter.
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eventually became the 3rd most important person in franchise history
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/11/utah-jazz-2-glaring-weaknesses-cost/[/url]
[QUOTE][h=1]Utah Jazz: 2 glaring weaknesses that may cost them a title[/h]
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head coach. Best player in franchise history not defending or passing
[QUOTE]They could also go another route with it and look to add a stretch 5 behind Gobert. As great as Gobert is on defense, he also got played right off the floor in the Clippers series because he couldn’t hang with the wings and provided almost nothing offensively at times.
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as we saw with team France Gobert wasn't the problem
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/11/utah-jazz-contend-nba-1-condition/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz can contend for the NBA championship in the 2021-22 NBA season if Jordan Clarkson can shoot efficiently throughout the playoffs.
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:roll:
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
Ben Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Elijah Hughes is out of concussion protocol and will play for the @Utah Jazz tonight.[/URL] #TakeNote
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/utah-jazz-sign-jared-butler"]The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed rookie guard Jared Butler[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/utah-jazz-sign-jared-butler"]NBA.com[/URL]
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
update after Butler signing
Gobert/Whiteside/Udoka
Gay/Paschall/Brantley(only 84,000 guaranteed)
O'Neale/Bojan(Should be headed to the bench)/Oni(Non guarantee)/Hughes
Mitchell/Clarkson(Should be headed out of town)/Butler/MaCio Teague(Exhibit 10)
Conley/Ingles/Forrest(2 way)
UFA - Ersan, Morgan, Thomas
13 guaranteed contracts(assume Butler's is)?, 1 partial guarantee, 1 two way spot left, 3 camp spots left
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50222416/jazz-signed-2nd-round-pick-jared-butler-to-2-year-guaranteed-contract-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal[/url]
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://www.nba.com/game/uta-vs-dal-1522100028/box-score#box-score[/url]
Morgan 12 minutes. Writing on the wall. Hughes still sucking.
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://www.nba.com/game/uta-vs-dal-1522100028/box-score#box-score[/url]
[QUOTE]Between Mitchell, Conley, Ingles, Sixth Man of the Year Jordan Clarkson, and rookie draft pick Jared Butler, Forrest finds himself competing for playing time in one of the most crowded backcourts in the league.
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You forgot Hughes! :roll:
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://kslsports.com/465848/report-former-utah-jazz-player-fan-favorite-kyle-korver-joins-brooklyn-nets-coaching-staff/[/url]
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://kslsports.com/465787/jazz-stay-unbeaten-as-forrest-comes-up-clutch/[/url]
[QUOTE]That is generally the opposite of an NBA game when playing fast tends to pay off, and slowing the game down to a crawl kills any offensive momentum.
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yet the way Sloan preferred
[QUOTE]Forrest’s ability to make that play is the reason he’s an NBA player. If he couldn’t run the pick and roll so effectively, he wouldn’t be enough of an offensive threat to stick in the league.
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might play enough D though
[QUOTE]Third-year forward Jarrell Brantley has been a mixed bag showing good offensive hustle and hit 3-8 three-pointers. He probably needs to narrow his game down to being a three-point shooting rebounder and defender, as he gets into trouble when he tries to do too much with the ball in his hand, but that’s the blessing and curse of his versatility.
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Put him out there with 4 rotation players not named Clarkson and he'll be fine
[QUOTE]Elijah Hughes play has continued to be slightly underwhelming. Despite hitting a big three at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime, the explosiveness on offense that he showed at Syracuse hasn’t been apparent in summer league.
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guaranteed deal!
[QUOTE]Unfortunately, Juwan Morgan who also has yet to impress during summer league, left the game with a left leg injury after just 12 minutes. The big man will likely fall victim to the numbers crunch at the end of the Jazz roster and will have to hope to sign a two-way contract, or find another team next season.
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he impresses me. Makes some nice passes[CENTER]
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Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/11/22617294/utah-jazz-give-trent-forrest-a-two-way-contract-banking-on-his-continued-growth-nba-summer-league[/url]
[QUOTE]“It’s amazing, it’s like watching a flower grow,” Jazz teammate Elijah Hughes said. “We came in together and to see the strides he’s made so far, he’s deserving of that two-way contract.”
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actually he's deserving of your guaranteed deal
Re: post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/12/summer-league-utah-jazz-dallas-mavericks/[/url]
[QUOTE]With Forrest’s consistently high level of play throughout Summer League thus far, it’s fair to assume that he’ll at least compete for a consistent spot in Utah’s top-heavy [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/10/utah-jazz-free-agency-3-guards-rotation/"]guard rotation[/URL]. Meanwhile, Udoka Azubuike’s 6 blocks represent the single most impressive individual statistic from this game. If he can demonstrate improved conditioning, veteran Hassan Whiteside may have some competition for the primary backup 5 spot.
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He's on a 2 way. He's not competing for a rotation spot :facepalm