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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/2/19/22291639/utah-jazz-2013-14-atlanta-hawks-2013-2014-san-antonio-spurs-2003-04-detroit-pistons-donovan-mitchell[/url]
[QUOTE]Now Utah’s offensive system is very much in the vein of those Atlanta Hawks, but it is superpowered by star players like Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, and Rudy Gobert.
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star gets thrown around too loosely
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[QUOTE]Tim MacMahon: Mike Conley, who has the unofficial label as the league’s best veteran who has never been an All-Star, believes that he’s earned his spot this season. His answer when @andyblarsen asked Conley about his All-Star chances: “That would mean the world to me obviously. It would say a lot about me as a person after the year I had last year to come back and compete at the level that I’ve competed at. I do feel like I’ve played well enough to be in that conversation and to quite frankly be one of those reserves. I think this year everything has fallen into place where [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]we [have] the best record and we’ve got a coach coaching the team. It’s all falling in line, so if it’s not going to happen this year, that would be tough.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon"]Twitter espn_macmahon[/URL]
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Agreed. Be surprised if you made it
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50111145/donovan-mitchell-calls-loss-to-clippers-a-bump-in-the-road-to-bigger-goals[/url]
[QUOTE]"I thought our defense was pretty good until the heroics of Donovan Mitchell down the stretch. And he got going," Clippers coach Ty Lue said.
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heroics or George stupidity?
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[url]https://kslsports.com/453667/jazz-show-well-in-loss-to-clippers/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Jazz allowed too many second-chance opportunities throughout the game which led to a 16-8 scoring advantage for LA on 11 offensive rebounds. Kawhi Leonard grabbed two offensive rebounds on one possession with less than a minute to play which kept the Jazz from ending a good defensive sequence from Royce O’Neale, ultimately sending Leonard to the free-throw line.
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Maybe if they had a PF?
[QUOTE]The Jazz will still close games with O’Neale, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Gobert in the playoffs regardless of who the Clippers chose to play at center, but having a defender for a few minutes a game that can cover Morris more effectively could be the difference in a postseason series.
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having a starting 4 instead of Bojan or even Morgan would make a big difference
[QUOTE]Juwan Morgan could be an option internally and there are ways to scheme for Morris’s offensive attack, but this was good exposure for the Jazz that they would prefer to see in the regular season rather than in game one of the playoffs with little time off to solve their issues.
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he could be but you'd need a new coach
[QUOTE]“I think this is a bump in the road and a good one, in my opinion,” Mitchell said. “I think this is something we can look at and say ‘Okay, we stayed with them but t
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you playing a crappy 1st was the difference
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/19/22290131/instant-analysis-los-angeles-clippers-utah-jazz-nba-west-top-teams-kawhi-leonard-donovan-mitchell[/url]
[QUOTE]There were a couple of things that happened that should be a little concerning though. When the Clippers had both George and Leonard sitting through a stretch in the fourth quarter, the Jazz had a chance to close the gap and even take the lead, but they didn’t. They need to be able to kick into a higher gear and capitalize on those moments.
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Clippers are deeper after all the talk about how deep the Jazz are
[QUOTE]When the Clippers went with a smaller lineup the Jazz were not great, they ended up leaving Beverley and Marcus Morris wide open for shots and didn’t rotate quick enough to make a difference on the defensive end.
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going small on the Jazz. Jazz can't go any smaller other than Morgan at the 5
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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/19/22292471/utah-jazz-winning-streak-ended-by-the-los-angeles-clippers-game-recap-donovan-mitchell[/url]
[QUOTE](on a side note, Snyder also sat Mitchell for an extended amount of time because he got 2 fouls early. It’s something I don’t always understand from Snyder. Mitchell ended the game with 4 fouls but because he sat, and because he was tentative when he came back in, it felt like he was avoiding fouls and his defense struggled because of it. And do we honestly think Mitchell will be in any sort of situation where he might foul out? Maybe, but it does feel like this is a rote rule for Jazz rotations that could use a little bit more spirit of the law.)
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no he wouldn't foul out because he'd avoid playing any D not that he plays much now. Good reason to sit him and he sucked anyway
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[QUOTE][URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1171848/olympiacos-near-a-deal-with-kostas-koufos/"]Kostas Koufos is the new addition on the roster of Olympiacos with the two sides agreeing to join forces for the remainder of the 2020-21 season,[/URL] the Reds announced Saturday. The Greek-American center as a free agent was aiming for an NBA return after his season with CSKA Moscow, however, Olympiacos convinced him to join its Turkish Airlines EuroLeague squad.
– via [URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1171848/olympiacos-near-a-deal-with-kostas-koufos/"]EuroHoops.net
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[URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1171848/olympiacos-near-a-deal-with-kostas-koufos/"]The deal between the Greeks and Koufos does not include an option for the 2021-22 season[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/euroleague/1171848/olympiacos-near-a-deal-with-kostas-koufos/"]EuroHoops.net[/URL]
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Always liked him. Too bad Jer didn't
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Lakers guard [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30936431/los-angeles-lakers-dennis-schroder-tests-negative-7-day-quarantine"]Dennis Schroder tested negative for COVID-19, but he will be out at least a week because of potential exposure to the virus through contact tracing,[/URL] sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Lakers coach Frank Vogel said Saturday the team has a “more firm timeline” on Schroder, who will be sidelined an additional three games after being a late scratch in Thursday’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets because of the league’s health and safety protocols. He missed Saturday’s 96-94 loss to the Miami Heat and will also be out Monday versus the Washington Wizards and Wednesday at the Utah Jazz.
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30936431/los-angeles-lakers-dennis-schroder-tests-negative-7-day-quarantine"]Dave McMenamin @ ESPN[/URL]
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50111335/from-the-comments-did-the-clippers-expose-the-jazz[/url]
[QUOTE]Los Angeles needed some big moments from Patrick Beverly and Marcus Morris and some late offensive rebounds to clinch the game, and the Jazz had some bad 3-point luck (going 12-of-34 from deep).
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having a 4 or one that COTM would play anyway could have changed that
[QUOTE]When passing lanes get filled and plays get blown up, it's often up to one player to make things happen. Mitchell, like he did during last year's postseason, showed he can do that. Look at this play in the third:
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to bad his play in the 1st was the game
[QUOTE]The Jazz are fourth in the league in offensive rebounding percentage, according to Cleaning the Glass, but were beat to the boards Friday by a longer and taller team. On Leonard's late-game rebounds, for example, he was able to outreach Royce O'Neale (you could argue O'Neale's boxout could have been better, though).
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Morgan? Someone else not named Favors?
[QUOTE]Utah's lack of length on the wing hurt them on Friday and that may be something to keep an eye on going forward. The Jazz are the No. 1 rebounding team in the league, but that stat might not mean much in a seven-game series against teams with good rebounding forwards.
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wing isn't the problem especially if O'Neale isn't playin' the 4
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/20/22291310/silver-linings-utah-jazz-loss-los-angeles-clippers-lessons-nba-western-conference-donovan-mitchell[/url]
[QUOTE]The last thing they want is to learn tough lessons in the playoffs. That’s what the old Utah Jazz did, and this Utah Jazz team wants to be different.
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good luck with that
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Sarah Todd: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“I definitely think he deserves it, more than anyone.” Derrick Favors on Mike Conley potentially being an All-Star[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]
Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley discussing his hamstring injury, said he mentioned in the last Charlotte game that it had tightened up a bit and wanted to get it stretched,[/URL] but “as soon as I said ‘hamstring,’ they took me out.” Said overall it was very mild, far less problematic than last year’s.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/21/22291312/mike-conley-nba-all-star-reserve-disappointed-deserving-utah-jazz[/url]
[QUOTE][h=1]Commentary: If Mike Conley is not named an NBA All-Star, we should all be disappointed[/h]
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who cares as long as their elite superstar is there
[QUOTE]The starters are voted on by the fans, media and players with 50% of the weighted vote going to the fans. It’s pretty much a popularity contest. But it’s the coaches that decide the reserves, and they should know better than most who is deserving of the honor.
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we know the coaches suck at picking too. Media is best as sad as that is
[QUOTE]Many who watched Conley struggle through the 2019-20 season had all but written him off as a washed veteran and then he completely flipped the script. He was outstanding in the NBA’s Orlando bubble and has come back this season looking like ... what‘s the word? Oh yeah, an All-Star.
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he was fine most of last year
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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/21/22294291/utah-jazz-news-and-notes-justin-zanik-woj-pod-donovan-mitchell-maria-taylor-espn-the-jump-nichols[/url]
[QUOTE]Mitchell is getting some much earned attention for is play this year. As the lead offensive player for the #1 team in the league, Mitchell deserves to be considered one of the premier players in the league so it’s nice to see him get this attention.
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leading scorer not one of the premier players on his own team
[QUOTE][h=4]If Leonard did get those 2 offensive rebounds[/h]
we may have won the game
Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/statpower"]statpower[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/21/22294291/utah-jazz-news-and-notes-justin-zanik-woj-pod-donovan-mitchell-maria-taylor-espn-the-jump-nichols#536794114"]Feb 21, 2021 | 5:24 PM[/URL]
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if Mitchell shows up in 1st they win
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Jazz forward [URL="https://www.truehoop.com/p/shoot-the-****ing-ball-d0e"]Georges Niang specifically remembers a game in Boston last March: “I do remember Coach telling me: Shoot the f—— ball!”[/URL] What they do now is fascinating, brilliant, and profoundly different than the old Jazz. (Rockets employees have noticed and feel partly responsible.) The Jazz don’t lead the league in passing anymore. Instead, they lead the league in firing 3-pointers as fast as humanly possible—and now they’re 24-6, 2.5 games ahead of the Lakers, with the best record in the NBA.
– via [URL="https://www.truehoop.com/p/shoot-the-****ing-ball-d0e"]Henry Abbott @ TrueHoop[/URL]
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[QUOTE]If Jayson Tatum and Khris Middleton are selected, as expected, for spots as frontcourt reserves, it would leave only one spot for Sabonis, Randle, Bam Adebayo, Gordon Hayward, Tobias Harris and Nikola Vucevic. [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30917191/which-players-track-cash-all-star-all-nba-other-contract-bonuses-2021"]Unlike the frontcourt in the East, where much is up for debate, there should be no controversy out West for Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who is playing All-NBA-level defense for a team that has the best record in the NBA. Like last year, he will earn a $1 million bonus for being selected[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30917191/which-players-track-cash-all-star-all-nba-other-contract-bonuses-2021"]Bobby Marks @ ESPN[/URL]
Gobert also has a $500,000 bonus if he is named All-NBA First-Team Defense at the end of the season. One name not mentioned is Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry, who has appeared in five straight All-Star Games, earning a combined $600,000 in bonus money. [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30917191/which-players-track-cash-all-star-all-nba-other-contract-bonuses-2021"]Lowry has $500,000 in All-Star incentives this year and, despite ranking No. 4 among all point guards in real plus-minus, will likely not get named because of a crowded group of guards and the inconsistent play of the Raptors in the first half of the season[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30917191/which-players-track-cash-all-star-all-nba-other-contract-bonuses-2021"]Bobby Marks @ ESPN[/URL]
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He was robbed of his million twice
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Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Gordon Hayward on the Jazz: “Utah’s playing extremely well. A team that’s been together for awhile and know each other really well. They’re jelling on both ends. … Really imperative that we rebound well and defend against this team.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]
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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/22/22293266/utah-jazz-charlotte-hornets-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell-lamelo-ball-terry-rozier-game-preview[/url]
[QUOTE]Another interesting issue that popped up against the Clippers was defensive rebounding. Nothing was more painful than seeing Ivica Zubac grab OREBs on multiple possessions and Kawhi grab two in a row during crunch time in the fourth. Cody Zeller and Bismack Biyombo are an excellent center rotation at offensive rebounding - the Hornets as a whole are among the best OREB teams, tied with the Jazz and [URL="https://www.celticsblog.com/"]Celtics[/URL] for 4th at 11.1 per game. (The Pelicans lead the league at 11.6.) For a team that doesn’t generate many turnovers, the Jazz need to take care of the ball defensively and end possessions, or risk giving their opponents additional extra chances. Rudy, Derrick, and Royce are holding down the fort, but the wings and guards (especially Bojan and Joe, who average around 4.5 per 36 min) need to step it up. Against the Clippers, Bogdanovic, Ingles, Conley, and Clarkson totaled 3 rebounds in their collective 111 minutes on court. Rebounding is just one of those fundamentals that casual fans likely underrate in importance when it comes to stellar defense and winning games. With this game against the Hornets, look for the Jazz to rebound and start another winning streak.
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pretty sure Ingles has picked up his rebounding this year. Something he's never done. Can't really expect it now just because you choose not to play with a PF
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[url]https://kslsports.com/453760/why-do-the-jazz-lose-games/[/url]
[QUOTE]While Mitchell’s poor shooting appears to be a culprit in the Jazz losses, there’s less of a pattern when looking at the season as a whole.
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Mitchell and Bojan. Mitchell at least brings some other stuff to the table
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/22/22291314/utah-jazz-mailbag-playoffs-buyout-market-trade-deadline-offensive-rebounding-nba-rudy-gobert[/url]
[QUOTE]First off, [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2019/7/2/8935355/jeff-green-agrees-to-one-year-2-5-million-deal-with-utah-jazz"]Jeff Green was an offseason acquisition[/URL] that didn’t work out for the Jazz. He was part of a bench unit that included Tony Bradley and Ed Davis as backups for Rudy Gobert. I don’t think Green was the cause of any chemistry problems, I just think the Jazz weren’t that deep of a team and there were players that didn’t fit.
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Bradley played after Green was let go but let's continue to blame him for all their problems! Green was certainly a big part of their problems mostly because the Jazz expected too much for a minimum contract
[QUOTE]There’s always room for improvement and if the Jazz could do a better job of rebounding it would certainly make them more lethal. The simple answers are better communication and basic positioning and boxing out. That’s how the non-center players can do better. It also would be nice if Gobert had a better sense of where he was batting the ball when he taps out offensive rebounds, that kind of awareness could result in more offensive boards or just cut down on transition opportunities for the other team.
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two words. Starting PF
[QUOTE]As for developing a hook shot or even something else that he could use away from the basket, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that either. He definitely could work on it but that’s more of an offseason task than anything. It’s not going to happen between now and May 22.
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his hook and face up both look good. Confidence is the issue
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[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-takeaways-contender-clash-all-star/[/url]
[QUOTE]So far, there’s little reason to believe they can’t hang with anybody. (They’ll get their first look at the Lakers this week, albeit without All-NBA big man Anthony Davis or starting guard Dennis Schroder.)
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plenty of reason to think they can't hang with he Lakers
[QUOTE]The Jazz didn’t stay in rebuilding mode for long, partially because Snyder just couldn’t help himself. He identified the unique ability of a gangly 22-year-old and decided to reimagine his team’s whole identity as a function of this raw youngster who his predecessor had mostly left on the shelf.
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Really? Not sure they've figured it out still 6 years later
[QUOTE]Gobert’s selection is probably the most secure, and the reasons why have very little to do with the number above. The coaches who select Western All-Stars are the ones who have to build game plans to deal with Gobert’s ridiculous impact at both ends of the court. The way that Utah’s entire defense is structured around his game-changing ability to guard multiple people on the same play, to deter, to scare the crap out of people. But also the way Utah’s offense is predicated on Gobert’s roll gravity. His rim-finishing ability and sheer, unblockable size open up a ton of Utah’s league-leading 3-point attempts.
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twice he didn't make it when he should have so he's hardly more secure than Mitchell. PPG and hype wins out sadly
[QUOTE]Mitchell, an All-Star last season, is subtly better at just about everything today. He’s also doing it in fewer minutes, since his 24-6 Jazz are kicking everybody’s butts and earning him some early rest in most games. Mitchell was third in the NBA in clutch field goals last season, but this year has barely had to play clutch minutes at all — only 20 total minutes all season where the margin has been withing five points coming down the stretch.
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didn't deserve it last year
[QUOTE][B]Jazz 112, Clippers 116: Donovan Mitchell.[/B] This was a pretty easy call, even before his late heroics (12 points in the final minute and a half) gave Utah a bit of hope down the stretch. He and Bojan Bogdanovic (23 points) were the two Jazz players who consistently produced offense against LAC’s solid defense, and Mitchell did enough other stuff to edge Bogey, including very solid defense on the much bigger Paul George (who didn’t get a shot off in the 40% of his night that Mitchell was guarding him). Mitchell logged a 35-4-5 line, plus three steals.
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his play in the 1st was the game so no!
[QUOTE][B]Wednesday 2/24, Jazz vs. Lakers:[/B] The Jazz finally get a look (sort of) at the team that has to be considered their biggest obstacle on the path to contention. They were 0-3 against LeBron James’ squad last season, and a lot of their offseason retooling had to do with preparing themselves to see the supersized Lake Show sooner or later in the postseason. Davis (Achilles strain) and Schroder (health & safety) will both miss Wedensday’s game, and they’re two of LAL’s three top scorers and minute-getters. Not that it’s much consolation, though, as Utah will still have to deal with the MVP frontrunner. The Lakers have lost three of four, and three of the four before that included at least one overtime — making their regulation record 2-3-3 in the last two weeks and change.
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yeah Favors was the answer! :roll:
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Ryan Ward: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jared Dudley on if Lakers are monitoring other elite teams in the league, namely the Jazz: “If any player says they don’t look at other teams, they’d be lying to you.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/RyanWardLA"]Twitter RyanWardLA[/URL]
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50112572/jazz-flip-a-switch-in-the-2nd-half-and-blowout-hornets[/url]
[QUOTE]"It's always easy to say maybe what we should have done from the beginning, but that's not always gonna be the case," said Donovan Mitchell, who had 23 points and eight assists. "We're always gonna have teams that come out ready, that are ready to beat us, ready to play us, ready to go."
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be nice if you ever did it from the beginning being the elite superstar leader
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Marc Stein: Utah is 25-6. Twenty-one wins are by double digits. I think they should get three All-Stars …. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]we’ll find out later today if Gobert, Mitchell and Conley all get the nod[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine"]Twitter TheSteinLine[/URL]
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[url]https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2021/02/23/triple-team-jazzs-bench/[/url]
[QUOTE]2. This year, the lineups with two starters have been really good. That’s typically Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley, along with some combination of Jordan Clarkson, Georges Niang, Joe Ingles, and Miye Oni. In those minutes, the Jazz have outscored teams by 14 points per 100 possessions. That’s meant Snyder can play everyone fewer minutes, and there’s much less of a white-knuckle ride in the bench times.
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which tells you it's all about Conley
[QUOTE]We’re just so lucky to get to watch him work day in and day out. There’s no question: Gobert is one of the best defensive players in NBA history.
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someone gets it
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/22/22291489/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-charlotte-hornets-georges-niang-3-pointers-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert[/url]
[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell can have a pretty bad game and make you forget about it with three or four consecutive impact plays during a run.
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doesn't make me forget about it
[QUOTE]A note on technical fouls. Rudy received his second tech of the season after hitting the floor and screaming at the officials when they charged a foul to him and he felt it was the wrong call. That was quickly followed by Quin Snyder lashing out at the officials, earning himself a technical too. Then Snyder jumped to Gobert’s defense and challenged the play. Snyder often uses his challenges to show support for the players, even when the right call was originally made and I really like that approach. Also, a technical foul for being frustrated and emotional is one that I’ll never be mad at. You’d rather have players on the court that care that deeply about a single play than you would players who don’t care.
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no he's wasting too many challenges early on calls unlikely to be reversed
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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/23/22297219/utah-jazz-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers-nba-western-conference-standings[/url]
[QUOTE]By the way, the only team in the league with a better record against winning ball clubs is the [URL="https://www.netsdaily.com/"]Brooklyn Nets[/URL] at 12-2. This whole “the Jazz haven’t proven anything” mantra is pretty BS. Another going in favor of the Jazz here in terms of end-of-season standing projections.
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it's not BS. Playoffs are a different story and they've yet to play LA
[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz on paper are back to a full bill of health right now. That being said, something seems a little off with Favors right now. He was highly effective early on this year but currently seems to struggle. I wonder if that plantar fasciitis is acting up again. For the Lakers, Davis is going to be held out for ~4 weeks. If last night’s loss to the [URL="https://www.bulletsforever.com/"]Washington Wizards[/URL] is any indication, they may drop more games than you’d expect before the All Star break. Also, having LeBron carry this big of a load is a tough ask of the veteran. The Clippers had quite the injury report for a while there, but they too are back to good health. However, Kawhi is known for resting regularly which may impact their results from time to time.
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more knee and back. I'd guess him anting to be a backup has a lot to do with his health. Might be better off with him at least short term just to see what Morgan has
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[QUOTE][URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]“I think we should have five All-Stars,” Conley said. “I think this year, honestly, I’m playing the best basketball of my entire career.[/URL] Being 33 years old, I’ve never had the opportunity to play in the game. I’ve had the door shut so many times. But, it’s been so much fun being a part of a team like this that is so unique. We play so unselfishly, and we have a defensive mindset and a physical mentality. “To do that, you have to have nine or 10 guys that all make plays for each other and are all unselfish. It’s funny because we have been so versatile this season that I have struggled to figure out how to scout us. I never had to think about that for one of my teams.”
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]Tony Jones @ The Athletic[/URL]
[/QUOTE]5? Come on! Clarkson maybe. I hope you don't mean Bojan[QUOTE][URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]
“It was a difficult time overall,” Conley said. “Moving my family out here, learning a new area for the first time in forever.[/URL] Utah Jazz fans are very passionate, and they love their team and they love success. I was supposed to be a part of that. I wanted to show the people what I could do. “So to start the way I did, not doing anything well, not being able to hit a shot, that wasn’t me. And then when the injury came, I wasn’t able to show what I could do. For a while, it felt like anything I did was going to be bad. It was tough. I wasn’t used to negative criticism. I felt like I let the people down.”
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]Tony Jones @ The Athletic[/URL]
[IMG]https://*********.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/92/2021/01/i_05_d8_4d_donovan-mitchell.png?w=190[/IMG]They have become one of the best backcourts in the league this season because the feel is there. Staggering the minutes has been a significant help. It gives them each time on the floor where they are the undisputed captain. It gives them space. But, they have played so much better together this season. [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]“The biggest thing has been we both understand and can read each other,” Mitchell said. “Mike always has a feel for how defenses are guarding me and for what’s needed, and vice versa.[/URL] Sometimes, I know that I need to defer to Mike, and sometimes I’m like I got it. It’s a trust and a bond that we have always had in each other.”
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/2021/02/23/jazz-point-guard-mike-conley-wants-to-be-a-part-of-utahs-long-term-plans-we-love-it-here/"]Tony Jones @ The Athletic[/URL]
[/QUOTE]mostly better because of Mike
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[QUOTE]Ben Anderson: The @Utah [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jazz must decide on the future of Miye Oni, Juwan Mogan, and Shaq Harrison’s non-guaranteed contracts by tomorrow.[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]
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Letting Shaq go if they can under the tax line makes sense. Give them more flexibility at the trade deadline and for buyouts. Could always bring him back on 10 days anyway. Not like he's played or anything
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Hughes finally played with the Stars. 20 pts in 21 minutes on 5-11/2-7/5-5 the gunner even had a couple of assists but 3 TO's. The addition of him and Josh Green appears to have made a big difference with their 2nd win! Time to send Forrest there with Conley back
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[QUOTE]In an interview with The Athletic, Conley made it clear that he would like to stay with the Jazz beyond this season. And on a day where he could finally become an All-Star for the first time in a long and successful career, Conley’s words encapsulate how much he and the Jazz organization have taken to each other. [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/"]“Utah’s got me,” Conley said. “I was talking about this to my wife recently. We love it here. I don’t think I can go anywhere else that plays the way we play.[/URL] We’ll see this offseason, because when that time comes there will definitely be a lot of chatter. “But, from where I sit right now, this team is so unique, in the way we play. And everyone has bought into what we want to do on both ends of the floor.”
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2398344/"]Tony Jones @ The Athletic[/URL]
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well duh! He's never been better. Why would he want to go elsewhere. Now it's up to the Jazz to make it happen. Sure George Hlll felt the same way
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Bobby Marks: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert has earned a $1M bonus for his selection as an All-Star reserve. The Jazz will not see an additional tax charge this season since the bonus was deemed likely[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42"]Twitter BobbyMarks42[/URL]
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Mike Conley: [URL="https://*********.com/social/tweets/"]Yessir!! Congrats to @spidadmitchell @rudygobert27[/URL] ! Hopefully many more to come!!
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MCONLEY10"]Twitter MCONLEY10[/URL]
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50112899/patrick-kinahan-selfless-ingles-not-about-to-brag-on-himself[/url]
[QUOTE]With Ingles playing at an all-star level, the Jazz went 6-0 during Conley's absence and solidified their hold on first place in the Western Conference. Once Conley regained his health, Ingles returned to the bench with nary a complaint knowing full well his numbers would dwindle.
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why must we always overstate things? All star? :facepalm
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50113270/donovan-mitchell-and-rudy-gobert-selected-to-2nd-straight-all-star-game[/url]
[QUOTE]The two might be the faces of the franchise, but Utah isn't sitting at the top of the standings without Conley, Jordan Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic. Clarkson made the case earlier this month that as many as four players could be taken from the Jazz — and he wasn't including himself, the league's best bench player this season.
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I'd say in spite of Bojan
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50113033/from-the-comments-mike-conleys-all-star-case-and-lets-talk-a-bit-about-gordon-hayward[/url]
[QUOTE]It's easy to be happy, as keepsimple is, because the Jazz are a better team now than at any point when Hayward was playing in Utah. Fans have two All-Stars (and maybe more) who have embraced state like Hayward never did, and they can boast about the best record in the league. This is arguably the best Jazz team since the Finals runs in the late 90s. Hayward, meanwhile, is on a young team fighting for the playoffs in the East. For Jazz fans, it's easy to say they won.
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would have been better if he'd stayed
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/23/22297287/donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-utah-jazz-all-star-game-reserves-nba-2021-atlanta-mike-conley-snub[/url]
[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz have not had three players on an All-Star team since Stockton, Malone and Mark Eaton represented the Jazz in the 1989 game. The NBA has not announced when an injury replacement for Davis will be named.
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Eaton! :roll:
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/23/22297544/are-the-utah-jazz-atlanta-hawks-comparisons-accurate-demarre-carroll-weighs-in[/url]
should have ben playing for Utah not Atlanta :cry:
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[QUOTE]Two seasons ago, the Jazz were a decent 3-point shooting team that was elite defensively. That was flipped last season. These Jazz are now among the best at both — and have embraced the 3 like never before, leading the NBA in treys attempted (42.5 per game) and made (16.8, on pace for a league record). [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]“Wow, they spread you out,” a West scout said. “They can drive it, shoot it and have a lob threat. They’re really tough to defend now.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]Tim MacMahon @ ESPN[/URL]
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they were tough to defend at the end of Hayward's last season. The fact that they thought Ricky and Favors in the corner was a good idea is something else! :facepalm
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[URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]“You kind of go back to the old Detroit team that won it,” a longtime Western Conference scout said, referring to the 2003-04 Pistons,[/URL] whose lone All-Star that season was Ben Wallace, a defensively dominant big man and Detroit’s sixth-leading scorer. “They just had a lot of really good players. “I thought Utah needed another star, but I’ve changed on that.”
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]Tim MacMahon @ ESPN[/URL]
It would likely mean the L.A. teams would meet each other in the second round, so the Jazz wouldn’t have to beat both the Lakers and the Clippers to get out of the West. [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]“I think they’re the third-best team in the West,” an Eastern Conference executive whose team has lost to the Jazz recently said.[/URL] “I think they might have the best record in the regular season, but I do not think they should be favored over either L.A. team. In fact, I would heavily favor the L.A. teams, but I like the Jazz a lot.
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]Tim MacMahon @ ESPN[/URL]
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Assessing total career value is one way to answer the question of the best non-All-Star, but it’s not the only method. A “compiler” with a bunch of decent but unspectacular seasons can put together an impressive career without ever making a strong All-Star case in any one season. So we can also look at the list of non-All-Stars with the best peaks, defined for these purposes as their best five seasons. [URL="https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/2/23/22298428/mike-conley-all-star-reservers-snub"]Using this peak method, Conley moves into third place on the list—and will probably jump up to second by the time this season finishes, as he’s on pace for one of the best campaigns of his career[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/2/23/22298428/mike-conley-all-star-reservers-snub"]Zach Kram @ The Ringer[/URL]