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talent will remain a bigger issue
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Maybe to stash him in Idaho? Not sure who they would cut if they kept him. I'd look to move Pleiss and Burke but I'd guess Johnson would go and he can help them. Guessing this guy can probably shoot though? His brother can.
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[QUOTE]Our rotation could be something that we see evolve like it did last year."
Still, Snyder rolled out some of his tightest rotations of the exhibition season against the Thunder.
Elijah Millsap and Chris Johnson each logged a minute of game time. Rookies Tibor Pleiss and Trey Lyles never got into the game. Is that a sign of things to come and how tight minutes will be for guys at the end of the Utah bench? We'll see.
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I'd play the top 7 guys as much as you need to and mix and match after that. Hopefully Trey will be gone at some point.
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Sounds like a d-league move.
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[QUOTE]Many are expecting good things from the Utah Jazz this season. Just don't expect Quin Snyder's club to be all that exciting.[/QUOTE]
Rudy was certainly exciting! :bowdown:
[QUOTE]Such is the opinion of Grantland NBA writer Zach Lowe, who released Tuesday his annual "League Pass rankings," where he examines each team's relevance in the league's conversation, individual player appeal, how watchable teams are from an entertainment standpoint and the "unintentional comedy" they provide.
Lowe ranks the Jazz 22nd of the league's 30 teams, in a tie with the Orlando Magic.
"Trevor Booker plays every minute on the edge, flying to the offensive glass and talking trash. Alec Burks is back, Rodney Hood is interesting, Joe Ingles is funny, Snyder makes serial-killer faces and that musical note logo at center court is perfect," Lowe writes. "Just avoid the temptation to drink every time Matt Harpring yelps 'Jazz Nation!'"
On a more serious note, NBA.com released Tuesday its annual GM survey, compiled by John Schuhmann, which asks the league's 30 general managers various questions about individual players and teams.
Whether it comes as a surprise or not is up for debate, but the Jazz aren't exactly high on the radar around the league.
The Utah-related highlights are limited, but Rudy Gobert was named the fourth-best interior defender and received votes as a potential breakout and top defensive player overall. The squad got votes as a potentially improved team and is seen as having the third-best home-court advantage in the league.
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[QUOTE]And I really feel that our players have it in it, have it in them, to do better, to work together, and that
[quote][URL="http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-waive-forward-e.j.-singler"]The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has waived forward E.J. Singler.[/URL] Following the moves, Utah’s roster now stands at 15 players.
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Ryan McDonald: As expected, the Jazz have waived E.J. Singler. [URL="http://*********.com/social/"]We should see him on the Idaho Stampede roster this season[/URL]
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So I guess he got a practice and game in anyway?
Looks like they played good and Gobert and Neto seem ready to go anyway. Maybe Neto will start?
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[QUOTE]Big story of the night was the Jazz starting Raul Neto and Rodney Hood. The Nuggets didn
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I was going to have to change certain habits that I had in the past and I had to change.
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[quote]Honorable Mentions: Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert also have a shot at being the next Jazz All-Stars.
[/quote] It's ridiculous if anyone other than Rudy makes it first.
[quote][B]Most likely to make All-Defensive teams or compete for DPOY at some point: Rudy Gobert[/B]
This one seems like such a foregone conclusion now. It wasn
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[quote]Quin Snyder saw it as early as Thursday morning.
There was an extra hop to Rudy Gobert's step. He was more focused during shootaround. His work pregame was more pronounced, more purposeful.
And when Thursday night rolled around, Gobert was ready for the Denver Nuggets.
In one final preseason tune-up, Gobert was Rudy Gobert again in front of 17,083 at EnergySolutions Arena. As the Utah Jazz defeated the Nuggets 98-78, Gobert put up 14 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots in just under 30 minutes of action.
It was by far his best performance of the preseason.
"I just wanted to show my teammates that I was ready for the regular season," Gobert said. "I was excited to play tonight, and I wanted to come out and play well. I tried to set the tone defensively right from the beginning and make sure I helped my teammates and make sure we played physical."
He played well statistically, and his impact stretched beyond the box score. For the first time in the preseason, Gobert left an indelible stamp on a game, shutting down the lane defensively, and scoring off activity on the offensive end.
With Gobert in the paint, the Nuggets struggled to find good shots. Time and again, he either erased or altered forays into the lane, which led to offense on the other end for the Jazz.
This was a welcome sight for Snyder, who has been fielding what's-wrong-with-Rudy-Gobert questions for the better part of two weeks. Gobert's been dealing with fatigue since playing internationally all summer with his native country France.
He's been rested in some games. In other's he's looked disinterested and disengaged. This all came to a head in Tuesday night's loss to Oklahoma City, when the Jazz were beaten and Gobert was outplayed by Steven Adams on both ends.
So for Utah's franchise center to turn it around two nights later has to be looked upon as a good thing.
"I think we talked about Rudy trying to get his energy and his focus back after a long summer," Snyder said. "It's a credit to him, you could tell in the locker room before the game. The way he was looking at me when we were giving the pre-game discussion and the film. He invested in a way today, from the moment he woke up, to the game. When you invest like that, the odds are you are going to play well."
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Too bad they need him so badly with the roster they've put together.
[QUOTE]As a unit, the Jazz bounced back nicely from a poor showing against the Thunder. Point guard Trey Burke continued his good play in the preseason, leading the way with 17 points. Gordon Hayward had 11 points, while Derrick Favors and Raul Neto scored 10 points each.
Thursday's game was significant because of changes in the starting lineup. Burke and Alec Burks came off the bench. Neto started, along with Rodney Hood.
The Jazz — plagued by bad first quarter starts all season — scored the first 11 points of the night. They never trailed, and generally had few issues with the Nuggets, who were led by Danilo Gallinari's game-high 19 points.
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