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[QUOTE]Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Juwan Morgan will miss today’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with a strained hamstring[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]
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end of his Jazz career I'd guess. Too bad. He could help
[QUOTE]Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Grizzlies, with an already packed roster, are open-minded on the futures of all three players in Memphis — and will likely consider trades with some of those arriving in this deal.[/URL] Memphis gets salary cap flexibility in the summer of 2022 with trade.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]
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would love Beverley
Hughes finally had a good game but it was mostly one short stretch where he was hot.
[url]https://kslsports.com/466028/jazz-loss-ends-championship-hopes-at-summer-league/[/url]
[QUOTE]While it’s true that Forrest has been a poor three-point shooter throughout his career leading up to summer league, one of the reasons his shooting was such a drawback was because he didn’t show off his excellent floater often enough as a rookie.
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probably because he couldn't show it. He was left wide open from 3. Why give him anything else until he proves he can shoot it?
[QUOTE]This type of pick and roll play has been the key to the Jazz offensive attack with Rudy Gobert over the last several seasons and is a real reason why Forrest could excel in bigger minutes in the Jazz rotation if needed.
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If they play with Gay, Paschall, Morgan or Brantley at the 5 he makes more sense than with Gobert or Whiteside. We've already lived the Ricky years and Ricky was a better shooter than Forrest. Forrest might be better at everything else
[QUOTE]Furthermore, while adding a three-point shot isn’t crucial, it would make him even more dangerous offensively as teams won’t be able to go under the screen on him. The Jazz offense took off when they moved on from Ricky Rubio, a non-shooter, to Mike Conley who shoots better than 40 percent from deep.
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it is crucial. We saw last year he could play effective minutes but we also saw him not guarded on the perimeter which makes it tougher for everyone else
[QUOTE]That’s not a knock on Amaechi who because of his terrific size was a better than average backup center in his career. But, if those players who won the genetic lottery can impact the game simply because of their measurements, a player with that size, and a love for the game can be even better.
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awful for the Jazz
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[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/15/22623980/utah-jazz-fall-to-la-clippers-in-first-summer-league-loss-dashing-championship-hopes[/url]
[QUOTE]These kind of NBA contracts are non-guaranteed and allow the team to waive the player, but incentivizes players to stay with a team’s G League affiliate by offering bonuses of up to $50,000 that are voided if the player decides to play overseas.
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I thought they got the money either way
[QUOTE]So basically, Teague is likely to be on the Jazz’s training camp roster and then the SLC Stars unless he decides to take an international contract. The Jazz also have their second two-way spot still open and Exhibit 10s can be converted to two-way deals.
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another NBA team could sign him as well. Played well enough someone might try to poach him
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/15/22623890/elijah-hughes-focus-is-on-defense-during-summer-league-with-the-utah-jazz[/url]
[QUOTE]Hughes, who played his college ball at Syracuse, already has a deal with the [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah-jazz"]Utah Jazz[/URL]. He’s guaranteed the full amount of his $1.5 million contract for the upcoming season. That contract does not guarantee him playing time, however. That’s something he has to earn.
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hopefully it doesn't guarantee him a roster spot. It was a wasted spot last year and will be again. There are a lot of guys out there that are better
[QUOTE]The Jazz coaching staff would love nothing more than to have Hughes develop into a wing defender who could be trusted with meaningful minutes. At just 23 years old and standing 6-foot-5, Hughes has an NBA frame and the strength to go with it.
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not elite length
[QUOTE]That’s why defense is so important to Hughes. While he is a pure scorer and wants to be recognized for that, he knows that versatile and consistent defense is how he can have staying power in the NBA, and staying in the league is what he wants.
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We've seen he loves to shoot the ball. Putting it in the hoop not so much
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/8/15/22626432/utah-jazz-fall-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-las-vegas-summer-league-nba[/url]
[QUOTE]For the Jazz it has been a successful summer league where they’ve seen some standouts among their young players. We’ve talked about it multiple times but Trent Forrest has been fantastic for the Jazz. When he’s been on the floor, good things have happened. Whether it’s gliding to the rim with a smooth floater or finding open teammates, Forrest has been very, very good. His averages in Las Vegas are 15.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 6.8 assists in 28 minutes per game. He has been as good a performer as the Jazz could hope for and they’ve got him on a two-way contract. The future looks very good for Trent Forrest and the Jazz likely want to keep him on the team as long as possible.
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If that was the case he would have been signed to a long term guaranteed contract.
[QUOTE]Udoka Azubuike looked solid again tonight. His combination of size and athleticism is apparent every time he steps on the floor. His biggest criticism? What he does at the free throw line. Tonight he went 6/11. He looks to have created somewhat of a stroke and it looks better than what he’s done in the past. If he can continue to work on it, Dok has the talent to be a rotation big in the NBA for a long time. It looks like he may already have done that. Dok has had an impressive summer league and should pressure Whiteside for minutes this upcoming season. He finishes everything around the rim and shows the innate ability to protect the rim to help on both ends. For 10-15 minutes a night he could be a real help for the Jazz come the regular season.
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let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's see what he does in pre season and with the Stars before getting too excited. If he makes Whiteside expendable by the trade deadline they should be happy
[QUOTE]We’ve now had two really good games in a row for Elijah Hughes. At the end of this game when things looked out of hand, Hughes was hitting shots to keep the Jazz in it. Hughes’ jumpshot looks great and he is making it at a nice level. At Las Vegas Summer League he’s now shooting 46% from three. He’s also showing the signs of defense that he was asked to do. Hughes is probably not ever going to be a lock down defender but you can see the signs of improvement with him taking charges and getting deflections and steals. Hughes absolutely should have gotten minutes last year instead of Matt Thomas who isn’t on the team any more. At worst Hughes is a player that can come in and shoot the ball with size.
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no he shouldn't have played over anyone. Thomas had his moments. He can shoot. Hughes has yet to prove that
[QUOTE]The last player that deserves mention is Jarrell Brantley. Brantley had a very Brantley game. He showed some flashes with his length blocking a shot and bothering shooters. He handled the ball and hit some threes. He also had 4 turnovers and missed some easy ones at the rim. For the game he shot 4/14. Brantley is a player I really root for. The physical profile is there, along with an interesting skill set. But I don’t know how long it will take for those things to come together and what that will even look like if it does come together. Brantly plays so wild at times and you just hope he can put it all together at some point. Sometimes I wonder if I love the idea of Jarrell Brantley more than what I’m actually seeing.
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fills the box score and makes plays at both ends. Put him out there with 4 NBA rotation players and he'll be fine as we've seen in limited chances
[QUOTE]With how he’s played I definitely will be surprised if he’s not cut by opening day.
Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/TheNextGM"]TheNextGM[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/8/15/22626432/utah-jazz-fall-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-las-vegas-summer-league-nba#543679274"]Aug 15, 2021 | 6:37 PM[/URL]
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I'd be surprised because the coach obviously doesn't think highly of him
[QUOTE]If we knew they were trying to dump Beverley, we could have used Bogey + the Favors trade exception to get him. But, of course, our owner cares about luxury taxes too. They’re not making decisions solely to make the team better.
Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Kira%20Argonova"]Kira Argonova[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/8/15/22626432/utah-jazz-fall-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-las-vegas-summer-league-nba#543684599"]Aug 16, 2021 | 5:40 AM[/URL]
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I'd like to think getting rid of Favors was about making the team better. Favors sucked and needed to go regardless of tax implications. Clarkson and Hughes should be next
[QUOTE]Yeah, there was nothing good about that Matt Friggin’ Thomas trade. This isn’t even meant to bash on Thomas. It’s more what that trade represented. When that was the only move the Jazz made at the deadline, they were essentially making a public announcement that "We think we’re a good enough team. We’re not going to try to get better. We’re going to roll with what we’ve got".
Big mistake.
Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Kira%20Argonova"]Kira Argonova[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/8/15/22626432/utah-jazz-fall-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-las-vegas-summer-league-nba#543684613"]Aug 16, 2021 | 5:43 AM[/URL]
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The Wizard saw him as someone that could help them going forward. Hughes was the wasted roster spot and really all the guys COTY refused to play I guess
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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/15/utah-jazz-paschall-earn-minutes-year/[/url]
[QUOTE]Paschall is a rare get for a team in Utah’s position: a quality young player with upside. However, the question remains: how will Paschall get regular minutes in Quin Snyder’s rotation throughout the 2021-22 season? Especially considering the positional overlap he shares with Gay?
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being Mitchell's buddy I'm afraid will be enough
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/15/ranking-utah-jazz-big-3-nbas-best-trios/[/url]
[QUOTE]Meanwhile, the guard comparisons are a little closer. Paul grades out as better than Conley Jr., although the separation is less than casual observes may expect (21.4 PER vs 19.2). Meanwhile, the Utah Jazz’s star young off-guard graded out as superior to Phoenix’s, with Mitchell holding a PER advantage over Booker of 21.3 to 19.2
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Booker is better than Mitchell. Saw him setting screens and at least attempting to defend
[QUOTE][h=2]Los Angeles Lakers Big 3: Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook[/h]
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shitshow
[QUOTE]Per CleaningtheGlass, the Utah Jazz, interestingly, held a negative Efficiency Differential (-5.9) with Donovan Mitchell on the floor. Meanwhile, both Rudy Gobert (14.6) and Mike Conley Jr. (11.9) posted substantially positive marks, each over the 95th percentile.
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best player in Jazz history! :roll:
[QUOTE]Interpret the numbers how you like, but just don’t conclude that Mitchell is a negative presence for this Utah Jazz team. He is their offensive engine, and likely their most important player. Considering that these 3 men frequently shared the floor, a safer interpretation concludes that Mitchell is prone to struggling without his elite rim protector and floor-spacing secondary playmaker.
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Without Gobert they would suck as has been proven in the past. Without Conley and Mitchell they still won. Ball moves better without Mitchell and the D is better. Don't need the numbers to show you that. Watch the games
[QUOTE]Yet, nobody in good conscience could rank them ahead of this Brooklyn Nets trio. Simply put, they have too much talent. Assuming better injury luck for them, they project as the best Big 3 in the NBA heading into the 2021-22 NBA season.
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Bucks. Better at both ends
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/08/15/nba-power-rankings-heat-bulls-steal-offseason/16/[/url]
1st to 6th!
Cleveland has also explored the trade market. [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/08/evan-mobley-looks-as-advertised-and-lamar-stevens-believes-he-belongs-cleveland-cavaliers-summer-league-observations.html"]Kyle Anderson, Terrence Ross, Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic, Cam Reddish, T.J. Warren, Thaddeus Young, Tobias Harris, Jeremy Lamb and Harrison Barnes are all said to be available.[/URL] Reddish is a player the Cavs liked in the 2019 draft. They’ve been in contact with Atlanta about him. But wings don’t come cheap.
– via [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/08/evan-mobley-looks-as-advertised-and-lamar-stevens-believes-he-belongs-cleveland-cavaliers-summer-league-observations.html"]Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer[/URL]
In initial conversations, [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/08/evan-mobley-looks-as-advertised-and-lamar-stevens-believes-he-belongs-cleveland-cavaliers-summer-league-observations.html"]sources say most teams are asking for Cleveland’s 2022 first-round pick[/URL] (with protections, of course), but that would be incredibly risky for a team with 60 total wins the last three years and projects to, in a best-case scenario, compete for a Play-In spot in 2021-22. Without the future first-rounder, which the Cavs seem unwilling to put on the table for any of the “available” wings, interest turns to either Larry Nance Jr. — one of the few adults and winning players on the roster — or the pair of extra 2022 second-round picks (Houston and San Antonio). Does combining one or both with Cedi Osman get the Cavs anywhere?
– via [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2021/08/evan-mobley-looks-as-advertised-and-lamar-stevens-believes-he-belongs-cleveland-cavaliers-summer-league-observations.html"]Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer[/URL]
[url]https://kslsports.com/466109/report-jazz-to-host-luka-mavericks-christmas-night/[/url]
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/8/16/22627169/utah-jazz-rayjon-tucker-and-emmanuel-mudiay-among-familiar-faces-on-summer-league-rosters[/url]
[QUOTE]Rayjon Tucker, the 2019 G League standout who earned a deal with the Jazz in 2020 before being traded to the Cavaliers in the offseason last year is now with the Sixers and is still making the same athletic, high-flying plays that endeared him to Jazz fans.
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high energy defense is what endeared him to me. Rather have him than Hughes
[QUOTE]Former SLC Stars players are also featured across multiple Summer League rosters, including Trevon Bluiett and Tre Scott with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Malcolm Miller with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Romaro Gill with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Marcus Graves with the Sacramento Kings.
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Bluiett is good
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/8/16/22627429/is-rudy-gobert-on-pace-to-be-the-greatest-french-ball-player-of-all-time-utah-jazz[/url]
Gobert. Parker has the rings but not as the man
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/17/utah-jazz-try-trade-ben-simmons/[/url]
[QUOTE][h=1]Utah Jazz: Should they try to trade for Ben Simmons?[/h]
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makes no sense unless you are trading Gobert
[QUOTE]Simmons would give Utah two young stars in Donovan Mitchell and Simmons, who would together set up Utah with both an offensive and defensive anchor for years to come. Ultimately, Simmons provides a little bit more on the offensive side than Gobert, and he has an equally great defensive impact.
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Does he give them more offensively though? Gobert is elite at what he does at both ends