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

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/22/utah-jazz-grizzlies-odds-lineup-nov-22/[/url]

[QUOTE]All told, the [URL="http://www.thejnotes.com"]Utah Jazz (11-5)[/URL] sit third in the Western Conference, with the [URL="https://bealestreetbears.com/"]Memphis Grizzlies (8-8)[/URL] just outside the playoff picture at ninth.

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9th is play in

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-112221-what-jazz-need-from-gay-whiteside/[/url]

[QUOTE][B]Rim finishing[/B]. If there’s anything that the Jazz learned with the Ed Davis and Tony Bradley experiments — and even to a degree on the nights when Derrick Favors looked less springy — it’s that their prolific offense functions much better when all those shooters are orbiting around a rolling big who actually demands the opposing defense’s attention.

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Bradley is a good offensive player

[QUOTE]Gay and Whiteside represent Utah’s best opportunities to improve upon last year’s rotation, and they don’t even need to play out of their minds to do that. So far, both guys are giving the Jazz the specific things that help the club unlock some positive things on both ends.

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New coach and new 6th man

[QUOTE]Gay’s return gives Utah more ways to construct winning lineups. Any time they have had any five of their main 10 guys on the court, they have outscored opponents by 13.6 points per 100 possessions. The flipside of that is that as soon as even one member of their deep bench brigade steps into the lineup, those lineups drop to a combined -3.6 outside of garbage time. At some point, the hope is that someone from Utah’s 11th through 16th roster spots will make Snyder feel a bit more comfortable about playing them in meaningful situations.

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Yeah right

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/22/utah-jazz-trade-paschall/[/url]

[QUOTE]Granted, Paschall can be viewed as an insurance policy against a potential Gay injury, but is it worth the price of that insurance when this roster wants for a fourth rotation guard? Why double down on a position of strength with a roster that is lacking in another area?

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Trade Clarkson for a starting 4 or nobody. Royce to the wing

Paschall an energy guy at the end of the bench. You aren't getting Milton or Campuzzo for him :facepalm

[url]https://kslsports.com/473250/late-mistakes-bad-whistle-cost-jazz-against-grizzlies/[/url]

[QUOTE]“Even if we miss a shot, we’ve got be able to close defensively,” Mitchell said. “We’ve got to be able to get hits, when they continue to get second looks, when we play good defense then we give them another look it’s hard to guard three times in one possession.”

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just love when he talks about playing D :facepalm

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/22/22795923/instant-analysis-jaren-jackson-jr-3-pointer-seals-memphis-grizzlies-win-over-utah-jazz[/url]

[QUOTE]There’s a pretty big difference between when Mitchell falls into playing ‘my turn, your turn’ basketball and when he decides to just take over. The first is a very stagnant and slowed down, usually ineffective way of playing that has a bad trickle down effect on the rest of the team. The latter is when he just makes quick reads and big-time shots and you can tell that he’s feeling it. Honestly, even when he’s not making the shots but they are quick, wide open and well-timed shots, it’s the right play to make. It’s just about the way that he plays. It’s aggressive without being rushed. He sometimes waffles between the two, and that’s where some of his inconsistencies come from, but he had a couple of take over stretches that were key against the Grizzlies.

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should be Conley's turn when he's in the game and never Clarkson's

[QUOTE]The final look from Mitchell was a bad one. The Jazz didn’t do themselves any favors in that final possession.

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he liked it! :roll:

[QUOTE]Desmond Bane is so very good at basketball and he gave the Jazz and all Jazz fans fits on Monday night. He went off for 28 points in myriad ways and was the best player on the floor for much of the game. But it all comes to the great chagrin of Jazz fans who will always remember that the Jazz could have had him in the 2020 NBA draft. That seems like it’s going to be one that hurts for a while.

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why? He wouldn't be playing for the Jazz. They needed a center. Rather Udoka was the right one remains to be seen

[URL]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/22/22798133/utah-jazz-out-hustled-by-memphis-grizzlies-in-119-118-loss[/URL]

[QUOTE]Ja Morant’s star is ascending. He outplayed Donovan, despite missing 21 field goal attempts. Jaren Jackson Jr. Is tenacious, and while his wildness likely costs his team opportunities on some nights, tonight, it kept it earned his team a win.

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Morant has shown he can carry a team since he was a rookie.

[QUOTE]If you were a mad scientist, who could develop the perfect role-playing wing in a laboratory, you might create Desmond Bane. He’s 6’6” and 215 lbs. He has a sweet shooting stroke, good basketball instincts, and defends like a bull shark. He might be the reason Dennis Lindsay no longer has a job.

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He has a job. Advisor. COTY is the reason he doesn't have a job

[QUOTE]I wish the Jazz had traded Mitchell for Ja two seasons ago when people still thought Mitchell was better.

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yep. Imagine him and Gobert

[QUOTE]It’s weird you never see the same thing after Rudy struggles in a game.

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when does that happen?

[QUOTE]The third one is insane. Quin is one of the top-3 coaches in the league. He should have won COTY last season. [/QUOTE]

COTY! :roll:

[QUOTE]-QS still can't draw up an ATO worth a shit. Surprise, surprise. [/QUOTE]

adjustments! :lol

[QUOTE]-JC with four assists and only nine shots. Great reads in this one. Missed some open threes in the corner that usually drop for him. [/QUOTE]

not much usually drops for him :oldlol:

[QUOTE]This is a bad take. Gobert was defending the paint because that's his job. The other four players failed to defend the 3P line because they are terrible defenders who don't even try, even when it's a one-possession game with six seconds on the clock. [/QUOTE]

yep

[QUOTE]2-The pass is made to the perimeter, only a few feet from where Donovan Mitchell is standing. Rather than defend the shot, Mitchell looks at Gobert, who is 20-ft away, as if to say, "Hey, you gonna guard this guy too, or what?"[/QUOTE]

yeah come on Rudy! :facepalm

[QUOTE]Don't get me wrong I am not saying like some others that Quin should be fired, but he might have to try figure this out so we don't get teared apart like this. Same thing was with Miami...[/QUOTE]

adjustments! :D

Eric Walden: L2MR identifies two incorrect calls from last night’s Jazz-Grizz game — both favoring Memphis: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ja Morant should have been called for traveling with 1:20 left; JJJ should have gotten a loose-ball foul with 0.6 seconds for wrapping up Gobert. Call with 14.1 to go deemed correct.[/URL] pic.twitter.com/f3iQ8JrMRT
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/473295/nba-admits-blown-calls-as-jazz-prepare-for-thunder/[/url]

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/24/22794605/utah-jazz-rookie-jared-butler-knows-life-in-nba-will-be-learning-process-baylor-bears-ncaa-champs[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz won’t be playing Butler in place of Mitchell or [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/11/22451214/mike-conley-left-mark-with-memphis-grizzies-revitalized-career-with-utah-jazz"]Mike Conley[/URL] or [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/10/19/22728962/utah-jazz-joe-ingles-still-talkin-trash-just-dont-ask-him-about-it-donovan-mitchell"]Joe Ingles[/URL] or [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/25/22452925/utah-jazz-jordan-clarkson-accepted-role-becoming-the-sixth-man-of-the-year-nba-playoffs-memphis"]Jordan Clarkson[/URL]. The Jazz are hunting for an NBA title and while they would like for Butler to develop, they have bigger fish to fry.

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too bad Clarkson sucks

[QUOTE]Ultimately, the decision to give Butler time with the Stars was practical and is in Butler’s best interest. The Jazz believe in Butler and in his future as an NBA player, but he needs time to develop and it’s very hard to develop when you are only going to get a minute here or there at very best and can’t get into any sort of flow.

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every player should be considered a Gleaguer until they prove otherwise

[QUOTE]“No rhythm at all and you’re still judged on those minutes and you want to just say ‘That’s not me, that’s not me!’ But you can’t,” Butler said. “Then you get into this mode where you think everything is your fault and I have to remind myself, Jared, you played three minutes. It’s not my fault.”

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no it was COTY fault for playing you

[QUOTE]“​​I think that’s the reason why it can be so hard,” Butler said. “The perception of the G League is not a glorified thing. Instead it’s like, ‘Oh, you’re not ready for the NBA.’ And I think I’m for sure ready for the NBA. But from the outside it doesn’t seem like a step.”

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you're not ready. It's why Forrest is playing

[QUOTE]See, the Jazz aren’t in the market for a rookie guard right now. But, Conley and Ingles are both on the tail end of their careers, players get moved and traded and leave or get injured everyday in the NBA. Butler is a huge and valuable insurance policy for the Jazz, and he knows it.

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we can only hope Clarkson gets traded

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/24/utah-jazz-ranking-donovan-mitchell/4/[/url]

[QUOTE]He is the engine of a Utah Jazz team that ranks second in the NBA in Offensive Rating at115.03. The fact that Mitchell is able to score 24.4 points per game on a team that features Mike Conley, [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/24/utah-jazz-jordan-clarkson-problem/"]Jordan Clarkson[/URL], and Bojan Bogdanovic is all the more impressive. This offense runs deep, but there’s no question about who sits atop of it.

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Gobert

[QUOTE]All it would take for Mitchell to climb to the top of these rankings would be to bump his three-point efficiency back up to last year’s standard. His decline from an above-average three-point shooter to a below-average one is significant.

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playing and passing the ball would impress me more. Of course no mention of any of that in the ratings

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/24/utah-jazz-jordan-clarkson-problem/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=1]Do the Utah Jazz have a Jordan Clarkson problem?[/h][/QUOTE]

yeah and an even bigger COTY problem

Ben Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder remembered one of his first big conversations with Rudy Gobert came on the team plane. He told him: “You’re a good player right now and you’ve got a chance to be a great player. And if you want to go beyond that, you can be an elite player,[/URL] which he has become.”

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

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50291274/could-have-got-really-ugly-jazz-dont-think-close-win-over-thunder-was-reflection-of-play[/url]

[QUOTE]It showed the trust the team has in him. It didn't matter what happened last game, Mitchell is the guy Utah wants to have the ball in those late-game situations. Even with Dort harassing the team for most of the night — Dort forced Mitchell into some of his worst nights (the Jazz star isn't alone in being able to say that) — his teammates deferred to him at the end.

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it's too bad. They have other guys

[QUOTE]"Rudy was a monster late defensively and Donovan closed the game, and that's a pretty good formula," Snyder said.

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Hassan going out and Gobert playing 39 minutes was the difference

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/24/22797301/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-hold-on-late-to-get-win-over-oklahoma-city-thunder-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]Really lackluster stuff from a lot of the Jazz’s main guys. Donovan Mitchell couldn’t get his shot to go and he wasn’t adding anything on the defensive end. We know that Dort is a tough defender but the Jazz should be able to find ways to get their main guy some easy looks. Mike Conley seemed particularly frustrated by the end of the game and Joe Ingles was pretty absent.

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Mitchell and D :roll:

[QUOTE]The Jazz seemed pretty pleased with the way they played against the Thunder and thought that the offense looked really good and the score was just close because of missed shots on good looks. Still, the defense allowed more than 100 points from a team that is legitimately designed to lose games.[/QUOTE]

not many games they don't give up a 100. The D wasn't the issue in this one

Giddey, playing in his 18th career game, recorded 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in nearly 34 minutes of work. He converted on 8-of-15 shot attempts from the field, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, during the 110-104 loss. [URL="https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/2021/11/24/thunder-josh-giddey-lebron-james-lamelo-ball/"]With the performance, Giddey joined LeBron James and LaMelo Ball as the only teenagers in NBA history to reach 100 rebounds and 100 assists within their first 20 games at 19 years, 45 days.[/URL] He now has 131 rebounds and 105 assists on the season.
– via [URL="https://therookiewire.usatoday.com/2021/11/24/thunder-josh-giddey-lebron-james-lamelo-ball/"]Cody Taylor @ The Rookie Wire[/URL]





Eric Walden: Donovan Mitchell, on the Jazz having had six ejections already this season: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“I guess we’ve been waking up on the wrong side of the pillow. Is that the expression?”[/URL]
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