2019-20 season - Been waiting two decades for this one!

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[QUOTE]However, they’ll be in for a tougher task on Friday as they face off against LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers. Not only will it be a road game in the ever-dangerous Staples Center, but they’ll be going up against a Lakers squad with illustrious expectations that was shown up by their LA rivals in their first game.
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Not sure the Lakers are better than the Thunder really. More hyped certainly

[QUOTE]As such, you can bet that they’ll be anxious to bounce back with a big win in their first official home game (last game was a home contest for the Clippers, but it often felt like a home game for the Lakers). The Jazz will face several questions in the contest such as how will a smaller Jazz squad stop both LeBron James and Anthony Davis defensively? Can they find their shooting stroke that’s been lacking? Can Conley get in a groove? Can Donovan Mitchell replicate his efficient outing from the first game?
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Matchups go both ways? Why is it no one ever seems to realize that?

[QUOTE]Royce O’Neale got the start in Utah’s season opener and I imagine he will yet again, though it will be interesting to see if Quin Snyder opts to make a change to better contain the combination of James, Davis and JaVale McGee to matchup with their size. Considering how infrequently Snyder changed the starting lineup last year, though, I’d predict he’ll lean more towards in-game adjustments and less towards switching the initial starters too much.
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Despite his size O'Neale is their best defender outside Gobert. They will have to chase him around too.

[QUOTE]I’ve long been of the mindset that the Jazz are going to take about 25 games to get their feet underneath them, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see this be one of the early games they drop as they face a challenging opponent on the road.
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Looked good in game 1 as far as I'm concerned and they've been a better road team under Snyder. If shots start falling good luck stopping them

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[QUOTE]Jazz fans were (and quite frankly very much still are) justified in having reservations about Mudiay as he

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[QUOTE]Turns out when you give him space he

James Ham: Nemanja Bjelica will start at the power forward spot tonight for Sacramento. Fox, Hield, Barnes, Bjelica and Dedmon.

[QUOTE]Lakers coach Frank Vogel moved Davis from the 4 to the 5 at halftime on Friday night, sparking a 95-86 win over the Utah Jazz in Davis

Eric Walden: Mike Conley, on his 2nd straight game of poor shooting:

James Ham: De

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[QUOTE]The Jazz were the fourth-worst team in the league in terms of committing turnovers last year. But by replacing Ricky Rubio with Mike Conley, it

James Ham: De

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Another local product and a former Jazzman's son in Toolson. He played college on the Stars court for a year too. Occeus DPOY in his conference and all guards. Otherwise don't look too special on paper.

Felt like that game was over in the first 10 minutes. Bojan kick started the offence driving, then 3's to Conley and O'Neale and it's a 15-2 run in about 90 seconds of play.

[QUOTE=El Kabong]Felt like that game was over in the first 10 minutes. Bojan kick started the offence driving, then 3's to Conley and O'Neale and it's a 15-2 run in about 90 seconds of play.[/QUOTE]

Should be seeing a lot of that this year. Need to take care of business against the lesser teams. The Clippers games without George are big!

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2019/10/26/20925079/how-the-utah-jazz-bounced-back-after-loss-to-lakers-to-have-a-great-offensive-performance-vs-kings[/url]

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[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell, who has enjoyed an incredibly efficient start to the season, showed more of the same. His minutes were limited due to the large lead, and he had fewer touches because of the effectiveness of the entire offense, but 6-for-9 and a perfect 3-for-3 from three are additional signs that his game has improved.
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His game or the team around him? He's still tried to do too much at times instead of letting the game come to him

[QUOTE]Make no mistake about it: Rudy Gobert is affecting Jazz games. That said, with all the weapons around him, and opponents spending considerable effort to take away the lob, his lines don

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2019/10/26/20934341/2019-nba-utah-jazz-offense-arrives-in-big-win-sacramento-kings-donovan-mitchell-bojan-bogdanovic[/url]

[QUOTE]Rational Reaction #2: Bojan Bogdanovic is going to be the piece that puts Utah over the top this year
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One of the pieces

[QUOTE]Mike Conley, who has struggled out of the gates offensively, was able to get some easy buckets because of the spacing that Bogdanovic was providing. Everyone on the floor is better while Bogdanovic is playing and the scary thing is that he might be the Jazz

[QUOTE]Salman Ali: Mike D

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]Should be seeing a lot of that this year. Need to take care of business against the lesser teams. The Clippers games without George are big![/QUOTE]
Yea, the commentators mentioned something about not playing down to the level of the opponents this year. If they can keep that sort of thing up it does allow them to keep the starters a bit more fresh. None of them logged more than 26 minutes against the Kings.

[QUOTE=El Kabong]Yea, the commentators mentioned something about not playing down to the level of the opponents this year. If they can keep that sort of thing up it does allow them to keep the starters a bit more fresh. None of them logged more than 26 minutes against the Kings.[/QUOTE]

You have to listen to the Jazz feed? Harpring?

Their depth is unproven and they have an older team so ideally they can rest them against the inferior opponents and have them ready when they really need them. Will give their unproven guys to get some experience too

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2019/10/27/projecting-utah-jazz-championship-window-part/[/url]

[QUOTE]There is no more waiting for Enes Kanter to develop good defensive habits. There is no more need to grimace every time Trey Burke takes a bad shot. No more cautious optimism with the streaky Rodney Hood, and no more wondering if Gordon Hayward can ever be the alpha dog on a championship team. The Jazz have retained none of those guys from the rebuild except Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles and Dante Exum.
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Now we just have to wonder how long until the Exum experiment will mercifully end

[QUOTE]He earned nine consecutive All-Star appearances in the heart of his prime, but in 2016-17 (age 31) missed out on the festivities and hasn

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[QUOTE]If Ricky Rubio remains sidelined as he was against the Clippers, then expect Jevon Carter to get the start at point guard once again. However, considering he was out merely for a contusion, I

Stars start camp tomorrow.

Should be their 3 picks this year Oni, Brantley and Wright Forman.

Their affiliate guys Morgan, Scott, Haas and Collinsworth.

Their 4 draft picks Occeus, Castlin, Mitchell and Toolson

They also got Pryor in the trade for Collinsworth.

Usually there's a couple guys that return from the year before. Haas and?

Appears they need some more size up front and on the wings. A lot of guards. But they do play even smaller in the Gleague and the Jazz are playing with one big so the Stars may too

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[QUOTE]The Jazz are deeper than Pelton gives them credit for, but a major injury to Conley, Mitchell, or Gobert, would certainly put a damper on the season. Conley is probably most susceptible to the injury bug at the ripe age of 32 and having played no more than 70 games any of the last 5 seasons. If Conley missed 18 games I would have a hard time picking the Jazz to be anything more than a middle of the pack team in the West, so I agree with Pelton there. But is there any way the Jazz could lighten Conley

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[QUOTE]In the first 3 games this season, Mitchell has played at an MVP level. He was the main reason the Jazz pulled out an opening night win against the Thunder and looked like the best player on the floor against the Lakers.
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the main reason other than Rudy dominating on D and setting up the offense with his screens and pounding the boards?

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[QUOTE]Bojan Bogdanovic is going to win over Utah Jazz fans quickly
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He must be a good guy! I'd think they would have been won over the moment he signed. Meant Favors was gone and he was the greatest free agent signing in their history by far

[QUOTE]And his post-game comments in and of themselves were evidence of a big reason why Bogey is certain to win over Jazz fans quickly. His personality is naturally unassuming, but he possesses a sharp wit and a hilarious sense of humor, punctuated by his unabashed honesty in his responses. Not to mention, he

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17 guys. I think they have a 12 or 13 man roster during the season plus the 2 way guys I think so I'd guess their 4 draft picks, Benlevi and Hudson are fighting for the final slots. Benlevi is the one that sticks out on paper though it was at a small school. Filled the box score. Toolson is local and his dad played for the Jazz which could help his cause. Nelson-Ododa looks good on paper in the G-league last year though only 7 games. Blocks and boards. Fletcher had his moments with the Stars last year as a stretch 4 and was on their summer league team I believe. Pryor looks like a shooter with Gleague time last year.

Haas/Nelson-Ododa/Morgan
Brantley/Howard/Fletcher
Collinsworth/Blueitt/Benlevi
Oni/Pryor
Wright/Forman/Scott

Looks like a pretty good team maybe! I imagine Goss could be playing with them if Exum ever makes it back. Bradley could play here and there if both teams are in town and the Jazz have an off night just to get him some minutes and show his progress. Kidd could see some time at some point too but he's almost 30 so who knows. I guess they could all work out with them during camp as well. Exum might too who knows. Be nice to see him get some rehab time down there and prove himself before he plays for the Jazz actually

Gina Mizell: Ricky Rubio, with a sleeve on his left knee, is getting some shots up after #Suns shootaround. He

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[QUOTE]Snyder says Rubio makes teams better, which he did during his two years in Utah.
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actually better with Hill and a lot of times Neto and even Exum but yeah :roll:

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[QUOTE]Bogdanovic and O

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[QUOTE]Ricky Rubio probably couldn

Ryan McDonald: The Jazz have assigned Miye Oni to the Salt Lake City Stars. Their media day is on Thursday and their season starts Nov. 10

The strength of the NBA continued at the top of Friday

[QUOTE]Kellan Olson: Monty Williams confirms that Ricky Rubio is back in the lineup – via Twitter KellanOlson[/QUOTE]

be like playing 6 on 5!

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[QUOTE]One of every five Jazz shot attempts thus far (20.2%) has been a wide open 3-pointer, which is ninth in the league. In particular, Royce O

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]You have to listen to the Jazz feed? Harpring?

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I've got league pass, so I can choose which feed I listen to, so usually stick with the Jazz on games that aren't nationally televised.

Bad shooting (Conley again can't get anything to go), bad turnovers, but still eeked out a win. Snyder looks like he might blow a gasket soon, but Bogdanovich is at least keeping the offense moving when Mitchell has a bad shooting night, which is something we didn't have before.

[QUOTE=El Kabong]Bad shooting (Conley again can't get anything to go), bad turnovers, but still eeked out a win. Snyder looks like he might blow a gasket soon, but Bogdanovich is at least keeping the offense moving when Mitchell has a bad shooting night, which is something we didn't have before.[/QUOTE]

When people mentioned a big 3 or that Mitchell was their best or 2nd best player I thought they were sleeping on Bojan. He may be their most valuable player right now. Have to play better Wed. They need to beat them with George out!

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[QUOTE]Per stats site Cleaning the Glass, Utah

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[QUOTE]Rational Reaction #2: The Jazz need Dante Exum back
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They're in trouble if they need Dante

[QUOTE]Quin Snyder doesn