2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[QUOTE]Utah has outscored opponents by 153 points during the roll, which is the longest winning stretch in the league this season. The Jazz have prevailed in nine of the 10 games by double digits, the lone exception being a road victory over the Denver Nuggets, the team that eliminated Utah in the Western Conference playoffs last season. – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN


“It’s exciting, but it’s really early in the season,” said Utah All-Star center Rudy Gobert, who had season highs of 29 points, 20 rebounds and three steals and also blocked three shots versus Dallas. “Our goal is obviously to be one of the best teams in the league, but it’s really to be ready for the playoffs.” – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN


Utah ranks fifth in offensive efficiency (114.2), the only team in the top five in both categories. The Jazz, 16-of-41 from long range against Dallas, are on pace to be the most prolific 3-point shooting team in NBA history, with 16.6 made treys per game. “We’ve figured out the style and pace and stuff that we want to play at,” Ingles said. “It’s just a really fun group to play with. We play for each other. There’s no egos involved. It’s not as unsalvageable as people think. It’s just a really cool group. Different guys step up at different times. We play the right way. We’re unselfish. We defend. But we’re not satisfied. We’re not going to get over the moon over one win or 10 in a row.” – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN


Justin Kubatko: Rudy Gobert last night: ✅ 29 PTS ✅ 20 REB ✅ 3 STL ✅ 3 BLK The last player to record at least 20p/20r/3s/3b in a single game for the @Utah Jazz was Karl Malone (March 22, 1988). pic.twitter.com/UxJmkPKhty – via Twitter jkubatko
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had several shots at 30 points which would have been nice

[QUOTE]Marc Stein: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The league’s preference is that the 18th roster spot is another two-way contract — restricted to players with 0 to 3 years of service time — with the idea of providing roster relief. The union wants the 18th roster spot to be open to all veteran free agents, sources say[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine"]Twitter TheSteinLine[/URL]



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man teams only carrying 14 players now so the two way makes sense. As far as I'm concerned they should let teams sign as many of both of them as they want. The cap and luxury tax will dictate it

Brad Townsend: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mavericks media notes ahead of tomorrow’s rematch against Utah show just one player on the injury report: Maxi Kleber, as expected, still out due to health and safety protocols.[/URL] The good news for the Mavs is he’s out of quarantine and nearing a return to games.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/townbrad"]Twitter townbrad[/URL]

Andy Larsen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Both Donovan Mitchell and Derrick Favors are questionable for tomorrow’s game[/URL] vs. DAL.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]

[URL="http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2021/jan/28/former-virginia-squires-and-nba-player-george-cart/"]George Carter, a former ABA All-Star with the Virginia Squires, died Nov. 18, 2020. Mr. Carter was 76[/URL] and living in Las Vegas. Mr. Carter was diagnosed with throat cancer and had fallen out of touch with friends and family. His death was not widely reported at the time.
– via [URL="http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2021/jan/28/former-virginia-squires-and-nba-player-george-cart/"]Richmond Free Pres
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[URL="http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2021/jan/28/former-virginia-squires-and-nba-player-george-cart/"]Mr. Carter played in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons and in the ABA with Virginia, Carolina, Pittsburgh, the New York Nets, the Utah Stars, the Pittsburgh Condors and the Memphis Sound.[/URL] The native of Buffalo, N.Y., averaged 18.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for his NBA/ABA combined career over 479 games.
– via [URL="http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2021/jan/28/former-virginia-squires-and-nba-player-george-cart/"]Richmond Free Press[/URL]

[url]https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-rumors-veteran-ersan-ilyasova-000729290.html[/url]

[QUOTE]I think Daryl Morey should at least be making those calls. Ilyasova isn't a gigantic game-changer, but adding an extra big man as a depth piece would be a solid development, particularly given Dwight Howard's penchant for getting into foul trouble, Tony Bradley's lack of range, and Mike Scott's uncertain health.


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Tony cetainly has range


Illasoya could make sense for the Jazz but been saying that for years

[QUOTE]The latest buzz comes from a somewhat offhand remark from Adrian Wojnarowski as he discussed the Beal situation on ESPN’s “The Jump,” but given that Woj is as plugged in as they come, his certainty here is still worth noting (emphasis mine): “There’s not a team in the league who wouldn’t love to find a way to add Bradley Beal… I think for teams like Golden State or the Denvers, teams who have assets who are contenders when they’re healthy, but also, let’s say if you’re Golden State, you’ve got that Minnesota draft pick, if you’re Denver, you’ve got a great young player in Michael Porter Jr., you’ve got an All-Star in Jamal Murray in the backcourt. Now I’m not saying they’re going to do it, but you look at those teams and say ‘they have enough to get in the conversation.’ “And that’s going to be the decision for teams all over the league. [URL="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/1/28/22255124/lakers-trade-rumors-bradley-beal-wizards-clippers-woj-report-espn"]Of course the Lakers and Clippers would love to be able to get involved in that, but do they have the draft picks?[/URL] Do they have the young players it would take that would top a package from some other teams? Maybe not.
– via [URL="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/1/28/22255124/lakers-trade-rumors-bradley-beal-wizards-clippers-woj-report-espn"]Harrison Faigen @ Silverscreenandroll.com[/URL]



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Mitchell for Beal if the Jazz were smart. They aren't

[QUOTE]Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith made $153 million in Qualtrics IPO a day after his NBA team snagged first place – via Ari Levy @ CNBC


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maybe he won't be too worried about the tax bill to eep Conley?

[url]https://kslsports.com/452070/jazz-fans-can-begin-all-star-voting-today/[/url]

[QUOTE]Guard Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert earned their first All-Star bids last season in Chicago, while both Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson should receive consideration due to their stellar play this season.


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Conley and Gobert are the only stars. Mitchell most likely unfortunately

[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/1/28/22252312/utah-jazz-boast-best-record-after-beating-dallas-mavericks[/url]

[QUOTE]Despite any fears that anyone on the outside might have had about the second-unit defense suffering without Favors anchoring things, or the overall offense suffering without the Jazz’s leading scorer on the court, the Jazz acquitted themselves in dominating fashion.


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yeah since he's a whole half a point better than Bradley was!

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]Possibly the best thing about this Jazz team and their current success, is the sustainability of these wins. If you’ve watched the Jazz over this 10-game win streak, you’ve seen just how deep and balanced this roster is. The Jazz are winning games, but it seems like every win is a little bit of a different story. Some of the nights, Donovan Mitchell has taken over, but not to the level the he was in the playoff series against the Nuggets. Mitchell is averaging 25 points per game on 48/46/87 splits, which is great, but it’s not something so crazy that you might expect to drastically drop in the future. Donovan’s had off games during this stretch, and other players have had to step up in his place. After he was ruled out of last night’s game with concussion-like symptoms, Joe Ingles got his first start of the season and dropped 21 points and 9 assists on 7-11 shooting from three. Rudy Gobert had arguably his best game of the season with 29 points and 20 rebounds. Clarkson scorched for 31 off the bench. No, Mitchell - No problem? Not really, the Jazz definitely need Donovan to have any shot at being a contender, but do you get where I’m going with this?


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don't think Mitchell is key sadly since they'll be paying him max money. Gobert, Conley and Gobert they can't afford to lose

[QUOTE]The true test of this team’s ability to contend will be in games vs. other actual contenders. Looking ahead to the month of February, we are going to get just that. The Jazz have a stretch from February 9th to February 26th where they play Boston, Milwaukee, Miami, Philadelphia, @ Clippers, @ Clippers, Lakers, @ Miami. WOOF. This stretch will be great to see how the Jazz line up against the NBA’s top teams, especially the Lakers and Clippers who they will probably need to go through to reach the ultimate form of contention. It’s a good time to be a Jazz fan right now for sure. Based on the way this team has played, we have every reason to believe that it’s going to be a great year. Maybe even REALLY great.


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we'll see how good they really are. Lakers especially they have to prove they can match up or create mismatches

[QUOTE]Lakers can’t win without their star and the
Jazz dominate without their star and primary backup. Against a team with a top five player in Dallas.
Indiana is top three but lost Oladipo in the trade and Lavert, who was supposed to replace him, had surgery. So will have less firepower. I think Warren is injured too so that probably won’t be as tough as it could be.
The jazz had season highs against Dallas but out of those guys, Ingles and Clarkson are capable of doing that any night. Ingles just us content to play facilitator rather than score unless needed. Gobert took advantage of bad defense.
All star vote for Lebron, Ingles, Conley, Mitchell, Gobert
East is crazy but Durant, Brown, Embiid, Giannis, and Beal.
No Westbrook Harden or Irving

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/brianH85"]brianH85[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell#535939290"]Jan 28, 2021 | 8:45 PM[/URL]
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Jazz can't win without Rudy and they wouldn't be playing like they are without Conley or O'Neale

[QUOTE]Losing Derrick Favors last year hurt the team both in lineups and team chemistry. Plus both Rudy and Donovan had new contracts looming in the off season. I don’t think either of those guys let it affect their play but it seemed to be the focus of a lot of questions and discussions.
This year? Mike and Jordan are both locked in and playing fantastic ball and look like they know every move to make within Quin’s lineups. Derrick is BACK (thank the Lord) and quietly doing all those things that last year’s team missed. Rudy and Donovan are both playing fantastic (other than Rudy’s FT’s) and don’t really seem to care what anyone outside of the team is saying about the Jazz. They don’t have to talk about upcoming contracts, just ballin with the team and winning games. On to the next one as they say.

[I]Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Old%20Song"]Old Song[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell#535937380"]Jan 28, 2021 | 7:56 PM[/URL][/I]
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losing Favors helped the offense tremendously. That one has been overblown.

[QUOTE]while i appreciate the chemistry on this team and comraddery i feel the GM should be smart enough to move some pieces
anyway, thoughts?

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Ray_Analytica"]Ray_Analytica[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell#535941033"]Jan 28, 2021 | 10:01 PM[/URL]
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not too familiar with the Jazz?

[QUOTE]unless Conley shows some signs of wearing down by the trade deadline, we should keep him. Same with Bogey. His contract isn’t that expensive relatively speaking, and he’ll figure it out. The FO is smart enough to know when to pull the trigger on those if they need to. I wouldn’t mind trading Ingles, I think his contract will age poorly, although he’s a big part of team chemistry this year. Maybe off-season move? I just feel like if we want to make a serious run at a championship, which seems more likely by the day, we need to keep this core together as much as possible, at least for this season, then if it is clear by the deadline that we’re not actually that good, then we start trading pieces. I do think it is likely that something will change this off-season though, and Siakam would be a good fit, if he’s even available.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/PianoGuy13"]PianoGuy13[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell#535941240"]Jan 28, 2021 | 10:10 PM[/URL]
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Bojan needs to go regardless if he figures it out. Ingles only has one more year at a lot less than Bojan

[QUOTE][h=4]Harrison doesn't surprise me[/h]
He has been a dumpster fire

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/ThomasSmithjaz1"]ThomasSmithjaz1[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/28/22253782/utah-jazz-dominating-nba-wins-streak-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell#535942365"]Jan 29, 2021 | 12:09 AM[/URL]
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garbage time. I like what I've seen from him

Utah Jazz star [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30799649/utah-jazz-star-donovan-mitchell-receiving-nba-cares-award-social-justice-efforts"]Donovan Mitchell refused to remain silent on social justice issues off the court, becoming a go-to guy in NBA circles. His commitment to advance social justice coupled with his passion for education earned him the Offseason NBA Cares Community Assist Award[/URL]. The award honors Mitchell’s efforts between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, including a $12 million pledge to Greenwich Country Day School, which he and his sister, Jordan, attended and where his mother, Nicole, taught for over 10 years.
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30799649/utah-jazz-star-donovan-mitchell-receiving-nba-cares-award-social-justice-efforts"]Eric Woodyard @ ESPN[/URL]

Andy Larsen: Donovan Mitchell is out for tonight’s Jazz game, he’s still in the NBA concussion protocol. – via Twitter andyblarsen

Andy Larsen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Georges Niang on the possibility of Joe Ingles passing John Stockton’s Jazz 3PM record tonight: “I say we don’t pass him the ball. John Stockton’s a legend.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rick Carlisle on the Jazz’s balance: “When you have a team that can play fast offensively and still get back and sit down and have a possession mentality defensively, you have the makings of a championship team.[/URL] … They’re in that handful of teams that is really, really good.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]