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[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/1/31/22258594/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-win-streak-comes-to-an-end-denver-nuggets-nikola-jokic-nba[/url]
[QUOTE]The Nuggets played the best defensive game of any Jazz opponent this season, rotating onto shooters with speed and getting into passing lanes. It’ll be good game tape to go back and watch for the Jazz to look at what the Nuggets were doing to disrupt them so much.
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I doubt that. Jazz were just bad in the first half
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/1/31/22259381/nikola-jokic-leads-the-denver-nuggets-to-dominant-win-over-the-utah-jazz-game-recap[/url]
[QUOTE]The other disappointing thing in this game was the play of Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell for the game was 3/12 from the field (with a nice 3/8 from three) 3 assists, 1 rebound and 5 turnovers. That turnover ratio for Mitchell has to improve. If you’re having an off shooting night and have a 3/5 assist to turnover ratio, you’re killing your team on the offensive end. Mitchell’s defense seems to be on the uptick lately but it’s not good enough to overcome that type of performance on offense.
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disappointing that he does this a lot?
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2021/01/31/nba-power-rankings-week-6-los-angeles-lakers-top/31/[/url]
fun while it lasted
[url]https://kslsports.com/452331/jazz-set-nba-record-for-most-threes-made-in-a-calendar-month/[/url]
won't last long
[url]https://kslsports.com/452327/jazz-assign-udoka-azubuike-to-slc-stars-in-g-league-bubble/[/url]
I assume the other two rooks will in them when healthy
[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/1/31/22258595/utah-jazz-win-streak-11-denver-nuggets-bad-loss-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-nikola-jokic[/url]
[QUOTE]“We felt like we didn’t play our best in the loss,” Donovan Mitchell said. “I think that’s what hurts. Especially the way we played the past two games back home against Dallas.”
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if you play you're best you probably don't lose. The way you played against Dallas?
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/01/31/utah-jazz-renaissance-basketball-contender/[/url]
[QUOTE]Utah is in a unique place where the team has tied most of its future around its foundational pieces and funded the rest of its economy around role players that are a bit past their prime or overachieving within it. Gobert makes the most money on the team with a supermax contract extension and has put up his typical career numbers so far this season. He’ll probably never be the 20-point, 10-rebound interior centerpiece that so many other offensively superior big men are throughout the league.
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so many?
Sarah Todd: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell and Derrick Favors are no longer in the Jazz injury report[/URL]. OUT – Elijah Hughes (left ankle sprain) OUT – Udoka Azubuike (G League assignment) OUT – Trent Forrest (G League – Two Way)
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]
[QUOTE]Noah Levick: Sixers two-way player [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rayjon Tucker is with the Blue Coats in the G-League bubble at Disney World. He said he’d like to eventually develop into a player like Victor Oladipo,[/URL] who “came out of nowhere, proved himself time and time again when everybody doubted him.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NoahLevick"]Twitter NoahLevick[/URL]
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the lottery pick that came out of nowhere
Friends, After almost four decades of ownership, Gail Miller, who purchased the Utah Jazz with her late husband Larry in 1985, decided to sell the team this past October for $1.66 billion. The buyer? Ryan Smith, the billionaire chairman and cofounder of Qualtrics — an experience management company based in Utah. The interesting part? [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]He’s quickly become one of my favorite NBA owners already[/URL]. Today, we’ll run through why.
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
First, some history. It’s no secret; you can’t buy an NBA team without being super-wealthy, so how did Ryan Smith make his money? I’ve tweeted about it before, but here’s the story. After his dad was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, Ryan Smith left college and headed back home to Utah. [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]“I just wanted to sit and be with my dad, but he had a lot of downtime between radiation and chemo,” Smith says. To pass the downtime in between his father’s cancer treatments, Ryan and his dad started working on the idea that became Qualtrics[/URL].
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
Ryan’s dad, a researcher by nature, realized companies had no effective way to survey, conduct market research, and communicate with customers and employees. The solution? [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Qualtrics — an online software platform that allowed companies to survey and communicate effectively[/URL]. Within a couple of months, Ryan and his father had a product ready to go. The only problem? They needed customers.
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
Given his father’s background, they started with colleges that conducted field research. First up — Kellogg School of Management, which took a year to onboard. Fast forward a few years, and Qualtrics had 250 universities across the country signed up. The best part? As students graduated, their penetration into universities worked as a feeder system into corporations. “Someone took us from Kellogg to Heineken,” Smith says. Sales accelerated. As the company grew, Ryan convinced his brother Jared to leave Google and run the technical team at Qualtrics — “which increased productivity 7x.” That wasn’t even his biggest contribution. [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Despite being pitched 50x a month, Jared was adamant they didn’t take venture capital[/URL].
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
From 2013 to 2018, Qualtrics kept growing — going from 5,000 customers to 8,000. With revenue growth north of 50%, the business cash-flow positive, and almost $400 million in annual revenue — Ryan & Jared decided it was time to go public. But SAP had other ideas… Knowing the Qualtrics IPO would be oversubscribed, SAP tried to stop them from going public by buying the company. Ryan Smith declined, insisting the roadshow would go on and gave SAP 7 days to make them an offer they couldn’t refuse. [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]SAP came back with $8B. This time, the brothers accepted[/URL].
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
Outside of his amazing entrepreneurial journey, which I love, Ryan Smith has consistently impressed me with his generosity before and after becoming the Utah Jazz owner. Here’s what I mean… [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]When the NBA introduced patch sponsors in 2017, while Ryan Smith was still just a fan of the team, Smith bought the rights for his companies philanthropic arm “5 for the Fight.” Rather than use the $15-$20 million annual investment as advertising for his company, Smith raised $25 million (and counting) for cancer research. Today, Smith and the Utah Jazz still have the only cause-related jersey sponsor in the NBA[/URL]. Now that’s amazing.
– via [URL="https://huddleup.substack.com/p/ryan-smith-the-nbas-next-great-owner?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjkxNTY4LCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjAwOTY0OSwiXyI6ImY3TlBKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA5NjU3LCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTMyNTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzkyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.p_c0ewz99fDEtZRd9jc6mMjXhEQ_HLgJSH_onPZ_hZI"]Joseph Pompliano @ Huddle Up[/URL]
Ben Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The @Utah Jazz announce Vivint Arena will open the upper bowl at Jazz games for socially distanced pod seating, beginning Feb. 2.[/URL] The overall capacity will be 3,902 for season ticket members choosing to attend games. All health and safety precautions remain in place.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]
[QUOTE]Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Contact tracing within Pistons is reason for postponement with Nuggets tonight,[/URL] source tells ESPN.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]
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so much for tomorrow
[url]https://kslsports.com/452377/jazz-look-to-begin-new-streak-against-pistons/[/url]
[QUOTE]The key matchup between the Jazz and Nuggets will pit forwards Bojan Bogdanovic and Jerami Grant against one another.
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O'Neale likely covers Grant
[url]https://kslsports.com/452360/february-will-be-a-measuring-stick-month-for-the-utah-jazz/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Jazz three-game road trip beginning on Thursday starts in Atlanta, before traveling to Charlotte, and Indiana.
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2 of 3
[QUOTE]The Jazz will return home for four contests against the Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, and Philadelphia 76ers.
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tough stretch. Winning 2 might be good
[QUOTE]The team then embarks on a two-game road series against the Los Angeles Clippers, before returning to Utah to face the Hornets and Los Angeles Lakers on February 22 and 24.
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Lakers the big test. Another tough stretch. Winning 2 would be good
[QUOTE]The Jazz finish the month on the road with games against the Heat and Orlando Magic.
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maybe both
[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/1/22260626/the-utah-jazz-just-had-the-best-3-point-shooting-month-in-nba-history[/url]
only taken them 6 years to figure it out