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

Chris Haynes: Free agent guard [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Shaquille Harrison will sign a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets,[/URL] league sources tell @YahooSports .
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[URL="https://theathletic.com/3018462/2021/12/15/why-utah-jazz-were-right-fit-for-former-celtics-boss-danny-ainge-to-take-over-as-ceo/"]The Jazz were always going to replace Lindsey, and, according to sources, Zanik hoped he could be that guy.[/URL] So it’s somewhat of a surprise this sort of move comes in the middle of December. But with the Jazz all-in on winning a championship this season and planning to be active on the trade market, the move sets the hierarchy and provides clarification on who is running what in the front office.
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/3018462/2021/12/15/why-utah-jazz-were-right-fit-for-former-celtics-boss-danny-ainge-to-take-over-as-ceo/"]Tony Jones, Jared Weiss, Tony Jones and Jared Weiss @ The Athletic[/URL]




[URL="https://theathletic.com/3018462/2021/12/15/why-utah-jazz-were-right-fit-for-former-celtics-boss-danny-ainge-to-take-over-as-ceo/"]Sources close to Ainge had suggested he always wanted a Jerry West-esque role so he would have time for golf and his grandkids.[/URL] Ainge’s son Tanner, a former congressional candidate in Utah who serves on the governor’s economic development board, has five children with his wife, Heidi. He is still tightly connected to his alma mater, BYU, so being close to both Salt Lake City and Provo gave him the best of both worlds. The Jazz noted in their press release that Ainge and his wife, Michelle, recently relocated to Utah.
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According to sources, [URL="https://theathletic.com/3018462/2021/12/15/why-utah-jazz-were-right-fit-for-former-celtics-boss-danny-ainge-to-take-over-as-ceo/"]Smith pushed Ainge significantly to take the job. It was Ainge’s initial intent to sit out the season, but after seven months, he felt energized enough to make the leap.[/URL] Ainge has always been insanely competitive, so when he retired, not many thought he would be done for good, and Smith wanted to hire him back in August.
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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/12/16/utah-jazz-make-trade-season/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=1]Do the Utah Jazz need to make a trade to contend this season?[/h][/QUOTE]

Need to get rid of Clarkson and ideally Hughes while getting a starting 4 or at least someone that can take most of the minutes Gay doesn't

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/12/16/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-mvp-level/[/url]

[QUOTE]Now, suppose Donovan Mitchell continues putting up numbers like those from his past eight appearances as the Jazz continue their winning ways. In that case, he’d likely enter the top five in several categories and cement his name in the MVP conversation.

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imagine the 2nd best player on his team winning MVP :facepalm

Ryan Miller: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley is back to resting on back to backs. He’ll sit out tonight[/URL].
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[QUOTE] [URL="https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/17/nuggets-trade-wing-nba-mailbag/"]The Nuggets are actively looking for a wing to help replace Dozier and Porter, two league sources told The Denver Post.[/URL] As of right now, they don’t have any traditional wings on the roster. Will Barton played the three last year, but he’s more a shooting guard. Aaron Gordon is a power forward moonlighting as a three in a bigger starting lineup. On the bench, there’s no one you could reasonably deem a “wing.”

– via [URL="https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/17/nuggets-trade-wing-nba-mailbag/"]Mike Singer @ Denver Post[/URL]


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Clarkson?

[QUOTE] StatMuse: KAT is one of the best offensive bigs the NBA has ever seen. His 7 seasons: 18/11 on 54/34% 25/12 on 54/37% 21/12 on 55/42% 24/12 on 52/40% 27/11 on 51/41% 25/11 on 49/39% 24/9 on 51/42% [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]He has 4 seasons averaging 20 on 50/40% — every other center in history has no more than 1[/URL].

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and his winning %?

[QUOTE] Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Rockets are waiving forward Danuel House,[/URL] allowing him to find a new team in the final year of his deal. Rockets are assigning his minutes to younger players and won’t hold him on roster to wait on a finding a deadline trade.

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David Hardisty: Danuel House Jr. was making less than $4M this season on an expiring contract. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Rockets waiving him clearly signals there was no trade market for him at all[/URL].
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he's been mentioned as a possibility for the Jazz in a trade

Rylan Stiles: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]NBA GL Ignite adds CJ Miles.[/URL] pic.twitter.com/EfbQJulrhr
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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/12/17/buying-selling-trade-idea-utah-jazz/[/url]

well duh! Clarkson is still the guy you need to look to move with Hughes ideally

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50314595/the-sky-isnt-falling-after-jazz-fall-to-wizards-but-some-things-need-to-be-addressed[/url]

[QUOTE]If the Jazz were going to win Saturday it was going to be due to how Mitchell and Jordan Clarkson performed in isolation plays. Mitchell had 32 points on 12-of-25 shooting, Clarkson had 12 points and was 4 of 14 from the field — that wasn't good enough.

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win or lose ugly basketball

[QUOTE]"Mike does everything for all the other guys on the court," Gobert said. "He tries to make all the guys better all the time, so it's always a little harder when he's not out there. It's also great because as we saw last year in the playoffs, he may not always be there."

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and if he's not they are in trouble as we've seen

[QUOTE]"There just has to be more precision and more attention to detail in those situations," Snyder said. "You still may not get a great shot, but you want to get a shot that is better than the ones that we've got."

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draw up a better play for a change COTY

[url]https://kslsports.com/475153/jazz-home-struggles-continue-in-loss-to-wizards/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz bench play has been up and down this season, but with veterans like Rudy Gay and Hassan Whiteside, you’d hope there would be more stability to survive Jordan Clarkson’s somewhat regular 4-14 shooting nights.

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you'd think you'd get rid of Clarkson or find a coach that doesn't allow him to play 1 on 5 and lead the team in 3 attempts despite being a horrible shooter

[url]https://kslsports.com/475161/jazz-drop-second-consecutive-home-game-in-loss-to-wizards/[/url]

[QUOTE]The guard has had a lot of strong first quarters recently to help the Jazz offense get going, then allowing his teammates to pick up the slack later in the game. Mitchell had 13 first quarter points.

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too bad the best player in franchise history is so inconsistent

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/12/18/22832976/instant-analysis-jazz-lose-2nd-straight-close-game-this-time-to-wizards[/url]

[QUOTE]It kind of always felt like it was going to have to be Mitchell who was going to put the team on his back to win this one and he made the effort to do that, finishing with 32 points, five assists and three rebounds. But Bradley Beal had just as flashy of a night with what seemed like an easy 37 points to lead his team to victory.

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and yet as usual it was Gobert doing his best to give them a chance to win

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/12/18/22844575/utah-jazz-struggle-in-crunch-time-again-in-loss-against-the-washington-wizards-nba-recap[/url]

[QUOTE]-Whiteside doing the Whiteside dance I knew and loved before he came to the Jazz. Just whiny, no-motor basketball. He is the Dennis Schroeder of NBA bigs. 10 minutes basically goose-eggs across the board except for fouls and some offensive rebounds which resulted in nada. [/QUOTE]

yep. Should be the best player out there but isn't much like Jeff Green

[QUOTE]-Would love to see Eric Paschall in the Forrest minutes. He plays with Joe and Clarkson and Gay. There's enough basketball knowhow for ball-handling there, I think. It may also create a lot of defensive havoc because it would basically be three dudes of 6'8-9" with Gobert and Jordan. Offensively, I think EP's ability to track down boards and bully his way to the rim, would ultimately be better than TF. [/QUOTE]

yeah I think Paschall should be the next guy. Doesn't solve the Clarkson problem

[QUOTE]It was so painfully obvious watching this game last night that with the defensive scheme the Wizards employed, Donovan was forced to create an enormous amount of the offense. Offensively, this was a weird night. Jordan missed a whole bunch of good looks from three, the Jazz were uncharacteristically awful from the free-throw line, and there was no Conley to help with creating offense and knocking down open threes.[/QUOTE]

Clarkson missing 3's is weird? :facepalm

[QUOTE]Quin still has no confidence in his 10th thru 15th guys. What a perfect game to throw out Eric for some energy minutes. To maybe start Butler and give him 20 minutes. To maybe start Forrest and give him 20 minutes. To maybe play Oni 20 minutes and see if he really deserves a roster spot. To maybe give Hughes 20 minutes to see if he really has improved. Even try Pitts.[/QUOTE]

Hughes sucks. Zanik or COTY the next to go? Deepest team in the league! :lol

[QUOTE]Agree to it. But Quin wouldn't change. Thus, the need to explore for a trade with one of the core or Ingles.


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or get a new coach. They changed the front office because COTY wasn't happy with his bench

[QUOTE]We embarrassed them at home just a week ago. Especially our centers with Rudy and Hassan combining for 38 points and 25 boards. They just played a lot harder tonight and made adjustments to not get killed by our bigs again. We didn't respond well missing 11 FTs and JC and Ocho going 2/15 from 3.

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adjustments! Imagine having a coach that would do that

[QUOTE]In this one, they negated dunks and corner threes by switching everything, and JC was off. They were able to get multiple defensive stops and disallowed our bigs to get easy buckets for the most part, which creates pushes in transition and fuels their offense, especially on long-rebound, missed threes. This creates confidence and then they just have to hope that DM can't beat them. Ballgame.[/QUOTE]

Clarkson is always off so how do you tell?