Rewards of the tank:2014 off-season!

Adam Zagoria: After his impressive workout for Pat Riley & the Heat on Wednesday, @KyleAnderson5 works out for Utah tomorrow. Twitter @AdamZagoria

Teams with whiter fan bases tended to have whiter rosters than teams with less-white fan bases (although at p=0.06, this difference wasn't quite significant by standard measures), while teams with blacker fan bases tended to have blacker rosters than teams with fewer black fans (p=0.01). Deadspin

Not so fast, though. The white fan base vs. white player trend is very dependent on two teams: the Utah Jazz and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Take those teams out, and the trend becomes insignificant (r=0.12, p=.55). If you also remove the Wizards, a black team with a large black fan base, the trend disappears (r=0.04). The black fan base vs. black players trend is more resilient, but its significance also decreases as you start removing the most influential teams (p=0.08 without the Jazz and T'Wolves; p=0.21 if you also cut out the Wizards). Deadspin

[QUOTE]Marc Stein: Some coaching stuff: Word is Warriors would love, if they could pull it off, to hire Alvin Gentry, David Blatt AND Chip Engelland. But ... Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

Marc Stein: But Gentry and Blatt are both leading candidates for Cleveland's head coaching opening. Can fellow Cavs finalist Tyronn Lue beat both out? Twitter @ESPNSteinLine[/QUOTE]

Hopefully the Jazz Spurs connection gives them the edge. They could probably give him a better role too.

[QUOTE]A. Sherrod Blakely: Julius Randle said he is "pain free" and has no plans to have any surgical procedure on his right foot. #Celticstalk. Tony Jones: @SherrodbCSN My man with the Jazz said they aren't scared off by this at all. Twitter @Tjonessltrib [/QUOTE]

I doubt they take him unless they move down.

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: Also hearing Jason Washburn and Carlon Brown both played extremely well in the Jazz free agent mini-camp these past few days Twitter @Tjonessltrib[/QUOTE]

played locally so could see more of them

[QUOTE]Marc J. Spears: Pelicans aggressively trying to trade into 1st round in hopes of drafting a small forward or center, sources say.2014 1st dealt in Jrue deal Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo [/QUOTE]

Maybe they'd want Kanter? Not sure you want to trade him inside the conference to another up and coming team though. Could be a great fit with Davis. Both inside/out on the offensive end. Davis could make up for Enes at the defensive end better than Favors.

Looks like Rivers was a lot better last year. Should be a 6th man combo guard type at least. A bit younger than Enes. Morrow is a nice vet/expiring deal/shooter. Jazz maybe get some other stuff for trading a former 3 pick though Rivers was a 10 himself. NO also has the rights to Pierre Jackson who had a pretty good year in the D League.

[url]http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ppbnvgf[/url]

[QUOTE]One of Derrick Favors

[QUOTE]Unless the Jazz can pull off some major upgrades beyond acquiring a fine player with the No. 5 pick in the draft, Snyder won

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[QUOTE]Aaron Falk: Noah Vonleh will work out for the Jazz tomorrow. Twitter @tribjazz [/QUOTE]

Now how about Smart and Exum?

Michael Scotto: Noah Vonleh, C.J. Fair, Markel Brown and Jamil Wilson will work out for the Utah Jazz tomorrow. #NBADraft Twitter @MikeAScotto

Jody Genessy: The Utah Jazz have worked out 75 draft hopefuls

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]He could be worth their 2nd first. I thought Phil liked him? He shot well from 3 his 2nd year. He might just need the Jazz's new shooting coach(hopefully) to help him. Not sure if they'd want 3 guys up for extensions or 3 more rookies?[/QUOTE]
Lots of teams with multiple picks this year. Got Chicago (#16 and #19), Charlotte (#9 and #24), Orlando (#4 and #12), Phoenix (#14, #18 and #27), Philly (#3 and #10), Boston (#6 and #17) and Utah (#5 and #23).

You'd think Phoenix would be interested in the cash for one of their picks (or even a swap, i'm sure Horny would be a big help) and Chicago might like a big guard like Shumpert for pick #19 or Charlotte for #24. Philly's and Orlando's second picks are probably too high for the Knicks to reach.

[QUOTE]he had the largest wingspan of any player at the NBA combine (7 foot 4), that he had the second-largest hands of any player in the history of the combine, and at 18 years old is the second-youngest player in next week

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: Julius Randle will work out for the Utah Jazz tomorrow morning. HUGE workout Twitter @Tjonessltrib

David Locke: Julius Randle will workout only with 6'5 205 guard Michael Burwell out of Towson. Twitter @Lockedonsports[/QUOTE]

I guess the top 10 player Perrin mentioned

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I assume he will be lead assistant with his experience?

Maybe another guy to replace Jensen's old role now.