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[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865686813/Rodney-Hoods-future-with-Jazz-hinges-on-this-upcoming-season.html[/url]
[QUOTE]This summer, Washington re-signed Otto Porter to a four-year, $106 million contract and Los Angeles agreed to a one-year, $18 million deal with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. While both Porter and Caldwell-Pope will play fairly large roles for their respective teams, neither player is a household name nor is he selling many jerseys. Hood could be in the same boat
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2017/8/15/16148048/nba-season-schedule-release-how-many-games-will-the-utah-jazz-win[/url]
[QUOTE]A highly unbiased and scientific look at the Utah Jazz season schedule[/QUOTE]
unbiased I bet! :facepalm
[QUOTE]The Jazz defense is going to surprise people from the get go and the offense is going to be better than expected. After October the Jazz will be at 5-2.[/QUOTE]
doubt the D will surprise anyone. Offense will be better than who expects? The people that keep writing these articles think it will be great despite what it says on paper. They better start good with most of them at home and December ready to bury them early
[QUOTE]In November the Jazz go 11-4 and are at this point rolling with an overall record of 16-6.[/QUOTE]
Best record in basketball? When does the unbiased part come in?
[QUOTE]Let
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2017/8/15/16146994/2017-2018-nba-schedule-utah-jazz-week-by-week-breakdown-rudy-gobert-gordon-hayward-boston-celtics[/url]
[QUOTE]The matchup of the week is Utah vs Philadelphia. The Stifle Tower vs The Process. Fultz vs Mitchell. Reddick vs Hood. Should be a fun matchup.[/QUOTE]
no mention of ROTY favorite? :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]Utah now has someone on the wing who can give Giannis fits in Thabo Sefolosha.[/QUOTE]
Hayward did last year
[QUOTE]This is frontcourt matchup week: Millsap/Jokic, Griffin/Jordan, Cousins/Davis. Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert will have their hands full in each of these matchups. Most of these teams have the same issues as Utah though; all lack outside shooting and all possess defensive minded point guards[/QUOTE]
except they have bigs that can shoot
[QUOTE]Utah catches a break on this road trip as they face two rebuilding teams, one that knows it
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/15/utah-jazz-excited-2017-18-season/[/url]
[QUOTE]The Jazz on the other hand have made front office moves that not only prepare them for a playoff push this season, but also set up for a big 2018 free agency period. Ricky Rubio is going to be that pure point guard that Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert will thrive off of. With the big men scoring, a lot of spacing will open up and many opportunities will be there for Rubio
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has hired Eric Waters as Head Athletic Trainer. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not announced.
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[QUOTE]While Gordon Hayward was the Utah Jazz
[url]https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/8/15/16146000/nba-point-guards-ricky-rubio-reggie-jackson-malcolm-brogdon[/url]
[QUOTE]The good news is he
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/15/the-utah-jazz-defense-is-poised-to-be-even-better/[/url]
[QUOTE]Ricky Rubio, who will be replacing George Hill at the point guard spot. Hill was already a gifted defender, but Rubio may be even better considering their respective situations.
According to ESPN
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/16/utah-jazz-report-clippers-sign-tyrone-wallace/[/url]
still love to know why him and Paige weren't stashed though
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/16/utah-jazz-best-caseworst-case-scenario-series-alec-burks/[/url]
[QUOTE]some Jazz fans were quite certain that he would no longer be on the roster heading into the 2017-18 season[/QUOTE]
those fans haven't been paying attention
[QUOTE]there
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/16/utah-jazz-playoff-credentials-will-become-clear-december/[/url]
They have to get off to a great start with most of them at home. Could be over before December
[url]https://fansided.com/2017/08/16/nba-schedule-2017-18-revenge-potential/6/[/url]
[QUOTE]Will Jazz fans come down hard on their former player? Will they welcome him back?[/QUOTE]
is there any doubt?
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2017/08/16/nba-western-conference-tiers-warriors-2017/4/[/url]
I'd put them in the 5th tier
With his adidas deal, Mitchell joins a growing stable of very young, very cool players like Brandon Ingram, Jamal Murray, Kris Dunn, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid, Andrew Wiggins, James Harden and Damian Lillard. Considering he didn
[url]https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45466399&nid=304&title=jazz-notes-a-pink-grandma-passes-away-jeff-withey-signs-with-dallas[/url]
[QUOTE]Withey found his spot in the rotation taken by two new Jazz acquisitions. The Jazz selected Tony Bradley 28th in June's NBA Draft, and then the team signed Ekpe Udoh to a two-year deal in July. That, plus the recovery of Derrick Favors and the emergence of Joel Bolomboy, made Withey's role disappear.[/QUOTE]
What role? He was never appreciated. Not sure why they ever signed himor brought him back last year really
Looks like he'll be in a fight for minutes in Dallas too with Mejri and Powell and Noel
RIP Granny
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2017/08/17/nba-10-players-make-break-2017-18/9/[/url]
[QUOTE]Last year he improved slightly from his rookie season[/QUOTE]
He was more aggressive but other than that he went backwards.
[QUOTE]but there are still massive holes in his game. One is his shooting, at only 29 percent from three, the second is his play making is quite poor. Only 1.7 assists per game last season. [/QUOTE]
Can't finish either. I think his playmaking will be fine if he can ever hit open looks
[QUOTE]Exum
[url]http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/08/17/jazz-mitigate-loss-of-gordon-hayward-well-but-thats-still-a-devastating-departure/[/url]
on the money
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/19/utah-jazz-top-3-reasons-look-forward-2017-18/2/[/url]
[QUOTE]I feel like lots of people are forgetting just how good the rest of this Jazz team was last season.[/QUOTE]
I think most are forgetting how bad everyone outside Rudy and Hayward looked against GS. They needed to upgrade. They downgraded. Good bye Hayward
[QUOTE]Derrick Favors is due for a bounce back after an injury-plagued year. [/QUOTE]
but doesn't fit with Rudy and will be gone
[QUOTE]Rodney Hood is primed to break out as the Jazz
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/18/utah-jazz-best-caseworst-case-scenario-series-joe-johnson/[/url]
[QUOTE]Best Case Scenario[/QUOTE]
they're able to trade him for something
[QUOTE]Although Johnson was nearly flawless against the Clippers, he appeared to run out of gas in the subsequent series. [/QUOTE]
bad match-up
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/18/utah-jazz-future-ricky-rubio-dante-exum/[/url]
[QUOTE]With just two seasons under his belt, this season will be critical to see if he can make the jump as a full-time role player.[/QUOTE]
critical to stay in the league
[QUOTE]Exum rotated between second and fourth string last season behind Shelvin Mack and Raul Neto, and with the latter out and no injuries at the moment, the depth chart should be settled to begin the year.[/QUOTE]
Neto and Burks should be ahead of him at the 1 until he proves otherwise. At wing he's behind even more people
[QUOTE]Neto has been a more complete player thus far in their respective careers[/QUOTE]
wow someone noticed!
[QUOTE]Should the club commit to Exum long-term, this would presumably foreshadow the end of Rubio
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/20/utah-jazz-making-case-for-donovan-mitchell-starter/[/url]
[QUOTE]However, Ingles has shown that he is best-suited as a utility guy coming off the bench.[/QUOTE]
He has? He should have been starting all or last year. They finally did it at the end of the year. Hood is the one that has 6th man written all over him not their best shooter and perimeter defender and their 2nd highest paid player.
[QUOTE]Swiss journeyman Thabo Sefolosha also made his way to Salt Lake City this summer and could end up in the starting lineup if the Jazz elect to go all-out on the defensive end.[/QUOTE]
Probably makes more sense than Hood too.
[QUOTE]But Mitchell has something that neither Thabo or
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/20/utah-jazz-best-caseworst-case-scenario-series-joe-ingles/[/url]
[QUOTE] Ingles averaged just 1.5 made threes per game in 2016-17 and if he
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/21/utah-jazz-jeff-hornacek-ranking-five-best-trades/[/url]
[QUOTE]The team had its 15-man roster filled (plus one in Royce O
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/21/utah-jazz-offense-how-good-need/[/url]
[QUOTE]We should be asking how many points the Jazz need to score so their defense can win games.
I don
[QUOTE]Still, it
[url]http://weareutahjazz.com/lockedonjazz/2017/08/14/17-18-utah-jazz-schedule-breakdown/[/url]
[QUOTE]The killer is this year the Jazz play only 3 games against the Mavericks, Kings, Grizzlies, and Lakers. All four teams are projected below the Jazz in the Western Conference.[/QUOTE]
By who? I would certainly put the Grizzlies ahead of them and it certainly wouldn't surprise me if the Mavs or even Kings were ahead of them in the end
[QUOTE] The imbalance in the schedule may very well be the difference between the playoffs and just out of the playoffs.[/QUOTE]
hard to see anything but the lottery for them
[QUOTE]Believing you are good is often a large part of the battle. Can you find a part of the schedule where the team can get hot and believe in itself? It is hard to find an extended stretch of confidence builders when you play in the Western Conference.
This season the best stretch might be the opening of the season. The Jazz open the year playing 10 of their first 14 games at home. After the 4th game of the season the Jazz play just 2 of their next 16 games against team Pelton projected to win 48 or more games. The Jazz opening 21 games only 5 of the games are against teams that project to over 48 wins, 3 in the first 4 games.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much have to get off to a great start. December will bury them and they will start looking to dump guys
[QUOTE]The Jazz 2nd confidence builder stretch happens from March 3rd to March 22nd. The Jazz play 9 of 10 games against teams that are projected to have losing records by Pelton. The New Orleans Pelicans are the only team in this stretch who is projected to win over 35 games.
The Jazz better take advantage of these two stretches because when it is brutal it is seriously brutal.[/QUOTE]
By March the team will look much different and they will be looking towards the lottery and next season already
[QUOTE]From Dec 4th to Dec 30th the Jazz play 14 games and 11 of them are against teams projected by Pelton to win at least 48 games. Two of the exceptions are really good, Dec 9th at Milwaukee and Dec 26th at Denver. The Jazz may only be favored in 1 of 14 games from Dec 4th to the 28th.[/QUOTE]
goodbye playoff delusions
[QUOTE]Unfortunately, the close to the Jazz season will be brutal as well. When some teams are no longer putting out full rosters the Jazz close with 13 games and 10 of them are against teams likely battling for playoff position.[/QUOTE]
hard to predict how teams will approach the end of the year. The Jazz will certainly be looking for ping pong balls
[QUOTE]The key stretch of the season will be how the Jazz are mentally after the brutal end of 2017. From Jan 1st to March 22nd the Jazz play only 7 of 35 games against the top teams in the NBA. You can make the NBA playoffs beating the teams you should.[/QUOTE]
They have to beat up on the east again. The west will be tough to get victories against
[QUOTE]Another tough stretch is the Jazz leave on Jan 4th for a 4 game 8 day road trip. (These used to be shorter but the expanded schedule means more days on the road) then the Jazz come home for one game, go back to Sacramento before home for a home back to back and then leave the next day for a 3 game 6 day road trip. The Jazz will be home for dinner for 3 nights from Jan 4th to the 27th. Then the Jazz play one game for 7 days before going back on the road.[/QUOTE]
The January stretch is supposed to be against lesser teams but it might be tough because of all the road games
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/21/utah-jazz-best-caseworst-case-scenario-series-dante-exum/[/url]
[QUOTE]If Dante Exum hopes to prove worthy of being a long-term contributor for the Utah Jazz, he
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2017/8/22/16182090/2017-nba-offseason-eclipse-utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-ekpe-udoh-donovan-mitchell[/url]
[QUOTE]In David Locke's podcast today, he mentioned that he has heard that Alec Burks is pain free and playing well down in LA this summer.
He talked a little bit about the strong possibility that Alec Burks could be a key rotation player for the Jazz this upcoming season.
Wouldn
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/22/utah-jazz-best-caseworst-case-scenario-series-rodney-hood/[/url]
[QUOTE]Of all the Utah Jazz players who have pressure on them to step up in the wake of the departure of Gordon Hayward, perhaps none will have higher expectations than Rodney Hood.[/QUOTE]
Exum. We already know Hood can play if he can stay on the floor. He's not the go to guy they are trying to make him into but he can score the basketball
[QUOTE]In some ways, it
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/22/utah-jazz-notes-new-unis-among-best-nike/[/url]
Their unis have always been ugly especially the green though gold may be worse. I like the idea of a black one though
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/22/utah-jazz-rookie-donovan-mitchell-receives-high-praise-nba-rookie-survey/[/url]
[QUOTE]Mitchell is set up very well to prove himself as a major steal and could end up being a dark horse candidate for Rookie of the Year. He
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/22/utah-jazz-curb-expectations-derrick-favors-season/[/url]
[QUOTE]Favors
[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/16/utah-jazz-playoff-credentials-will-become-clear-december/[/url]
[QUOTE] Rudy Gobert wants to display a complete offensive game which, if not evident by this stretch, is unlikely to surface at all. [/QUOTE]
His offense will get better once they put shooters around him again
[QUOTE]Quin Snyder
[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2017/08/23/salt-lake-city-stars-officially-name-martin-schiller-head-coach/[/url]
[QUOTE] The organization went after Schiller in part because of his reputation for player development, according to the release, which will be critical as the Jazz attempt to grow this year
[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687317/What-the-Kyrie-Irving-trade-means-for-Gordon-Hayward-and-the-Utah-Jazz.html[/url]
[QUOTE]Neither Hayward nor Irving are known for their defense. [/QUOTE]
Hayward defends
[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/23/nba-2k18-utah-jazz-time-team-revealed/[/url]
[QUOTE]The starting lineup will be composed of John Stockton at the point,
[QUOTE]Sirius XM NBA:
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2017/8/24/16190246/2017-nba-rookie-survey-donovan-mitchell-nba-rookies-joe-ingles-jerry-sloan-chicago-bulls-downbeat[/url]
[QUOTE]Adding a beard, tattoos, and a man bun is quite a haul for a single off-season and summer. Hate it if you want, but personally I like this version of Rubio as opposed to the
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[QUOTE]
[url]https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/8/22/16184914/small-forwards-brandon-ingram-justise-winslow-joe-ingles[/url]
[QUOTE]He