The 2017 off-season...Hayward, Hill, Ingles...?

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[QUOTE]The Detroit Pistons manhandled the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. The reason: DEFENSE. The Pistons boasted the league

[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/23/utah-jazz-embrace-pace/[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah put up decent steal numbers last season, but no one regularly swiping the ball for them had athleticism of Donovan Mitchell. The 2017 draft pick lit up Summer League with 21 steals in five games, many coming from him jumping the passing lanes and taking the ball coast to coast.

Not everybody can pull this off with frequency, so it might behoove Utah to take the leash off their rookie in a way they didn

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[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz did everything in their power to retain star-SF Gordon Hayward.[/QUOTE]

Everything except upgrade an inferior roster. Bye bye! :rant

[QUOTE]Ricky Rubio was brought in via trade just before Hayward

LeBron James: sister tragic death. Gordon Hayward paid he

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[QUOTE]Even though the addition of Rubio was largely seen as an effort to keep former free agent Gordon Hayward, just because that aspect didn

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/24/utah-jazz-nigel-williams-goss-overseas-opportunities/[/url]

The best thing for the Jazz and him if they think he can eventually play in the league is to be stashed on the Stars

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/24/utah-jazz-stars-jj-obrien-aaron-craft-g-league-expansion-draft/[/url]

Have yet to see what they see in O'Brien.

[QUOTE]Lost in the attention surrounding Irving

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[QUOTE]The All-Time NBA2K Team for the Utah Jazz was released and brought together all of the Utah Jazz greats on one team (except for Boozer, Okur, and Russell, but that

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[QUOTE]It

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/25/rodney-hood-and-dante-exum-could-create-tough-decisions-for-utah-jazz/[/url]

[QUOTE]Both Hood and Exum are set to be restricted free agents at the conclusion of this season, meaning that rather than continuing to play on affordable rookie contracts, they could very well command a significantly increased salary quite soon.[/QUOTE]

Exum isn't that affordable because of where he was drafted. He might actually have to take a pay cut to stay in the league

[QUOTE]In all honesty, based on how both of them have played since entering the league, if that level of play continues, they likely won

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[QUOTE]He dominated the D-League to the tune of 13.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 3 blocks a game. [/QUOTE]

dominated? He should have spent more time there

[QUOTE]He should have started higher initially, but they recognized that he had talent and at least belonged in the league. [/QUOTE]

That was still a question I'd say until the start of his 2nd season where I thought he earned the back-up center role. I think he was the 4th big until he emerged as the man in mid-December

[QUOTE]2015 was a tale of two seasons for Gobzilla. Before the all-star break, he was averaging 6.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks in 21.9 minutes a game.[/QUOTE]

He was a different player two months before the break though

[QUOTE]Rating: 79
Hey! Video game Rudy is starting to look more like real life Rudy. That

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[QUOTE]ugh I don't see how you can have Al Jefferson on the team but not Carlos Boozer.[/QUOTE]

Boozer may not have let them use him? Also Al was the man(sadly) when he was with the Jazz and might rate out better defensively because of his shot blocking

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[QUOTE]Offensively is where Mitchell could be a step above Bradley. Although Bradley is no slouch offensively (he scored 16.3 points per game last season), he is not a guy who is going to average 20 points a game.[/QUOTE]

He might this year. He shoots better than Mitchell right now for sure

[QUOTE]The Jazz are hoping Mitchell can be a better version of Avery Bradley.[/QUOTE]

I think they hope he'll be able to play the 1 though

[QUOTE]Eric Bledsoe[/QUOTE]

I think he's more what the Jazz would like to see him become

[QUOTE]Damian Lillard[/QUOTE]


:confusedshrug:

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[QUOTE]Will the Jazz be the same without Gordon Hayward after trading for Ricky Rubio, re-signing Joe Ingles and counting on Rudy Gobert, Rodney Hood and Dante Exum to step up?[/QUOTE]

no! They are in the wrong tier for sure

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2017/08/25/nba-head-coach-rankings-2017-18/24/[/url]

pretty crappy list

[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/26/utah-jazz-expiring-contracts-useful-late-season/[/url]

[QUOTE]The best and most desirable candidate for a late-season sell would probably be Joe Johnson, the 36-year-old combo forward that the club signed last offseason.

Johnson still has some gas in the tank as far as scoring and shooting goes, but it

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[QUOTE]With incumbent starter George Hill all but out the door, the Jazz had to act quickly to secure a new starting point guard ahead of free agency. If for no other reason than to aid in their pitch to Gordon Hayward.[/QUOTE]

He was only out the door because they pushed him out with this head scratching move!

[QUOTE]the possibility remained that Hayward would bolt regardless. So the Jazz needed a player who could also be productive and mesh with a roster without Hayward.[/QUOTE]

doubt they get him if they know Hayward is leaving

[QUOTE]Rubio remains a solid replacement for Hill. The move to bring him into the fold is probably one of the sneaky good offseason adds league-wide.

Rubio is also a better match for the current roster in a variety of ways.[/QUOTE]

Hill was a perfect fit for last years team. Rubio fits if a team that can't shoot is really the goal which seems to be the case for some unknown reason

[QUOTE]He and Rudy Gobert could also be deadly in the screen-roll.

Last season, Gobert made nearly 74 percent of his shots and scored 1.38 points per possession as the roll man. Meanwhile, Rubio is in the 70th percentile as the pick-and-roll ball-handler according to Synergy. That’s a one-two punch that should stymie opposing defenses with regularity.[/QUOTE]

the lack of shooting will hurt it

[QUOTE]the big concern is his shooting ability (or lack thereof), which could be a problem for a Jazz squad already lean on shooters/scorers. Nevertheless, he’ll form a unique combination with Gobert on both sides of the ball, while making others around him better with his unique vision.

In particular, Rodney Hood, Joe Ingles and Joe Johnson should benefit as spot-up shooters.[/QUOTE]

They like to play with the ball in their hands too. Which is why Hill fit and Rubio doesn't.

[QUOTE]He also comes on a relatively affordable deal. Just over 14 million annually for the next two seasons is peanuts for a player who’s a borderline All-Star.[/QUOTE]

boderline all-star! Will the hyperbole ever cease. :coleman:

[QUOTE]Losing Hill could have been bad, but the Jazz probably get better at PG in the long-term with the younger Rubio. Even if the Jazz acquired him with Hayward in mind, Rubio is probably a better match for the team that remains on both sides of the ball.

He and Gobert should be one of the Association’s most formidable screen-roll combinations.

GRADE: B+[/QUOTE]

How is it not an A+ if he's a borderline all-star? They now have Gobert, Favors, Hood and Rubio as all-stars. A big 4 to challenge the champs!

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[QUOTE]with all the great perimeter defenders the Jazz currently have, their defense is unstoppable when Gobert is at center and ever so slightly less daunting when a healthy Derrick Favors is in the middle[/QUOTE]

Favors is not close to Rudy!

[QUOTE]Not only should he be able to shoot a high percentage around the rim and have success in the pick and roll, he will have a lot more opportunities with the mid-range jumper as well.[/QUOTE]

little spacing

[QUOTE]The go-to play in Quin Snyder

[QUOTE]Emiliano Carchia: OFFICIAL: Partizan Belgrade signs Nigel Williams-Goss to a two-year contract pic.twitter.com/YWXfhpT7o0

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[QUOTE]I

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[QUOTE]The next date that will help Jazz fans really know that the start of the NBA season is just around the corner, is the beginning of the NBA preseason which will be on October 2 for the Jazz. [/QUOTE]

Against Australia Dante better show something or he might not even be able to get a job there next year. The opening of camp is big. At least you'll have something to write about other than revisiting the 2 month ol Rubio trade. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE]John Meyer: Thibodeau says Wolves will keep the 15th roster spot open. A lot of teams might cut some good players before the season. Wants flexibility.

[QUOTE]David

[QUOTE]Williams-Goss noted that he had an offer to go to training camp with the Jazz, but turned it down for the chance to sign a contract with Partizan. The NBA training camp offer would not have come with a guaranteed roster spot, but instead an opportunity to try to be one of the 15 players who make the squad at the beginning of the year. The Jazz already have 16 guaranteed contracts, so odds would have been slim for Williams-Goss.[/QUOTE]

It's about time for Lindsey to tell us why he's against stashing guys. The Spurs have taken great advantage of the strategy. I thought they were copying them.

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[QUOTE]Rudy Gobert always seems well-thought-out and intentional with his actions on social medias. This weekend, he liked a post suggesting that a certain player should return to the Jazz.[/QUOTE]

They certainly could have used Booker last year. Now that shooting doesn't matter he'd make sense once Favors and Johnson are dealt too.

[QUOTE]Ignoring the issues with contracts, if you could bring back any past Jazz player to the current roster (barring treasonists and leprechauns) who would you choose?[/QUOTE]

Millsap. Hayward would still be here

[QUOTE]I feel the Jazz have done an exceptionally good job at regaining a

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[QUOTE]Regardless of any potential he might have, the Jazz simply don

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[QUOTE]In some ways it would be hard to imagine Gobert having a better season than he had in 2016-17, but given his determination, work ethic and seeming never-ending drive, it would actually be more surprising to see him have a worse year than it would to see him take yet another step forward.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't be surprised because he won't have as good of players around him to open up the paint. He should get more offensive boards at least though

[QUOTE]Especially considering that Rudy was an NBA All-Defensive Team member and on the All-NBA Second Team, one would think that as long as he can continue on a similar and hopefully improved trajectory next season, he ought to be a shoo-in for an All-Star bid. [/QUOTE]

Except the Jazz suck and it will be hard to make it

[QUOTE] the chance to be the Jazz

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[QUOTE]According to the in-game numbers, Gobert is tied with Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic at No. 4 with an 88. That places him just ahead of the Miami Heat

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[QUOTE]In a best case scenario, Favors will regain his once solid mid-range game, turning it into a reliable weapon, while also being an absolute monster in the pick-and-roll. Playing alongside savvy floor general Ricky Rubio should help his game and hopefully it allows Derrick to set career-highs in points and field goal percentage.[/QUOTE]

the mid range game is inconsistent at best and he will spend more time there because of Rudy so I wouldn't expect too much

[QUOTE]If for some reason he and Rudy can

[QUOTE]The Bucks are hosting a free agent mini-camp on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as they look to fill out their training camp roster and identify candidates to play for their G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, according to Matt Velazquez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The mini-camp, which will give the club a chance to evaluate possible camp invitees, includes a handful of notable names among its 16 participants. Former lottery picks Trey Burke and Hasheem Thabeet are among the first-rounders who will be in attendance at the mini-camp, as Velazquez details. MarShon Brooks, Toney Douglas, Archie Goodwin, R.J. Hunter, John Jenkins, Perry Jones, and James Young are also set to get a look from the Bucks.

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[QUOTE] I

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[QUOTE]After losing out on All-Star Gordon Hayward this offseason, the Utah Jazz were forced to scramble and do everything they could to fill the void that his absence would leave. Given the lack of talent left in the free agent pool, they were obviously forced to seek a

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[QUOTE]for the most part Dennis Lindsey has done a phenomenal job for the Jazz, the Trey Burke draft night trade was certainly a miss, likely the worst one during Lindsey

[url]https://twitter.com/rudygobert27/status/902745072478932992[/url]

careful Rudy we don't want you to get deported

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[QUOTE]Are the Jazz starting open scrimmages? I really hope so, because I need to hear the stories out of camp. Especially the position battles. Who starts making a name for themselves in camp? My prediction is Donovan Mitchell starts making a name for himself quickly.[/QUOTE]

hopefully Exum

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/30/utah-jazz-rodney-hoods-possible-extension/[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah Jazz wing Rodney Hood is a shoe-in as the team

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687854/Royce-ONeale-ready-to-make-Utah-his-new-basketball-home.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Having networked around the league, he knew that teams had

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[QUOTE]Krampuslaif @BriggsShawn
Would it be crazy to believe @dfavors14 will be considered and potentially make the allstar team this year?

Derrick Favors ✔ @dfavors14
Wouldn't be crazy at all
10:51 PM - Aug 29, 2017[/QUOTE]

Not crazy if he is dealt to the east.

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[QUOTE]with two non-shooting bigs clogging up the paint in Gobert and Favors, it becomes hard to run any kind of offense built on ball screens or post-ups. The Jazz