Rewards of the tank:2014 off-season!

This off-season the Utah Jazz will be taking part of the Las Vegas Summer league for the first time. So long cross country flights to Orlando, hello moving past old grudges and moving on with our lives! (I love this new Jazz front office, btw) The team has not made any official announcement just yet; however, through sleuthing you can find out some of the people who are currently scheduled to play for the team.

They are point guards Trey Burke, Dante Exum, and Diante Garrett; shooting guards Ian Clark and Khalif Wyatt; face up tweeners Rodney Hood and Malcolm Thomas; and centers Rudy Gobert, Greg Somogyi, Erik Murphy, and Jason Washburn. This is an incomplete list, as it's only 11 players. In the last two seasons the Jazz brought 17 (back in 2012) and 19 (back in 2013) players to summer league. I can expect that the Jazz add a few names to this list by the time the games start -- they did just finish working out 90+ players during the predraft period, and just worked out about another 30 guys in a free agent mini camp.

Player Pos HT WT Age From Last seen Last team League
1 Trey Burke 1 6 1 190 21.65 Michigan On Team Utah Jazz NBA
2 Dante Exum 1 2 6 6 190 18.98 Australia Drafted High School Australia
3 Diante Garrett 1 2 6 4 190 25.76 Iowa St. On Team Utah Jazz NBA
4 Ian Clark 2 1 6 3 173 23.31 Belmont On Team Utah Jazz NBA
5 Khalif Wyatt 2 6 4 205 23.08 Temple New Face Springfield Armor NBA-DL
6 Rodney Hood 3 4 6 8 215 21.71 Duke Drafted Duke NCAA
7 Malcolm Thomas 3 4 6 9 225 25.66 San Diego St On Team Utah Jazz NBA
8 Rudy Gobert 5 7 2 245 22.03 France On Team Utah Jazz NBA
9 Greg Somogyi 5 7 3 242 24.77 Hungary Predraft Workout '13 Alba Fehervar Hungary
10 Erik Murphy 5 4 6 10 230 23.70 Florida On Team Utah Jazz NBA
11 Jason Washburn 5 4 6 10 242 24.09 Utah Free Agent Camp '14 Brussels Belgium

Yeah. Right now it looks a little heavy at point guard and center. I can understand why Raul Neto isn't urged to play here as instead got the blessings from the Jazz to play for Brazil this summer. A return to the floor where the magic happened will be good for Ian Clark, and I hope he gets the ball in his hands. He didn't with the Jazz last season.

With this type of roster the team should try to speed up the tempo, and be able to attack the defense from a number of angles with dribble penetration. The bigs are really big and should be able to box out, get rebounds, set screens, and get out of the way. I think it would be silly to see the team try to run the Alfense and post up a big guy and see if he can go one-on-one, which is what the team did in Orlando the last few years.

I wonder who the Jazz front office will fill out this team with. The games start in 10 days, and the Jazz schedule can be found here. (It's worth the look, it's a detailed view of the times, dates, and locations of each game so you can better plan your trip)

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Jazz vowing to match any offer to RFA Gordon Hayward but fresh rumbles tonight that Cavs weighing wisdom of big offer sheet to Hayward

3:19 PM - 1 Jul 2014

[QUOTE]Brian Windhorst: Cavs believed to be preparing a max offer sheet for restricted free agent Gordon Hayward, sources said. Yahoo reported he is visiting today Twitter @WindhorstESPN

Adrian Wojnarowski: Utah RFA Gordon Hayward is meeting with Cavaliers officials in Cleveland today, sources tell Yahoo. Offer sheet could be forthcoming. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

Steve Luhm: Keep hearing Jazz fans/employees think Hayward-to-Utah is a done deal. Just match best offer. But he's a midwest guy. So is his new wife. Twitter @sluhm

Paul Flannery: 1. A max offer for Gordon Hayward is not the same as a max offer for LeBron James. 2. He's restricted and teams need to overpay to get him. Twitter @Pflanns

Tony Jones: Keep in mind, the Jazz can do a sign and trade if they don't want to match a max offer. question would be who on the cave do the jazz want Twitter @Tjonessltrib[/QUOTE]

Got to let him go if true. If he'd rather be in Cleveland than SLC than they deserve each other. Cavs have some good young pieces maybe they can get in a sign and trade. Can look for a vet to mentor Hood. Not Marvin.

[QUOTE]Ken Berger: If Cavs make max offer to Gordon Hayward, it would be a four-year, $63m deal starting at $14.8m. He made $3.5m last season. Twitter @KBergCBS [/QUOTE]

**** that shit! Almost 16 million a year. :facepalm

Marc J. Spears: The Jazz and Lakers free agent guard Kent Bazemore's camp have had some preliminary contract talks, a source said. Twitter @SpearsNBAYahoo

[QUOTE]Adrian Wojnarowski: Cleveland's belief that Utah will match any Hayward offer sheet is strongly discouraging Cavs from extending one, league sources tell Yahoo. Twitter @WojYahooNBA [/QUOTE]

Which is why the Jazz say they will match. Got to believe they won't be that stupid

[QUOTE]The Cleveland Cavaliers will not be giving restricted free agent small forward Gordon Hayward an offer sheet after his visit with the team on Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation. USA Today Sports

Hayward, 23, is one of the top young free agents on the market, but the widespread belief is that the Utah Jazz would match any offer that comes his way. As USA TODAY Sports reported Monday, Hayward was expected to draw interest from the Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, the Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies and others. USA Today Sports

The Cavaliers' reluctance to tie up a large chunk of their salary cap space (approximately $16 million) may or may not be tied up to their belief that LeBron James is still considering the notion of leaving the Miami Heat. They have been considered a legitimate option for the four-time MVP, who played seven seasons for the Cavs in his home state before leaving in 2010, but teams have become increasingly skeptical that he's strongly considering an exit. USA Today Sports
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Boston appears to be out too

Dave McMenamin: Source says the talks between Kent Bazemore and the Utah Jazz have moved past the preliminary stage, but the sides are not close to a deal Twitter @mcten

[QUOTE]Barry Jackson: Besides Anthony Morrow, Heat also has reached out to Marvin Williams. With limited space, Heat searching for reasonably priced wing players. Twitter @flasportsbuzz [/QUOTE]

Do it Pat!

Tony Jones: League source confirms to The Salt Lake Tribune that the Jazz have preliminary interest in combo guard Kent Bazemore Twitter @Tjonessltrib

Tony Jones: League Source said that while the Jazz have been quiet behind the scenes, they are open to almost any FA scenario should it benefit them Twitter @Tjonessltrib

UPDATED

[QUOTE]The Cleveland Cavaliers may or may not offer Jazz small forward Gordon Hayward a hefty contract in free agency. If not, another team around the league could swoop in with a significant offer sheet for the restricted free agent. Ultimately

League sources also confirm to The Tribune that the Jazz have had talks with free agent guard Kent Bazemore, a 6-foot-5 athlete who showed flashes of promise last season after a midseason trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. Salt Lake Tribune

[QUOTE]According to league sources, the Wizards also have reached out to Anthony Morrow, Marvin Williams, PJ Tucker, Luol Deng and Danny Granger, among others. Washington Post [/QUOTE]

yeah!

[QUOTE]Tony Jones: League source said, Jazz have had multiple free agent conversations, but are focused on Gordon Hayward. Twitter @Tjonessltrib

Tony Jones: League source says Jazz are confident Hayward can take a leap, therefore not concerned at all about paying him top dollar Twitter @Tjonessltrib[/QUOTE]

should be worried