2022 off season Post Gobert. A new era begins

[URL="https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/4/23292832/utah-jazz-assistant-alex-jensen-to-coach-usa-basketball-americup-team-runnin-utes-university-of-utah"]Utah Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen has been named the head coach of the 2022 USA Basketball AmeriCup team[/URL]. USA Basketball announced the news Thursday, also naming Jensen’s assistants, Capital City Go-Go coach Mike Williams and Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski. Jensen has previous experience with Team USA, having been a court coach at the 2018 USA Men’s National Team minicamp ahead of the 2018 FIBA World Cup.
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/4/23292832/utah-jazz-assistant-alex-jensen-to-coach-usa-basketball-americup-team-runnin-utes-university-of-utah"]Sarah Todd @ deseret.com[/URL]

[QUOTE] The [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Lakers had conversations about joining the Jazz and Knicks a few weeks ago in a potential three-team trade, league sources told *********. The proposed three-team trade scenario included Russell Westbrook going to Utah and getting bought out.[/URL] Utah would send Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks, a combination of two players, including Patrick Beverley and Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic or Malik Beasley to the Lakers, and the Jazz would receive significant draft pick compensation from the Knicks and Lakers. The Knicks also would’ve had to part with veteran salary filler(s), such as Derrick Rose to help make the salaries work.

– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]





[h=3][/h] According to multiple NBA executives who’ve spoken to the Jazz about trading for Donovan Mitchell, [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Utah is seeking as many draft picks as possible and isn’t prioritizing win-now players. Utah is looking to land a bigger haul for Mitchell than the Rudy Gobert trade[/URL] that netted four first-round picks and 2022 first-rounder Walker Kessler from Minnesota, league sources told *********. There’s a belief it’ll take five or even six first-round draft picks to land Mitchell.

– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]







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or 7 or more. Let's not put any limitations on the fun Danny can have please!
[h=3][/h] [QUOTE] Should Mitchell be traded, rival NBA executives believe a fire sale will happen immediately in Utah, signaling the start of a long-term rebuild. [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Playoff-caliber teams are monitoring Bojan Bogdanovic and Patrick Beverley, with both players entering contract seasons,[/URL] league sources told *********.

– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]

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[url]https://kslsports.com/490399/arenas-wade-still-better-than-jazz-players-from-gobert-trade/[/url]

[QUOTE]While Arenas may have meant to applaud his former NBA competitor, it wasn’t exactly a glowing endorsement of the Jazz return for Gobert.

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you traded a statue!

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/4/23292249/why-the-utah-jazz-went-to-the-head-of-the-class-in-espns-latest-offseason-grades-a-grade[/url]

[QUOTE]Peloton pointed to Utah going all-in on a rebuild — highlighted for now by the Rudy Gobert trade — contributed significantly to the Jazz’s grade.

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getting a good grade for trading a statue. What a league!

[QUOTE]“[URL="https://theathletic.com/nba/player/mike-conley-ATGxUh1i1HZNS4FM/"]Mike Conley[/URL] and [URL="https://theathletic.com/nba/player/bojan-bogdanovic-TtD4HPxVGnoaeLuy/"]Bojan Bogdanović[/URL] will be on their way out if the Jazz can find assets for them. Danny Ainge is tearing this thing down and hoping to rebuild something similar or maybe even better than what he put together in Boston with this current team,” Harper wrote.

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why is Clarkson rarely mentioned? He's the last guy you want around influencing the ki9ds

[QUOTE]“The swap of Quin Snyder for Will Hardy on the sidelines will be a downgrade for now, but Hardy is very well-respected around the NBA. Now we just wonder when/if Donovan Mitchell gets moved and where he gets moved. If/when they do, No. 23 is going to be way too high for this Jazz team.”

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this was the best move Thanks for making it COTM!!! :cheers:

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2022/8/4/23288215/the-top-ten-games-of-the-mitchell-gobert-era-of-the-utah-jazz[/url]

[QUOTE]When Donovan Mitchell proved himself a star early in his rookie season, things immediately began looking up for Utah. In the five years since that time, the Jazz have the fourth most wins in the NBA. In other words, there are a lot of great games from which to choose. I did my best to narrow it down to the top ten. [/QUOTE]

He wasn't a star. He was better than Hood even though he didn't go to Duke


[QUOTE][h=3]9. Donovan Mitchell vs. Jamal Murray duel ([URL="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202008230UTA.html"]8/23/2020[/URL])[/h][/QUOTE]

come on the bubble doesn't count! :facepalm

[QUOTE]Mitchell finished with a blistering 51 points, seven assists, and four rebounds. While that series ended in heartbreak for the Jazz, it showed just how unstoppable Donovan Mitchell could be.

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and just how little he cared about playing the other end of the floor with Murray's 50

[QUOTE]Joe Ingles was the unlikely hero of this game. He scorched the nets for 27 points and seven three-pointers. Besides Ingles, Utah had five other players score in double-digits. Donovan Mitchell, the rookie sensation, struggled with his shot but took over the point guard role by dishing out 11 assists. Alec Burks and Jae Crowder carried the scoring load from the bench. Dante Exum and Royce O'Neale played lockdown defense on Houston's stars. Down the stretch of the game, the Jazz looked to Donovan Mitchell, and he delivered one of the best highlights in recent memory.

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a Dante sighting!

[QUOTE][h=3]1. The Jazz send Westbrook, George, and OKC packing ([URL="https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201804270UTA.html"]4/27/2018[/URL])[/h][/QUOTE]

this was the last hurrah for COTM. Last time he made adjustments in games. Should have been gone after the bubble for sure

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2022/08/04/poor-play-politics-vendetta-utah-jazz-avoid-enes-freedom/[/url]

[QUOTE]The [URL="https://thejnotes.com/"]Utah Jazz[/URL] are at moment without a real starting center. Rookies Kofi Cockburn and Walker Kessler could maybe prove themselves this season, and Udoka Azubuike is probably going to be a career backup. They could resign Hassan Whiteside, but that former star has been relatively quiet about the inner workings of free agency, so NBA fans have largely forgotten about him.

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We really have no idea on Udoka. He was solid starting last year. See if he can stay healthy first

[QUOTE]Usually, I enjoy it when a team brings back a former player, especially when that team is the one that gave the player his start. The Jazz took Freedom–then Kanter–third overall in the 2011 NBA Draft. Aside from Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, and Kemba Walker, that draft class was very disappointing. I can’t knock the Jazz for taking Freedom at third, even if it was a little bit of a stretch.

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I can. Jonas was the guy to take and O'Conner didn't because he wasn't coming over for another year.

Why even write this? Kanter is one of the last guys they'd ever look to bring back and makes no sense at all

[URL]https://thejnotes.com/2022/08/05/dominant-jazz-star-donovan-mitchell/[/URL]

[QUOTE]leacher Report’s most dominant players at each position:

PG| 1. Steph | 2. Luka | 3. Trae
SG| 1. Booker | 2. PG13 | 3. Donovan

SF| 1. Tatum | 2. Kawhi | 3. Jimmy

PF| 1. Giannis | 2. KD | 3. LeBron

C| 1. Jokic | 2. Embiid | 3. Gobert
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) [URL="https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1554931087905800194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]August 3, 2022[/URL]

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Where's Towns? Who's Gobert? Mitchell isn't 3rd. He might be behind Brunson after this year!

[QUOTE]Beal and Mitchell are very similar. Both are high-volume scorers who are shockingly efficient considering they are the offense, but neither of them plays a lick of defense. LaVine has broken out as one of the most clutch players in the league, and Paul George has remained one of the league’s best players for several years. Personal bias excludes Booker, but if you want to add him, that’s your progitave.

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Booker is a lot better than Mitchell. Bigger, tries to play D, sets screens...

[QUOTE]In my mind, Mitchell is right in the middle of those superstars. The team success elevates him above LaVine and Beal, who has been on middling teams as the first option. Paul George can and has put a team on his back, and it’s clear that Booker needs help. The last two seasons have not been friendly to James Harden, but it feels wrong to exclude a great scorer and the only MVP on the list.

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might be better than Lavine who's never excited me much

[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell has the advantage of being the clear best player on a winning team while putting up insane individual numbers. No one else can make that case, but some players are just better than him, one could argue. That may be the only thing keeping him away from the number one spot.

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When was this? When Gobert was hurt? :lol

[QUOTE] [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/wgxnz1/kevin_love_100_kobe_no_disrespect_to_bron_cause/"]Kevin Love: 100% Kobe. No disrespect to Bron cause he brings them out too…but we were a superteam expected to have the potential to win a title. But it didn’t matter if it was a Tuesday in Minnesota, Kobe’s bringing them out.[/URL] There’s a buzz in the city when Kobe is there. It’s a home game for them.

– via [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/wgxnz1/kevin_love_100_kobe_no_disrespect_to_bron_cause/"]reddit[/URL]


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if it's like Utah it's more of a Lakers thing than a Kobe thing

The [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Lakers also have had interest in trading for Knicks forward Cam Reddish, who could also become part of a trade.[/URL] Last season, the Lakers nearly acquired Reddish as part of a blockbuster three-team trade talks between the Lakers, Knicks and Raptors at the time.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-donovan-mitchell-russell-westbrook-myles-turner-houston-rockets/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]

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Michael Scotto: [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]Rudy Gay is a candidate to be traded by Utah since he’s older and doesn’t fit the Jazz’s long-term rebuilding plan, but I’m not sure there’s a robust market for him at this later stage of his career[/URL]. The expiring contracts of Bojan Bogdanovic and Patrick Beverley appeal to playoff-caliber teams around the league,sources told *********. Jarred Vanderbilt is also a nice young player that teams like, I’m told, but there’s no urgent desire for Utah to move him since he can fit their rebuilding timeline if Mitchell is moved.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]

Tony jones: That said, I’m not sure he’d be a starter because I think the Jazz want to find out once and for all if Udoka Azubuike can play. [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]My sources tell me Azubuike has been working really hard with the coaches all summer, and he’s been in Salt Lake all summer. He’s made a lot of strides.[/URL] That said, the Jazz like Kessler and sought him out in the Rudy Gobert trade. He’s the second-best rim protector in this draft behind Chet Holmgren. Utah feels he has some upside as a pick-and-pop offensive player and as a vertical spacer.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]

Tony Jones: Jones: I think the front of the bench is taken care of with Alex Jensen, Lamar Skeeter and Bryan Bailey. [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]My sources told me earlier in the week that they just hired Sean Sheldon from San Antonio, who was a video coordinator with Will Hardy in San Antonio.[/URL] I expect a lot of energy from Hardy. Everybody I’ve talked to really thinks he’s got a chance to be a terrific head coach. He’s been well respected and well-liked around the league.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/jazz-rumors-donovan-mitchell-pat-beverley-bojan-bogdanovic-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]