2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[url]https://kslsports.com/459288/joe-ingles-is-the-jazz-utility-infielder/[/url]

[QUOTE]“Whether he’s handling it at the point, running the wing, spacing as a four, he’s done everything,” Snyder said. He’s guarded so many different matchups.”


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he's no 4

[QUOTE]Though few saw Ingles potential to develop into such an important piece on a contending team when he entered the league as a 27-year-old rookie, perhaps it should be no surprise considering who Ingles says he partially modeled his game after — future Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili.


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2 of my favorite players

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50165349/jazz-finding-life-without-mitchell-conley-difficult--but-confident-theyll-be-better-for-it-as-playoffs-approach[/url]

[QUOTE]He's finding new ways to score, even as teams are able to scout him more, defend him better, and throw an extra body (sometimes two) his way for the well-regarded Jazz player.


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what new ways? By shooting even more bad shots?

[QUOTE]"Both of those guys are missed so much," said Clarkson, who wasn't trying to make excuses for a loss as much as state a fact and share his admiration for the two All-Star guards. "You see a lot more where I'm not in catch-and-shoot situations as much. I'm on the ball a lot more as well as Joe (Ingles), as well as Bojan (Bogdanovich).


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more minutes mostly

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/12/22428876/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-lose-to-portland-trail-blazers-final-home-game-regular-season-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]I feel like I need to drive this point home every day as the season nears an end: The Jazz are playing without two of their three All-Stars, they are playing two-way guard Trent Forrest major minutes and they are playing against teams that are fighting for playoff positioning. Considering all of that, they aren’t playing horribly. They had a bad shooting night on Wednesday and they were still within striking distance. This is a good team, and when they are at full strength they’ll be fine.

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no excuse for Forrest playing

[QUOTE]Jarrell Brantley played barely two minutes of garbage time and scored five points and had an assist.

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the fact that him and Morgan are last resorts for COTY is mind boggling

[QUOTE]Opposing teams are just flat out not guarding Forrest when he’s out on the perimeter, and they’re right to make that choice because he’s not a threat from the 3-point line. But that makes it easier for the defense to double some of the Jazz’s other players and keep them from generating as many open shots so it bogs things down.


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been there done that. He's usually in there with Clarkson or Oni too. Back to Ricky and Favors in the corner. I thought they finally learned

[QUOTE]With less than a minute left in the first quarter I learned something new. Georges Niang was called for a foul on Damian Lillard, but Niang knew that he hadn’t touched Lillard and Quin Snyder obliged by triggering a coach’s challenge. The challenge was ruled successful after the officials also saw that Niang did not make contact with Lillard. But, the officials saw during the review that Rudy Gobert had made contact with Lillard while he was in the act of shooting, so they went ahead and assessed that foul. So Niang wasn’t charged with a foul, but Gobert was. I took the time to check the NBA Rule Book, and the officials do have the ability to see if any other foul “proximate to the called foul” occurred and if it was by a different player. This feels like it completely defeats the purpose of the coach’s challenge and I don’t see the point of it being a part of the rules.

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lame

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/5/13/22434202/utah-jazz-best-three-point-shooting-team-nba-history[/url]

[QUOTE]Who would have ever thought that the Utah Jazz would field a roster that would become the greatest three-point shooting team of all-time? Definitely not me. Even though the Jazz have been a great three-point shooting team the last few years (#1 3P% team last season, top 10 in 3PM/game last two seasons) it still just seemed to come out of nowhere with this incredible volume of threes this season. You could definitely tell that this was a point of emphasis this offseason, and Quin Snyder adjusted his scheme and strategy to unleash the beast that is the 2020-21 Utah Jazz three-point shooters.


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few years? :facepalm

[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell will finish the season with a career-high 38 percent from three, which is amazing considering his usage and volume. Not bad for a “chucker”, eh?


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he's bad

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson will finish the season leading the Jazz in three-pointers made, and will most likely eclipse the 200 mark in the final two games. Clarkson is the 6MOY favorite over teammate Joe Ingles, and has been a bucket-getter all season long.


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sickening with his %

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/12/22433648/utah-jazz-lose-their-final-home-game-against-the-portland-trailblazers-rudy-gobert-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]To make matters worse, it really, really didn’t help when Utah played 4-on-5 for twenty minutes tonight with Trent Forrest on the floor. You can’t pin a loss on a two-way player who is filling in for a couple All-NBA guys. However, you can be concerned for his viability as an NBA player in the future when an opposing defense completely ignores him as any kind of offensive threat. Forest had moments throughout he game where he played solid defense and gave great effort. While those things are great, he (1) didn’t do them consistently all game, and (2) was a -17 in plus-minus tonight because Portland didn’t care to stand in the same zip code as him on defense.


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you can pin it on COTY for playing him

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/05/13/utah-jazz-draft-prospects-instant-impact/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=1]Utah Jazz: 3 draft prospects who could make instant impact as Jazzmen[/h]

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no one has nor will

[QUOTE]Looking at the Utah Jazz roster, it’s clear to see some areas for improvement. Besides Mike Conley, who is now 33 years old and will be a free agent this summer, there is no other proven pure point guard on the roster. Taking that into consideration and factoring in where Utah’s pick will be, [URL="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/joel-ayayi-1.html"]Joel Ayayi[/URL] could be one of the best options available.


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pg is certainly the position to look at unless they think Forrest can develop a shot

[QUOTE]It’s common knowledge that Salt Lake City is the home of a top-five NBA center in [URL="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/goberru01.html"]Rudy Gobert.[/URL] However, there can definitely be room for improvement in the backup position. Currently, Derrick Favors holds the backup center role, but his statistics have mostly decreased each season the past four years. And the jury is still out on Utah’s late first-round pick last year: Udoka Azubuike.


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a center? :facepalm

[QUOTE]Cooper is lightning quick, has extraordinary vision, and is a pure point guard who could complement Donovan Mitchell extremely well. In any other NBA Draft, he might be a top 10 pick, which is even more of an incentive for the Utah Jazz to do what they can to snag him.


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6'1 next to Mitchell? :facepalm

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley said he got hurt in the last 45 seconds of the Jazz’s game against the T-wolves, had trainers check it out postgame.[/URL] Said he’s mostly been working on strength training the past few weeks.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[QUOTE]Ryan McDonald: The [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jazz just announced that they will allow 13,000 fans at The Viv for playoff games,[/URL] and tickets for the first round are now on sale
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ryanwmcdonald"]Twitter ryanwmcdonald[/URL]



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Salt Palace returns!

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley said he doesn’t think it’s a problem that Donovan Mitchell won’t return until the playoffs: “We can incorporate ourselves really easily.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

Jason Anderson: Kings forward Harrison Barnes will be honored before Sunday’s game against the Utah Jazz as the winner of the team’s annual Oscar Robertson Triple-Double Award for excellence on the court and in the community. – via Twitter JandersonSacBee

[url]https://kslsports.com/459389/mike-conley-now-is-perfect-time-to-return/[/url]

[QUOTE]The guard was listed as [URL="https://kslsports.com/459378/mike-conley-upgraded-to-questionable-against-thunder/"]questionable[/URL] Thursday ahead of the Jazz’s game against the Thunder and went through shootaround Friday in Oklahoma City, and has been updated to probable.


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sweet!

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/14/22417219/jazz-insiders-newsletter-making-sense-western-conference-nba-regular-season[/url]

[QUOTE]Over the last five games, Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson is averaging 28 points per game, making the Jazz’s sixth man the 12th highest scorer in the NBA over that stretch.


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got to be the worst 28 a game ever

[QUOTE]The NBA postseason is just as much about luck as it is skill. A lot of things have to be going right for a team to win a championship but even then, it’s very easy to pick out which teams just don’t have it. For example, I don’t think that the Dallas Mavericks or Portland Trail Blazers or even the Phoenix Suns have a chance at a title this season. But the Jazz do have a chance. And if they go into the playoffs believing that, then with a little bit of luck, they could actually pull it off.


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Suns do if the Jazz do

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin said “there was no back and forth” in terms of weighing Conley’s desire to play against potentially just holding him out until the playoffs. Added that he understands Conley’s desire to get his in-game timing back, and once he felt ready to go, the decision was made[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Speaking of Mike Conley, Quin Snyder said there will be a minutes restriction tonight, but didn’t want to get into the details of it, in order to maintain flexibility. He did characterize it as “a gradual damp-up into the next game and next week.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

Jason Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]De’Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes will not play again this season,[/URL] per Luke Walton.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee"]Twitter JandersonSacBee[/URL]

[QUOTE]The Bulls will have the final say in Markkanen’s future this offseason. Whether they figure out a sign-and-trade or decide to match any offer he gets as a restricted free agent, it will be in their hands. [URL="https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2021/5/14/22437247/final-days-lauri-markkanen-now-that-bulls-are-eliminated"]Markkanen said last week his intention will be to sign with a team that will give him a chance to start again. It doesn’t sound as though that opportunity will be there with the Bulls[/URL].
– via [URL="https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2021/5/14/22437247/final-days-lauri-markkanen-now-that-bulls-are-eliminated"]Joe Cowley @ Chicago Sun-Times[/URL]



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He'd be someone to look at in a sign and trade. Bulls looking at playoffs now so they might want Favors/Bojan/Clarkson

[url]https://kslsports.com/459435/bogdanovic-drops-22-points-as-jazz-blowout-thunder/[/url]

[QUOTE]Bogdanovic shot 8-of-16 from the field and 2-for-5 from the three-point line. Mike Conley made his return after missing the last nine games due to injury. He finished with 10 points in 16 minutes. Rudy Gobert posted a double-double with 16 points and 18 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson poured in 18 points off the bench.


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16 and 18 just a footnote! :roll:

[url]https://kslsports.com/459437/rudy-gobert-commits-silly-backcourt-violation-using-dribbling-skills/[/url]

what is funnier Rudy backcourt or a guy that went to college for two years posting “Bruh big fella ain’t just do that,” ?

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/diamonds-in-the-rough/[/url]

[QUOTE]But beyond Ingles, O’Neale, and Niang, Utah has another batch of promising players that weren’t first round picks. There’s Miye Oni (58th pick), Jarrell Brantley (50th), Elijah Hughes (39th), Juwan Morgan (undrafted), and Trent Forrest (undrafted). They’re not all going to hit. But Utah has a great track record. And the Jazz will face some tough financial decisions this offseason. They could in theory keep both Mike Conley and Niang, but doing so will take them deep into the luxury tax. As Gobert’s and Mitchell’s new deal kick in, the Jazz will rely more than ever on filling out their roster with diamonds in the rough. Ingles, O’Neale, and Niang are proof of concept that it’s something the organization is capable of.

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what about Hughes is promising?

Better bring back Conley. Niang is gone

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/14/22437269/utah-jazz-dominate-the-tanking-oklahoma-city-thunder-rudy-gobert-mike-conley[/url]

[QUOTE]The game tonight was pretty uncompetitive. The Thunder showed a little grit early in the game and hung with the Jazz for most of the first quarter, but by halftime this game was over. It almost felt like a pre season game in the middle of the last week of the season. The Thunder have some intriguing pieces in guys like Darius Bazley and Svi Mykhailiuk but in all reality they are a long way away from being rebuilt into a contender. It will be interesting to see what the savy GM Sam Presti can pull off to improve the team this summer.

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Hopefully Horford to the Jazz fo Bojan/Clarkson/Favors

[QUOTE][h=4]Luke Walton saying that Fox, Haliburton, Barnes, Bagley, and Holmes are all out for the Jazz game.[/h]
Do we sit Mike, Joe, Rudy, Bogey, and JC? Seems only fair. Or just play them in the first half and let the deep bench carry us to a 9-point win.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/GregOstertagged"]GregOstertagged[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/14/22437269/utah-jazz-dominate-the-tanking-oklahoma-city-thunder-rudy-gobert-mike-conley#540143881"]May 14, 2021 | 10:26 PM[/URL]

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If they need to win everyone shgould be playing. Conley should regardless

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/16/22438996/utah-jazz-vs-sacramento-kings-regular-season-finale-game-preview[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah will enter this game knowing whether or not they need to pick up the win because if the [URL="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/"]Phoenix Suns[/URL] lose to the [URL="https://www.poundingtherock.com/"]San Antonio Spurs[/URL] earlier Sunday then this game becomes meaningless in terms of seeding. I’m sure that Mike Conley will still play some minutes but if the Jazz already have the #1 seed wrapped up by tipoff, then look for most of the starters to play no more than the 1st half. With Sacramento announcing that most of their regular rotation guys are out today there is not much that can be said other than the Jazz have to get this win. Even if the game is meaningless, let’s hope that the competitive fire of seldom used Jazz players overpowers the competitiveness of the seldom used Kings players and we can get win #52. This really just comes down to pride and the Jazz having the desire to put an exclamation mark on one of the greatest seasons in franchise history.


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they have a week off so i'm not sure sitting guys would have been the best move

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert, on the play-in tournament: “Those games are gonna be fun to watch.[/URL] I’m excited to watch those games. And whoever we face, it’s gonna be a long journey, and we’re gonna be ready.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert: “It’s a great accomplishment. Coming from where I came from 7 years ago — not making the playoffs, building from scratch. … Being in this position is amazing.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



a franchise that doesn't know how lucky they are to have him

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley, on Donovan Mitchell: “Something that Don’s thinking about, that we’re all thinking about, is him coming back & making sure everything’s laid out for him.[/URL] … We’re gonna do everything we can during the week to make sure he’s ready to go. He’s gonna be ready as ever.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[QUOTE]Brandon Rahbar: Daigneault on Al Horford: “I’m thankful the first All Star player I got to coach was Al Horford. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]He makes you a better coach, he makes his teammates better players. I was a recipient of that.”[/URL] Chances are Al will be traded this summer. Chances are Presti will win another trade.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BrandonRahbar"]Twitter BrandonRahbar[/URL]



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not sure you won a trade where Horford isn't playing. Jazz would be smart to get him so I'm sure they won't get him

Bobby Marks: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert has 11 rebounds in 16 minutes. The All-Star for the 2nd straight season has earned a $250K bonus for minutes divided by rebounds < 3.2[/URL] Gobert will also earn a $500K bonus if he is named All-Defensive 1st team. He already hit on a $1M All-Star bonus. All 3 bonuses were deemed likely before the season and do not impact the luxury tax for Utah.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42"]Twitter BobbyMarks42[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/459510/10-things-to-know-with-the-nba-regular-season-in-the-books/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=2]Triple Doubles[/h]

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who cares

[QUOTE]There were 11 players who appeared in 72 games this season: Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Indiana’s Justin Holiday, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Miami’s Duncan Robinson, New York’s RJ Barrett, Orlando’s Dwayne Bacon, Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges, Portland’s Enes Kanter and the Utah duo of Bojan Bogdanovic and Georges Niang.


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way to go Georges!

[QUOTE]Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the scoring title (32.0 per game), Washington’s Russell Westbrook won the assists title (11.7), Atlanta’s Clint Capela won the rebounding title (14.3), Miami’s Jimmy Butler won the steals title (2.1) and Utah’s Rudy Gobert won the blocked shot title (2.7).


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Guess that's a first Rudy? Pretty amazing when guys are running from him most of the game :cheers:

[url]https://kslsports.com/459498/best-record-in-the-nba/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz survived the close to the season without Mitchell but will desperately need his offense in the postseason if they wind up facing either the Lakers or Warriors in the opening round.


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As long as they avoid the Lakers they should have no problem in the first round with or without their superstar

[url]https://kslsports.com/459495/jazz-break-three-point-records-in-regular-season-finale-against-kings/[/url]

[QUOTE]Also entering Sunday’s game, Jordan Clarkson has made the most triples on the team with 202. Joe Ingles was in second with 181, tied with Bojan Bogdanovic and Donovan Mitchell.


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the worst shooter by far has the most. Am I the only one that has a problem with that?

[url]https://kslsports.com/459491/jazz-beat-kings-clinch-nbas-best-record-for-first-time-in-franchise-history/[/url]

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson led the way with 33 points off the bench, shooting 11-for-20 from the field and 6-of-12 from the three-point line. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points, while Rudy Gobert recorded another double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds. Seven Jazz players scored in double figures.


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wish Rudy could score more so he could lead the team! Anyone that actually watched saw they were a different team when Gobert and Conley were on the floor. Bojan was horrible

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50167828/im-excited-to-watch-those-games-jazz-looking-forward-to-week-off-as-they-await-1st-round-opponent[/url]

[QUOTE]"For most of the guys, it's trying to get them to take a day off, let everything kind of settle in, spend time with your family," Mike Conley said. "We've worked very hard. It's been a long year — basically feels like a year and a half, we've just been going and going since the bubble. So just enjoy a day and come back locked in.


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Losing in the first round you had plenty of time between seasons

[QUOTE]"He's the guy, he knows he's the guy; he knows he's gonna take us as far as we want to go when he's healthy — and he's getting there," Conley said. "He's excited and feeling good. We know he's gonna do well on our team, he's a guy that's unselfish and we're gonna do whatever we can to make it easy on him during the week to get him back in shape, get him back ready to go and I'm sure he'll be as confident ready as ever."


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so they're not going far

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/16/22439695/utah-jazz-clinch-the-1-seed-with-easy-win-over-the-sacramento-kings-rudy-gobert-jordan-clarkson[/url]

[QUOTE]When Gobert locked in, the game was over. Rudy Gobert is the most unique superstar in the league. He keeps the Jazz in every single game. The Jazz have tooled this team to have 4 shooters around him at all times. They also have a budding stuperstar in Donovan Mitchell who potentially does everything they need on the offensive end.


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4 shooters except when Clarkson, Oni and Forrest play :facepalm

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/05/16/nba-power-rankings-nets-bubble-heat/16/[/url]

[QUOTE]The big question is whether this team will be able to translate their regular-season success to the playoffs. How far can a top 2 of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert carry the Jazz? We’re about to find out.




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Conley not Mitchell