2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[QUOTE]Eric Walden: Donovan Mitchell, on Mike Conley’s exclusion from the ASG: “It’s unfortunate that we don’t play on national TV enough for people to see his impact. … I thought he would get in. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Hopefully he still will as Anthony Davis’ replacement. … He’s definitely earned a spot.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

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more than you. Wouldn't matter if you were on tv more. It's about numbers and hype which is why you are in and he's not

[QUOTE][URL="https://pr.nba.com/2020-21-nba-second-half-schedule/"]The game schedules across TNT and ESPN for the final week of the regular season (May 10-16) will be determined at a later date in order to provide the most compelling matchups to a national audience leading into the NBA Play-In Tournament and the NBA Playoffs.[/URL] In the final week of the regular season, TNT will present doubleheaders Tuesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 13, and ESPN will televise doubleheaders Wednesday, May 12 and Friday, May 14. ESPN will also air a game Sunday, May 16 on the final day of the regular season. TNT will tip off its coverage of the Second Half of the season Thursday, March 11 with a doubleheader as the Brooklyn Nets host the Boston Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Golden State Warriors visit the LA Clippers (10 p.m. ET). ESPN will begin its Second Half coverage Sunday, March 14 when the New Orleans Pelicans host the Clippers (9 p.m. ET). On Monday, March 15, ESPN’s first doubleheader in the Second Half will feature the New York Knicks visiting the Nets (8 p.m. ET) and the Lakers taking on the Warriors in San Francisco (10:30 p.m. ET).
– via [URL="https://pr.nba.com/2020-21-nba-second-half-schedule/"]NBA.com[/URL]



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not even the best record changes anything :facepalm

[url]https://pr.nba.com/2020-21-nba-second-half-schedule/[/url]

• The Utah Jazz, which has a league-leading 25-6 record, will visit the defending NBA champion Lakers twice in a three-day span on ESPN: Saturday, April 17 (3:30 p.m. ET) and Monday, April 19 (10 p.m. ET). Utah will also host Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 24 on ESPN (10 p.m. ET).

[url]https://www.nba.com/schedule/jazz?cal=all[/url]

looks like they might be able to rest the final couple games with any luck which I guess with play in games there will be plenty of rest anyway

5 espn and one TNT

Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Sacramento Kings are planning to waive forward Glenn Robinson III,[/URL] sources tell ESPN. Robinson has averaged 5.3 points in 23 games this season.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]

[url]https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-burt-niangs-career-takes-161500042.html[/url]

[QUOTE]The next three years have gone 43 for 105 (.410), 90 for 225 (.400) and this season, 37 for 101 (.366).


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let's not leave out the 50% in his all gleague year

[QUOTE]Michael Scotto: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been named by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to replace injured Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto"]Twitter MikeAScotto[/URL]



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joke

[QUOTE]Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder, on Mike Conley not making the All-Star Game: “Mike knows how much he’s meant to our group and to our success. Those are tough situations. Certainly I feel Mike is deserving for what he’s done for our team. It’s not lost on our team.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder on high-profile matchups: “It’s not about can you beat the Lakers, or can you match up with the Lakers. The goal is to keep getting better and to learn.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



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can you without putting Favors at the 4? Morgan?

[url]https://kslsports.com/453875/donovan-mitchell-to-compete-in-three-point-shooting-contest/[/url]

[QUOTE]John Stockton twice competed in the contest, losing both times in 1992 and 1997. In 1990 Bobby Hansen became the first Jazz player to compete in the shootout.


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Bobby! :roll:

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/2/24/22298522/utah-jazz-vs-los-angeles-lakers-jazz-take-on-lebron-and-company-lebron-james-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]It will be interesting to see how well Rudy Gobert plays in this game with no Anthony Davis. Marc Gasol has looked like a shell of himself in most games this season, especially defensively, but Gasol is a good shooter and Rudy has had a hard time defending stretch big men that can shoot in the past. It’s not to say that Rudy won’t have any impact at all but if Gasol gets into a groove from outside it could make it a very difficult night for the Jazz to get enough stops to win this game.


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Rudy doesn't have a tough time. The Jazz do if he's away fro the rim

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Lakers coach Frank Vogel, on the Jazz: “They’ve got a great team. … To see what they’re doing right now is no surprise to me because I expected them to play this way last year.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[URL="https://theathletic.com/news/jazz-blow-out-lakers-set-nba-record-for-total-3-pointers-in-consecutive-games/3fXRiCgBLv4r"]The Utah Jazz blew out the Los Angeles Lakers 114-89 on Wednesday, setting an NBA record for total 3-pointers made in consecutive games in the process[/URL]. The Jazz hit a combined 50 3-pointers in wins against Charlotte on Monday and the Lakers on Wednesday — 28 against Charlotte and 22 against the Lakers.
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/news/jazz-blow-out-lakers-set-nba-record-for-total-3-pointers-in-consecutive-games/3fXRiCgBLv4r"]The Athletic Staff @ The Athletic[/URL]



Those Spurs had three surefire Hall of Famers with extensive championship experience in Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, not to mention a budding superstar in Kawhi Leonard. [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]One of the primary reasons skepticism about the Jazz persists among rival scouts and executives is because they lack proven star power that the Lakers, LA Clippers and Eastern Conference favorite Brooklyn Nets feature[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]Tim MacMahon @ ESPN[/URL]



[URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]“Mike Conley is much different,” a West scout said[/URL] of the 33-year-old point guard who, entering play Wednesday, was averaging 16.4 points and 5.6 assists per game with the best effective field goal percentage (.559) of his career. “He knows their system and knows their personnel, and he’s shooting the ball great.”
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30952349/are-utah-jazz-real-threat-los-angeles-lakers-la-clippers"]Tim MacMahon @ ESPN[/URL]

[QUOTE]In other action, [URL="https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/02/michigan-osu-ratings-highest-season-college-hoops-nba-pga-tour/"]Jazz-Clippers drew a 0.75 (-4%) and 1.25 million (+6%) on ESPN last Friday, preceded by Bulls-Sixers at a 0.6 (-14%) and 972,000 (-4%). Shifting to this week, TNT drew 1.03 million for Celtics-Mavericks (-11%) on Tuesday,[/URL] followed by 1.14 million for Blazers-Nuggets (-49% from last year’s first meeting of LeBron James and Zion Williamson).
– via [URL="https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/02/michigan-osu-ratings-highest-season-college-hoops-nba-pga-tour/"]Sports Media Watch[/URL]



Elijah Millsap: [URL="https://*********.com/social/tweets/"]Almost 6yrs ago. On April 16, 2015, D. Lindsey made bigot remarks in my exit interview while conversing with Q. Snyder[/URL] “if u say one more word, I’ll cut your Black ass and send you back to Louisiana”.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Elijah_Millsap"]Twitter Elijah_Millsap[/URL]



Andy Larsen: Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey to the Tribune on the tweet below from former player Elijah Millsap: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“I categorically deny making that statement”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]



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might help explain why Millsap wasn't the same player the next year? His defense was elite before the so called statement

Tim MacMahon: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley on not being an All-Star: “Man, it was tough. I really, really thought this was the year.[/URL] I joked with the guys on the team that I blame them. We should have started the year 31-0. Maybe that would have given me a chance, but I don’t know what else to do.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon"]Twitter espn_macmahon[/URL]



Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley: “They obviously know it was a tough day for me, as well as something to celebrate for them.[/URL] … Tonight, I honestly was just playing the way I’ve been playing, but with a little more motivation. It’s disappointing, but that’s how my career has been.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]



Michael Scotto: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Marc Gasol on Mike Conley’s All-Star snub: “It’s always tough. I’ve been with him when he deserved to be an All-Star in Memphis many years.[/URL] He’s always been deserving but not making it. I think this year it’s a little bit tougher because they have the best record in the league.” pic.twitter.com/G7n2HBG9H9
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto"]Twitter MikeAScotto[/URL]




Ben Anderson: Rudy Gobert on the @Utah Jazz defense. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“I think we did a great job defensively. Regardless of who we are facing, who’s playing, who’s not playing. We want to make sure that we come in every single night with a mindset of defending.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]

When asked after Wednesday night’s game between the Jazz and Lakers, what he recalled about that particular exit interview, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said that he didn’t remember that conversation. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/24/22299220/utah-jazz-dennis-lindsey-denies-use-of-bigoted-language-to-former-jazz-player-elijah-millsap"]“Honestly, I don’t remember the conversation,” Snyder said. “I can’t fathom Dennis saying something like that.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/24/22299220/utah-jazz-dennis-lindsey-denies-use-of-bigoted-language-to-former-jazz-player-elijah-millsap"]Sarah Todd @ deseret.com[/URL]



The Jazz players were informed about the tweet following Wednesday’s game. Rudy Gobert said he was pretty close with Millsap when they were Jazz teammates but that Wednesday was the first he had heard about the incident. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/24/22299220/utah-jazz-dennis-lindsey-denies-use-of-bigoted-language-to-former-jazz-player-elijah-millsap"]“There was never any conversations about that (back then),” Gobert said. “I’m just going to reach out to him and find out. Until we have more information it’s hard to tell, it was six years ago.[/URL] That’s why this kind of stuff is tough to understand. Hopefully we get more information.”
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/2/24/22299220/utah-jazz-dennis-lindsey-denies-use-of-bigoted-language-to-former-jazz-player-elijah-millsap"]Sarah Todd @ deseret.com[/URL]