2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/2/28/22305871/using-mental-toughness-to-fight-exhaustion-utah-jazz-dug-deep-to-beat-orlando-magic-nba-all-stars[/url]

[QUOTE]There are going to be games when the Utah Jazz just don’t have the same energy and pep as they do on other nights. There are going to be nights when their legs feel heavy and they have to find a way to push through the weight of the condensed regular season.


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Snyder needs to go deeper into his supposedly deep bench if guys are tired

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/1/22307066/common-themes-from-utah-jazzs-7-losses[/url]

[QUOTE]For example, the Utah Jazz split the season series against the [URL="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/"]New York Knicks[/URL], yet blew out the [URL="https://www.brewhoop.com/"]Milwaukee Bucks[/URL] twice. MIL is certainly a superior team to NYK, so how do we explain a counter-intuitive result?

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sometimes you just match up with certain teams better than others. I don't think they match up well with the Lakers which will be a huge issue if I am correct

[QUOTE]Every team but MIN has big, powerful forwards. For LAC it’s Leonard and Batum. For BKN it’s Durant and Green. For NYK it’s Barrett and Randle. For DEN it’s Porter Jr. and Millsap. For MIA it’s Butler and Robinson. For PHX it’s Bridges and Crowder. Size at the forward spot means a team can create defensive havoc and/or break a defense caught in a disadvantage with ease.

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you think having no PF has anything to do with that?

[QUOTE]The most concerning of all these strategies is the isolation since such a scenario often removes Gobert from the defensive equation. The counter is a difficult application of weakside zone or double-teaming and quick rotation. There’s only so much that can be done on the Jazz personnel front to improve the perimeter defense.


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Hardly. They have two open roster spots. They have Bojan who needs to go and might have some value to someone hopefully. If they had a PF. O'Neale could concentrate on the perimeter instead of rebounding and guarding bigger players

[QUOTE]A great example of talent is the [URL="https://www.netsdaily.com/"]Brooklyn Nets[/URL]. Early in the year Utah got hammered by the Nets which resulted in the 2nd worst defensive outing for the Jazz all year. Through half the season, the Nets have the most efficient offense in the league. No wonder they caused us problems. They have a lot of talent.

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I'd forget about that game. Totally different team now


[QUOTE]All but two teams (BKN, MIA) are even or better in “Points Swing”. “Points Swing” is a metric that calculates the net points scored off turnovers and offensive boards. These 7 teams are good at capitalizing off of extra opportunities, a strategy that helps offset a cold shooting night.

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the Jazz turn it over a lot and without a PF these particular teams can get to boards other teams don't

[QUOTE]Normally, the 7 opponents Utah lost to score 1.25 PPP in transition. When they faced the Jazz, they scored 1.46 PPP in transition. While they didn’t get in transition as much as usual (see below), they were extremely efficient. Transition defense isn’t one of Utah’s strengths.

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another thing that might improve if O'Neale was getting back on D instead of pounding the offensive glass instead of the PF they don't have or won't play

[QUOTE]FiveThirtyEight projects the Jazz to finish with the #1 seed in the West by 8 games and Basketball Reference projects the same seed by nearly 9 games. None of these losses will come back to haunt the Jazz towards the end of the regular season.

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Who knows? All it could take is Rudy going down for a month again

[QUOTE]This is the best chance Utah has to win the chip in 25 years. Whatever it takes to stack the odds and insulate yourself from weakness, Jazz must pursue it.



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yep but I doubt they will. There's always next year! :facepalm

[QUOTE]These scenarios just support an idea that it’s better to trade Bogie for a defensive player if Jazz wants to ensure higher chances of multiple wins in the playoffs and the title.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Ray7"]Ray7[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/1/22307066/common-themes-from-utah-jazzs-7-losses#537069241"]Mar 1, 2021 | 10:59 AM[/URL]
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someone gets it

[QUOTE][h=4]The question then is who?[/h]
I haven’t done enough research but I’m not convinced that Tucker is the answer (probably because of the bias of him coming from the Rockets and trolling Rudy when he got emotional about the all-star snub) and I don’t know who else is available.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/aitken4bacon"]aitken4bacon[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/1/22307066/common-themes-from-utah-jazzs-7-losses#537069724"]Mar 1, 2021 | 11:10 AM[/URL]
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as far as I'm concerned they'd be better with Morgan so any trade that gets rid of Bojan is a good one. Maybe get under the tax. Maybe improve their depth. Open up another roster space.

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/02/28/nba-trade-rumors-prime-target-championship-contender/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=2]Utah Jazz trade target: PJ Tucker[/h]

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Went into trade machine and I'm not sure how they get him. Maybe if it's a multi team deal?

[QUOTE]One potential target that makes a lot of sense is PJ Tucker. The fact that the Houston Rockets wouldn’t be asking a ton in exchange for him makes it even more plausible.


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they want someone that can come in and play which is Bojan, Niang and maybe Morgan, Oni and Brantley who they can't trade. Bojan and Niang make sense. Not sure I'd give up Oni for him and certainly not Morgan

Adam Spolane: The [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rockets are the only team in the NBA without a 5-man lineup that has logged more than 55 minutes[/URL]. The Utah Jazz have four 5-man lineups that have played more than 138 minutes
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/AdamSpolane"]Twitter AdamSpolane[/URL]

Ben Anderson: Rudy Gobert on approaching the March 11 anniversary of being diagnosed with COVID-19. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“When you go through some tough times. I think those tough times make you grow.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]



Ben Anderson: Rudy Gobert on potentially playing against a Quin Snyder team. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“It would be fun to be on Quin’s team, but it would also be really fun to be against him. Regardless, I think we’re going to talk hopefully a little trash, try to get Quin to get a technical or something.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]

[URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/jordan-clarkson-jazz-want-to-prove-people-wrong-with-or-without-mvp-buzz-for-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-221749322.html"]he Utah Jazz have the best record in the NBA at 27-7 and yet when it comes to MVP, neither Donovan Mitchell nor Rudy Gobert are given much consideration[/URL]. Jordan Clarkson, the clear front-runner for the Sixth Man of the Year award, is the latest guest on the “Posted Up with Chris Haynes” podcast. The 28-year-old guard is averaging a career-high in points (18.1) and shooting 37.1% from behind the arc.
– via [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/jordan-clarkson-jazz-want-to-prove-people-wrong-with-or-without-mvp-buzz-for-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-221749322.html"]Chris Haynes @ Yahoo! Sports[/URL]


[URL="https://*********.com/rumors/#"]In this episode, he discussed the two stars being overlooked for MVP and how the team is unbothered by not receiving acknowledgment. “It doesn’t come up but we definitely praise [Mitchell and Gobert] saying, ‘Yo, you should be in that NBA conversation’ and stuff like that,” Clarkson said on the “Posted Up” pod. “That’s the only conversation that comes out of that. But in terms of worrying about if we’re getting noticed or any of that, I don’t think any of that really seeps into any of our heads. We’re kind of just focused on one thing and that’s winning games and keeping this thing rolling. [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/jordan-clarkson-jazz-want-to-prove-people-wrong-with-or-without-mvp-buzz-for-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-221749322.html"]“I don’t see why they wouldn’t be in the conversation, but hey, it is what it is. We’re just trying to prove people wrong and get better. That’s it.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/jordan-clarkson-jazz-want-to-prove-people-wrong-with-or-without-mvp-buzz-for-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-221749322.html"]Chris Haynes @ Yahoo! Sports[/URL]
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Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder, responding to Rudy Gobert earlier saying he hopes to maybe trash-talk him into a technical foul at the All-Star Game: “I don’t think Rudy’s gonna be able to taunt me into it, no matter what he says.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/02/27/nba-power-rankings-lakers-suns-rise/16/[/url]

Nets over Jazz :roll:

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-guarding-best-comfy-conley-more/[/url]

[QUOTE]Also, the Harrison waiver likely means the Jazz will not attempt to dodge the luxury tax this season via a maneuver I had [URL="https://saltcityhoops.com/reader-qa-keeping-conley-tax-man-cometh-trade-ideas-more/"]previously described[/URL]. It’s still technically possible, but by waiving Harrison instead of moving him into another team’s cap space or trade exception, the Jazz now how have a $770K cap charge for for the waived guard that they can’t remove from their salary sheet. That makes the likelihood of maneuvering their way under the tax line a bit more complicated.


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trade Bojan!

[URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30987932/zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-back-utah-jazz"]“I feel like we’re almost there,” Williamson said. “I really feel like we’re almost there. There’s that final few things we need to figure out, but we’re almost there.”[/URL] Consider Monday night’s effort a step in the right direction. Behind Williamson’s charge in the third quarter, the Pelicans toppled the team with the best record in the league, holding on late to defeat the visiting Utah Jazz 129-124.
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30987932/zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-back-utah-jazz"]Andrew Lopez @ ESPN[/URL]



Attacking the basket was the Pelicans’ focus throughout the night. [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30987932/zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-back-utah-jazz"]They finished with 74 points in the paint, the most any team has scored in the paint in regulation against the Jazz in the past 25 seasons, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.[/URL] “It’s crazy that we got to the basket so much with a defensive player like Rudy Gobert, where he’s at the rim all night, every single night,” Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram said of Utah’s All-Star center. “But we made it happen.”
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30987932/zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-back-utah-jazz"]Andrew Lopez @ ESPN[/URL]



Andrew Lopez: From @ESPNStatsInfo: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Zion Williamson became the youngest player in Pels history (20 years, 238 days) with at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a game.[/URL] AD was 20-361 when he did it and CP3 was 21-209 when he did it.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez"]Twitter _Andrew_Lopez[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/454372/jazz-run-out-of-gas-against-pelicans/[/url]

[QUOTE]“Every team in the league is going to be fatigued right now,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. “That’s something we just have to play through. We can still communicate, we had breakdowns in pick and roll where he didn’t switch. Just a lot of different things and if you have to think harder and be more urgent, those are things that you can control.”


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You could extend the rotation of supposedly suck a deep team. Why not put in a fresh body? Morgan can certainly play and Oni will at least play hard if nothing else

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50117150/the-utah-jazz-better-get-used-to-being-the-hunted[/url]

[QUOTE]Teams are getting up to play them — talented ones. Take the Pelicans for example. It's somewhat surprising New Orleans (now 15-19) has struggled as much as it has this season. Williamson is a beast, Brandon Ingram is a former All-Star, JJ Reddick is one of the all-time best shooters, Lonzo Ball and Eric Bledsoe are better than serviceable guards. This team should flat out be better than its record. The Jazz brought that team out.


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suck at D as we saw so no they shouldn't be

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/1/22308613/utah-jazz-lose-to-zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-129-124-game-recap[/url]

[QUOTE]Yikes. I don’t even know what to say about this quarter. This could not have gone much worse for Utah. The spotty defense from the 2nd turned absolutely terrible in the 3rd. I hate to say it but Derrick Favors is not Derrick Favors right now. The Jazz spent big money to ensure they had great backup center minutes behind Rudy Gobert and that is just not happening right now. I don’t know if the guy needs some nights off to get a little more healthy or what but it’s hurting. Either way the Jazz coughed up the lead and then just bombed the quarter away to the tune of a 99-88 defect to end the 3rd.


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Could have had Bradley cheap and got a starting PF instead

[QUOTE][h=4]Things to fix:[/h]
Poor first quarters
Rebounding
Jazz on a 18 game winning streak with those two issues resolved

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/ThomasSmithjaz1"]ThomasSmithjaz1[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/1/22308613/utah-jazz-lose-to-zion-williamson-new-orleans-pelicans-129-124-game-recap#537094505"]Mar 1, 2021 | 11:43 PM[/URL]
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only so much you can do with the rebounding with the current rotation and I doubt it will change

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/03/01/utah-jazz-indulging-one-drought/[/url]

who cares?

The [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/sixers-hope-tobias-harris-return-050039504.html?src=rss"]team hopes that Harris can return on Wednesday against the Utah Jazz[/URL] in their final game before the All-Star break. “I hope so,” said coach Doc Rivers. “He really tried to play tonight, but we more made the call tonight. We need him, hopefully, we can get him back next game.”
– via [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/sixers-hope-tobias-harris-return-050039504.html?src=rss"]Ky Carlin @ Yahoo! Sports[/URL]

[QUOTE]Shams Charania: Sources: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The NBA and NBPA are planning to eliminate the 50-game limit for two-way contract players this season and to allow two-way players to be eligible for the playoffs, pending Board approval[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania"]Twitter ShamsCharania[/URL]



Shams Charania: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]This provides some flexibility for players and teams during the pandemic season. Two-way players who exceed 50 active games would then have compensation moved to their minimum based on years of service, sources said[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania"]Twitter ShamsCharania[/URL]



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Kind of lame now. Jazz had been holding Brantley out cuz of that I think