2021-22 regular season Utah Jazz news, notes and game coverage

Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell and Royce O’Neale are both questionable tomorrow night in Miami with ankle sprains.[/URL] Dok and Rudy Gay remain out
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]

Ira Winderman: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Kyle Lowry (ankle) is listed as questionable for Saturday[/URL] vs. Jazz.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat"]Twitter IraHeatBeat[/URL]

[URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]The Utah Jazz and global sports and lifestyle brand adidas announced today a multi-year partnership extension, focusing on recreational basketball and community programs while connecting youth with Jazz star Donovan Mitchell[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]NBA.com[/URL]





[URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]As a major part of the partnership, adidas will be the presenting sponsor of Junior Jazz, which features more than 60,000 players.[/URL] The youth basketball program is the largest and longest-running youth basketball league in the NBA for the past 38 years. Individual programs are managed through more than 120 recreation centers in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona and Nevada.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]NBA.com[/URL]

JD Shaw: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The G League Ignite has added Kosta Koufos and Kevin Murphy.[/URL] They join Dakarai Allen, Jessie Govan, Amauri Hardy, Pooh Jeter, Amir Johnson and Malik Pope as the team’s eight veterans.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JShawNBA"]Twitter JShawNBA[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/471840/utah-jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-with-adidas/[/url]

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/11/5/22763627/rudy-goberts-strong-start-jordan-clarksons-slump-and-much-more-the-utah-jazzs-season-thus-far-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, and Mike Conley, Utah’s three All-Star-selected players from last season, are playing at a high level to start the year. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone.

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Gobert is anyway and no it's no surprise

[QUOTE]While Mitchell has had some issues with scoring efficiency, he has looked like a top-15 player in the league. Between an improvement in his vision, passing, and game control, Mitchell is slowly-but-surly becoming much more of a floor general. His performance against the [URL="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/"]Sacramento Kings[/URL] displayed that perfectly, with him putting up 36 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists in a win. If this kind of play continues, Mitchell should make some serious noise in the All-NBA conversation.

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:facepalm

[QUOTE]Impressively so, Mike Conley seems to have [I]improved[/I] at 34 years old. He has started out the season shooting the ball at a 45% clip from downtown, is moving around the court briskly, and seems to have become fully comfortable using Rudy Gobert’s screens in the pick-and-roll. When Conley first came to Utah, it was clear that he was used to playing with a pick-and-pop big like Marc Gasol instead of a rim-roller like Gobert. But now, he looks to have mastered finding his shot or making the correct pass nearly every time he comes off a Gobert pick. So long as he is given an adequate amount of rest throughout the season (cough, cough, play Jared Butler more, cough, cough), I don’t see why Conley couldn’t repeat his All-Star appearance.

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he hasn't been as good

[QUOTE] However, as fun as it is to root for Paschall, it should be noted that he’s still a -2.7 in box plus/minus, shooting 29.4% from downtown, and will almost surly be surpassed by Rudy Gay when he returns from injury. That’s not to say that Paschall doesn’t have a role on the team in the future; he most definitely does. I think adding a more consistent perimeter jumper is all he needs to become a staple in the rotation. [/QUOTE]

or at least trading Clarkson

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson does not look good. At all. In particular, Clarkson is having an immensely difficult time hitting any shot from behind the arch. Just take a look at a few of his shooting performances from three this season:

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He's never looked good even when he is which is rarely

[QUOTE]Granted, last night, Clarkson turned into an absolute flamethrower, scoring 30 points on great efficiency. But more importantly than that, Clarkson has managed to keep himself from becoming an absolute negative on the floor with his defense. It’s been a pleasant surprise to see him play actively on that side of the ball, even after laying brick after brick. Obviously, Clarkson won’t shoot like this for the rest of the season (e.g. last night), but these kinds of epic low’s and high’s have become a defining characteristic of his game, for better or for worse. In his third year with Utah, I’ve just accepted them for what they are.

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what's worse is the coach has accepted it

[QUOTE]After already being fatigued from the NBA season and the Playoffs, Ingles spent last summer playing in the Olympics for Australia. It isn’t surprising to see him already experiencing the effects of fatigue this early on in the season on SEGABABA’s. Does that make this any less concerning? No, not at all. As a matter of fact, it really scares me to see Ingles so clearly tired less than 10 games into the season. The good thing is, the Jazz have a plethora of time to fix this problem. With Rudy Gay coming back soon, Eric Paschall playing well, and Jared Butler needing minutes, I see no reason why Ingles should play more than ~20 minutes each night. As a matter of fact, I think that playing Ingles any more than that figure is detrimental for the Jazz since then they’d run the risk of having an exhausted Ingles in the playoffs. We’ll have to see if Jazz think so too.

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COTY started him last game. Nothing will change

[QUOTE]In the end, I don’t think the Jazz could have asked for a better start to their season. Obviously, there are still plenty of things for the team to work on. But, if these eight games are any indicator for the rest of Utah’s season, there are plenty of good things to come.

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sure they could have. Should have beat Chicago
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I don't know why Q doesn’t call a few more plays to get Joe involved more. Yeah he passes up a few but like 17-2 shots between him and JC is just stupid. I blame coaching.[/QUOTE]

COTY!

[QUOTE]Bogey is probably the guy with the right mentality in between those two. He gets about the right amount of shots on most nights. If JC and Ingles were both mentally a little bit more like Bogey, they'd all three average 16-18 PPG with improved efficiency. That's 50 points every night without even including Mitchell (25), Conley (15), Gobert (15), and the rest of the rotation guys (O'Neale, Whiteside, Paschall, et al.) who should be good for 15 combined points every night. The Jazz could be over 120 PPG which would easily lead the league. And it would get even better when Gay finally joins the rotation. [/QUOTE]

Ingles isn't a 16-18 point a night guy. Clarkson shouldn't be

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/05/important-utah-jazz-friendship-season/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=2]Donovan Mitchell as Jordan Clarkson’s most visible Utah Jazz supporter[/h][/QUOTE]

one gunner supporting an even bigger one

[QUOTE]Look, the last thing [URL="https://thejnotes.com/"]this Jazz team[/URL] should want is for Jordan Clarkson to become even the slightest bit hesitant with his patented “Flame Thrower” arsenal. On that same note, the group certainly does not need Donovan Mitchell, who is shooting only 41.6 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from downtown himself, to ever second-guess his shot either.

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top 15!:lol

[url]https://kslsports.com/471903/jazz-heat-battle-with-battered-backcourts/[/url]

[QUOTE]The matchup between the Jazz and Heat will feature two players in contention for the Sixth Man of the Year award this season.

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Clarkson isn't in contention :facepalm

[QUOTE]Herro was averaging 22.4 points per game on 47 percent shooting from the floor and 40 percent from the three-point line before Thursday’s six point outing against Boston. The third-year guard had scored at least 20 points in five of the Heat’s first seven games prior to his single-digit outing in his last game.

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that's a 6th man and shooter

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/6/22767071/utah-jazz-visit-the-miami-heat-in-interconference-showdown[/url]

COTY actually playing the right guy for a change!

Ira Winderman: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Erik Spoelstra on Hassan Whiteside returning tonight with Jazz, “I enjoyed my time coaching Hassan.[/URL] We feel it’s a symbiotic relationship where we were able to help him . . . and we needed talent.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat"]Twitter IraHeatBeat[/URL]

Dan Savage: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Cole Anthony and Ignas Brazdeikis have both been added to the @OrlandoMagic’s injury report with left ankle sprains for Sunday’s game[/URL] against the Utah Jazz.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Dan_Savage"]Twitter Dan_Savage[/URL]

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50278078/jazz-rally-comes-up-just-short-as-mitchells-late-3-goes-wide[/url]

[QUOTE]Mitchell knows he'll watch film and see the things that potentially could have altered the game. Like the time he chose to take a shot over Butler in the corner instead of trying to navigate into the paint, or when he was beat down the court for a layup. He can think of the major coaches challenge in the final minutes by Eric Spoelstra that changed a Butler offensive foul into a block from Whiteside, or the push-off foul called on Mitchell after he made a shot.

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or the times he didn't play D as they gave up 118

[url]https://kslsports.com/471984/jazz-outhustled-by-heat-in-second-loss-of-season/[/url]

[QUOTE]Finally, the third unit enters the game in the final three minutes of the first quarter and features Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, Eric Paschall, and Gobert. That group finishes the first quarter and is responsible for opening the second quarter before Mitchell returns to the court.

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and this is why Gobert's +/- isn't as good. Please get rid of Clarkson already!

[QUOTE]The Jazz will need more from the existing rotation or will need Gay to return and add an offensive spark to see the Gobert and Conley minutes rebound to last year’s production. If they don’t, the Jazz will have to learn to win without one of last season’s best lineups.

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trade Clarkson

[url]https://kslsports.com/471982/jazz-guard-donovan-mitchell-spins-hits-fadeaway-against-heat/[/url]

[QUOTE]Through his first seven appearances this season, Mitchell is averaging 24.9 points on 41.6 percent shooting, including 32.9 percent from downtown. He is also recording 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 32.0 minutes per game.

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he'll show up in a month or two :facepalm

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/6/22766542/analysis-jazz-late-comeback-falls-short-against-heat[/url]

[QUOTE]Mitchell missed Jimmy Butler on a slip to the basket, a defensive mistake that led to Hassan Whiteside being out of position to contest the shot and Whiteside fouled Butler. [/QUOTE]

Mitchell giving up points? There's news

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/6/22767773/utah-jazz-come-up-short-in-late-push-to-beat-the-miami-heat[/url]

[QUOTE]Mainly, Donovan Mitchell. Mitchell was masterful tonight scoring 37 points with 7 assists. At the end of the game, he was dicing up the Heat and willed the Jazz back into the game. In an interesting move, Quin Snyder kept Rudy Gobert off the floor and ended the game with Whiteside, and it worked. Whiteside for the game was +17 which absolutely coincided with Donovan Mitchell’s +12. In a 3-point loss, that’s an interesting swing. Speaking of Gobert, this may have been Rudy Gobert’s worst game of the season. In 28 minutes Gobert had 8 points and 8 rebounds. It looked like the physicality of Adebayo and PJ Tucker really knocked Gobert out of his game. Adebayo would switch off of Gobert and Tucker made it a point to not give Gobert any sort of inside position and Gobert didn’t seem interested in too much of a fight tonight.

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Mitchell's a big reason Herro had a big night but let's forget that

[QUOTE]Now, it wasn’t just Gobert, the Jazz have a little bit of a Joe Ingles problem. For 21 minutes Ingles was scoreless until he finally hit a 3 midway through the 4th quarter. He did have 5 assists but he felt mostly invisible while he was on the floor. It might be time to start giving Ingles some rest because he’s already looking tired. And after a fun night against a Hawks team that is, frankly, not playing well, Jordan Clarkson put up another rough shooting night from three going 1/6. For the season Clarkson is shooting 22%. At some point that will turn around but on nights when he’s shooting like this against good teams, it’s hard to overcome.

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why do people think he'll turn it around? He was awful most of last year

[QUOTE]I mentioned this in the game thread for this one but the Jazz have to figure out how to evolve from these games. What do the Jazz take from this? Do they feel like they were good enough? Are there strategies they should try? Maybe a trap on Herro at some point? Maybe a substitution? Quin Snyder did leave Whiteside in and that worked well, but there has to be something they take from these so that as they go through this season they’re improving and not just sitting on their hands waiting for the playoffs. Rudy Gay will be coming back soon, and that may be the answer, but it feels like the Jazz are one piece away from being able to win it all. That’s probably the biggest takeaway from this game for me. This Heat team had a phenomenal night and beat the Jazz by 3 at home. The Jazz are really, really good. What can they do to get that extra edge? We’ll find out as the season rolls on.

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They're a few pieces away. Clarkson has to go. Bojan to the bench. O'Neale to the wing. A starting 4. A new COTY

[QUOTE]We do potentially have a huge Jordan Clarkson "problem". Like 20% from 3 type of problem. Like 0 assists and 0 rebounds problem. Like being outscored 29-7 by Heat 6th man of the year candidate Herro. Like the Jazz being -27 when he was on the court in a 3 point loss. Like 1 good half in his last 8 games. Like shoving Lowry in the back and lucky they got double technicals.



We got 8 guys in our 9 man rotation playing ok to above expectations. Only 1 whose shooting numbers are way below his career averages.



We are 7-2 with 2 "ok" losses. But JC has to get his game together soon because he is our weakest link by a long stretch at this point.

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someone gets it

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/06/important-player-utah-jazz/[/url]

[QUOTE]If you’re reading this, you probably already have an educated enough opinion to know that there are only two members of the Utah Jazz who have a chance to be named here. With all due respect to high-level NBA players like [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/08/utah-jazz-media-underrates-mike-conley/"]Mike Conley[/URL], Joe Ingles, [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/10/utah-jazz-3-goals-bogdanovic-2021-22/"]Bojan Bogdanovic[/URL] and Royce O’Neale, the Jazzmen live and die with the star duo of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. It’s readily apparent that these are the two most important players on the Utah Jazz. However, the question of which of the two is [I]more[/I] important to the Jazzmen is much riper for discussion.

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it's not really apparent. Conley and Gobert were last year

[QUOTE]Frankly, the case for Gobert is pretty simple: virtually every advanced metric pegs him as the most important player on the Jazz.

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and the fact that they've never won without him on the court but keep winning without Mitchell

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50278461/3-reasons-why-the-jazz-fell-to-the-lowly-magic[/url]
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"It's a tough position to be in, but it's like trying to balance being aggressive and helping with their pick and roll," Mitchell said. "I put my teammates in a tough situation."

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yeah like you play any different with no fouls than 5 :roll:

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/7/22767976/analysis-orlando-magic-comes-out-on-top-as-utah-jazz-drop-second-straight-game[/url]

[QUOTE]Trent Forrest got quite a bit of run in this game with Mike Conley sitting the second game of the back-to-back set and when Donovan Mitchell got into foul trouble, and he did some really good stuff as far as play-making and creating goes.

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He's certainly the best option but ideally he'd be with the Stars. They aren't deep. Sorry!

[QUOTE]Forrest does have some really nice play-making skills, but the defense still doesn’t respect him as a scorer and the Jazz’s space is hurt when he is on the floor.

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especially when Paschall and Clarkson are out there as well

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/7/22769391/utah-jazz-run-out-of-gas-late-and-lose-to-the-orlando-magic[/url]

[QUOTE]Finally, the Jazz need to start being honest with themselves about a few things. Jordan Clarkson is still not shooting the ball effectively. Tonight he was 2/13 from the field and 2/11 from three. It’s hurting the team and, in these close games, it’s been the difference. There are games like the one against the [URL="https://www.peachtreehoops.com"]Atlanta Hawks[/URL] where Clarkson will explode but there have been far too many games like tonight where the shot isn’t falling. After the Atlanta game, Snyder mentioned he would never pull him for missing shots because he believes in him.

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sucked most of last year too

[QUOTE]There’s also the issue with Joe Ingles. Ingles has looked really slow the last 4 games but especially tonight. Whether it’s the Olympics or, and let’s just be honest here, coming into this season out of shape, something is off. Multiple times tonight Joe was beat off the dribble, multiple times he couldn’t guard off the ball and his man would back door him, multiple times he dished off a too-quick quick pocket pass to Rudy Gobert rather than driving to the rim. It’s an issue, and tonight his line shows it. Ingles was 2/9 from the field and 1/7 from three. Maybe this is the effect of having the third game in four nights? If that’s the case then why is he on the floor? Would a gassed Joe Ingles be that much more effective than Jared Butler who got his second straight DNP? Resting Ingles so he’s not spent for the playoffs should be something to consider. Or is he trying to play his way into shape? Either way, it’s not been good lately.

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Butler isn't the answer. Trade Clarkson. Ideally for a starting 4. Oni next in line

[url]https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/264654/Joel-Embiid-On-Georges-Niang-I-Used-To-Think-He-Sucked[/url]

[QUOTE]Niang is playing a career-high 22.7 minutes per game. He's been the first forward off the bench for the Sixers all season long. In 10 games, Niang is averaging career-best nearly across the board. He's put up 11.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.



Niang has also maintained a high three-point percentage as he's upped his volume. Niang is shooting 41% from behind the arc on 6.1 attempts per game.

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certainly missed here

[QUOTE] Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jared Butler has been assigned to the SLC stars[/URL]

– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]


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about time

Andy Larsen: Rudy Gay update from the Jazz: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gay continues to make progress towards a return and is currently participating in controlled court work. He will be re-evaluated November 15th[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]

[QUOTE] [URL="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/basketball/logue-down-nba-invest-in-more-australian-based-scouts-as-aussie-hoops-booms/news-story/f4e969f7d5f8b8d3a83e107af620736b"]Boomers star Dante Exum remains an outside chance to join the NBL, with the South East Melbourne Phoenix still interested in the veteran guard to fill the club’s final roster spot.[/URL] Exum’s career is in limbo after he was waived by the Houston Rockets, just a month after signing a three-year non-guaranteed contract with the club.

– via [URL="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/basketball/logue-down-nba-invest-in-more-australian-based-scouts-as-aussie-hoops-booms/news-story/f4e969f7d5f8b8d3a83e107af620736b"]Daily Telegraph[/URL]




[URL="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/basketball/logue-down-nba-invest-in-more-australian-based-scouts-as-aussie-hoops-booms/news-story/f4e969f7d5f8b8d3a83e107af620736b"]The Phoenix have spoken to Exum’s manager about his movements and would accommodate him should he decide to return home. The Melbourne-born guard is also a part-owner of the Phoenix[/URL] and the franchise want to help him relaunch his NBA career with a short-term stint in the NBL.

– via [URL="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/basketball/logue-down-nba-invest-in-more-australian-based-scouts-as-aussie-hoops-booms/news-story/f4e969f7d5f8b8d3a83e107af620736b"]Daily Telegraph[/URL]

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NBA :roll:

Ben Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jared Butler and Udoka Azubuike are both back with the @Utah Jazz and are available ahead of tonight’s game[/URL] against the @Atlanta Hawks.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-110821-secondary-home-at-last/[/url]

[QUOTE]And that’s the thing people need to realize when they call for Snyder to rein Clarkson in. The Jazz’s offense if elite precisely because it’s so free-flowing, and guys don’t have to stop on the catch to ask themselves, [I]OK, what is it I’m allowed/not allowed to do here? [/I]They trust Clarkson and his ball handling peers, and the result of that trust is a certain fluidity that is extremely hard to defend. That fluidity wouldn’t exist if players had different subsets of rules about when they can or can’t shoot.

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and it's killing them

[QUOTE][B]Jazz 119, Kings 113: Donovan Mitchell.[/B] All three All-Stars have legitimate cases. The Twitter vote leaned Conley, but this is one of those nights I’m going to step in with a rhetorical question: how can you look past 36-8-6 (Don’s line) and give the game ball to 30-3-2 (Mike’s)? You could make the efficiency argument, but Mike’s assist-to-turnover was upside down and Don’s wasn’t, so that’s kind of a wash. You could say Conley put his stamp on it with a 13-point fourth, but Mitchell had a 17-point third. Both guys had their best games of the season by far, but I can’t find a justification to ignore what Donovan did, especially after (scarily) sprinting to the locker room with a right ankle tweak. Gobert (12 & 20, plus several key late plays and the game-sealing stop) was as worthy as his All-Star peers, and Hassan Whiteside’s personality and rebounding were both memorable. And we haven’t even talked about Bogey, who had 20 points on 11 shots.

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you could say those guys play D and Mitchell doesn't

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/9/22771422/an-early-look-at-potential-utah-jazz-trade-targets-marcus-smart-harrison-barnes-and-more[/url]

[QUOTE]Smart is under contract for this year and four more after that. He’s currently making only $14.3M this season, so there are a few ways Utah could trade for him. The easiest would be a straight-up swap of Jordan Clarkson for Marcus Smart. Both are sixth men who could probably be starters. Both are fan-favorites for their respective teams. Both may have skillsets that would fit the other team better. Boston is looking for someone to fill the scoring and creating hole left by Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier in the offseason. Dennis Schroder isn’t fully cutting it. Jordan Clarkson could jump in and fill that same sixth-man scorer role he’s so good at, and the Celtics young stars would have some relief.

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please!

[QUOTE]Harrison Barnes is making $20.2M this season and $18.3M next season before his contract expires. Money-wise, Bogdanovic for Barnes works out, but that likely doesn’t work value-wise. Barnes is having a career year, and Bogdanovic has struggled with consistency. Utah would have to spice up the deal by including either a pick or a young player like Jared Butler or Udoka Azubuike.

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Clarkson and assets

[QUOTE]Brandon Clarke is only getting 13 minutes per game for the Grizzlies. He’s 25 years old, and he can do a whole lot on the basketball court. Seeing him lose minutes has been a surprise, but it does make sense, as Memphis has a lot of contributing players. One has to wonder if they feel like he’s no longer in their long-term plans, and would like to cash in on him now.

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Assets

[QUOTE]Trading Clarkson for Smart would likely create scoring problems reminiscent of pre-Clarkson, which was not a happy time for UTA fans. So if UTA made this trade, I think you'd have to see another trade to bring in a bench scorer. [/QUOTE]

Clarkson isn't scoring now. The offense will be fine

[QUOTE]Nearly the whole team has shot terribly this season. Going from the best to this can't be sustainable. It should get much better. Including JC. He's a guy that was a model of consistency last season. It's just a matter of time before he settles in. Donavan always struggles to start the year. The only thing I'm worried about and our biggest weakness is when Conley isn't handling the ball. Or when he is out. The offense drops dramatically when he is out. I hope they can fix this.[/QUOTE]

Clarkson consistently sucked as he does now

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/09/utah-jazz-regret-letting-free-agent-walk/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=2]Are the Utah Jazz missing Georges Niang?[/h][/QUOTE]

probably just me

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/08/utah-jazz-3-lessons-losing-streak/3/[/url]

[QUOTE]The terrifying reality for Utah Jazz fans is that Clarkson has not been a consistent enough three-point shooter throughout his career to justify such a large volume of three-point attempts. He’s a 33.9% career three-point shooter. That’s solid, but it’s not necessarily a figure that would inspire most coaches to have him launch the 9.2 attempts per contest he’s averaging in 2021-22.

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someone gets it

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/11/07/nba-power-rankings-jazz-dominant-lakers/21/[/url]

:facepalm

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/11/07/nba-power-rankings-jazz-dominant-lakers/21/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz, who were marred in a season-long struggle from behind the arc, finally broke out a bit Tuesday night. Utah was 15 of 38 from 3-point range, or 39.5%. That's not usually a notable number, but after hitting under 20% of its 3-point attempts Sunday, the Jazz will take the slight improvement.

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slight? :facepalm

[url]https://kslsports.com/472140/jazz-to-thank-military-during-hoops-for-troops-week/[/url]

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50280776/jazzs-rudy-gay-is-inching-closer-to-a-return-to-the-court[/url]

[QUOTE]So there's still some steps to go, but the good news is Gay has made progress. Utah, no doubt, is eager to see what Gay can do in their system. He's a long, athletic forward, the like of which Quin Snyder hasn't really had in his system. Throw in the fact that he can play some small-ball center and he's someone the Jazz will surely need come postseason.

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he's had them. Playing them is another thing

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/10/22769481/utah-jazz-hassan-whiteside-fresh-start-with-utah-jazz-team-that-accepts-him-quin-snyder-rudy-gobert[/url]

[QUOTE]“When he’s engaged and into it and wants to do what Hassan does, he’s one of the most dominant centers in our game,” Wade said. “But there’s some nights as players where you just go through the motions. And that’s all of us as players. When he puts his mind to the game and he wants to go out and dominate, it’s hard for people to go to the levels that a big guy like that can go to.”

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seems to go through the motions still to me

[QUOTE]What seems most likely is that Whiteside playing at a high level would raise his value and earn him a larger contract, a contract that would be difficult for the Jazz to justify paying to their backup center, especially considering that they are in line to be a repeating luxury tax team.

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which is why it was stupid to go just a little over the tax last year especially with Hughes and Clarkson

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/11/utah-jazz-another-trade-title-odds/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz entered the 2021-22 season [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/09/11/utah-jazz-ranking-team-division-rivals/"]with their eyes on the Larry O’Brien trophy[/URL], and at 8-3, they’ve been given no reason to avert their glance. While this team is mostly composed of veteran NBA players, there is a youth movement in Salt Lake City as well. Could it be time to consider consolidating some of those prospects into more win-now pieces?

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as long as Clarkson is part of it sure

[QUOTE]As for Gay, he has to be viewed as an injury risk, and Clarke has to be viewed as better injury insurance than Paschall. Furthermore, Clarke has flashed enough potential over his 3-year career to suggest that he’d have the potential to usurp the aging veteran this year. We’d be content to let the two determine the pecking order in practice.

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Clarke not bff though

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50281985/mitchell-ingles-and-gobert-all-ejected-as-jazz-lose-to-pacers[/url]

[QUOTE]The altercation stole the headlines from a game the Jazz didn't play well. They couldn't defend all night and allowed Malcolm Brogdan, who had 30 points and nine rebounds, and TJ McConnell, who had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists, to do just about anything they wanted.

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Come on Rudy you need to guard Mitchell's guys too!

[url]https://kslsports.com/472304/gobert-mitchell-ejected-as-jazz-fall-to-pacers/[/url]

[QUOTE]Mitchell opened the game showing why he deserves to be discussed as one of the 15 best players in the NBA. The guard knocked down his first four shots from the field, including 3-3 from the three-point line while dishing out two assists in the opening minute.

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:facepalm

[QUOTE]It turned out to be a smart move as Gobert returned to the floor playing more motivated than he had earlier in the game. The two-time All-Star scored the final 11 points of the quarter for the Jazz keep the Pacers lead at just eight entering the final period.

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where was the best player in franchise history during this time?

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/11/22774514/utah-jazz-jared-butler-will-bounce-between-jazz-stars-this-season-which-only-makes-sense-quin-snyder[/url]

[QUOTE]So don’t be surprised if you end up watching Butler in some SLC Stars games and hear that he’s on assignment with the Jazz’s G League affiliate team. That’s going to happen, and it’ll probably happen often this season.

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surprising he's only been with them for two practices. None for Hughes or Fitts

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/12/utah-jazz-1-stud-2-duds-loss-pacers/3/[/url]

[QUOTE]Having said that, it’s worth noting that 14 of those 20 shots came from Clarkson. He shot the Jazzmen out of this contest, and if he can’t stop doing that soon, Coach Snyder may need to consider some sort of strategic shift.

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what's new. COTY already told you he won't make a change. They keep losing maybe the owner will!

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