James Edwards III: Former Piston and Warrior [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jonas Jerebko is here at LCA[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JLEdwardsIII"]Twitter JLEdwardsIII[/URL]
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James Edwards III: Former Piston and Warrior [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jonas Jerebko is here at LCA[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JLEdwardsIII"]Twitter JLEdwardsIII[/URL]
Some players have their own ways of doing certain things, either on the court or off the court, and throughout NBA history, we had a fair share of bizarre and funny stories surrounding various players. One of those recent stories was about former NBA point guard Jamaal Tinsley, who accumulated around $250,000 in fines from the Indiana Pacers because he didn’t want to shower after practices and games.
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
Tinsley was a great and reliable point guard who showed up every time for the Pacers, but he developed a problem with the organization, specifically Reggie Miller. The Pacers legend forced the Pacers to change their rule of conduct after he noticed Tinsley never took showers with the team, and it didn’t matter if it was the games or the practices. They decided to penalize Tinsley every time he didn’t shower, and apparently, he didn’t budge at all, according to Sundov in his interview with Podcast Inkubator. “Tinsley wouldn’t shower after practices or games. We easily enter or exit the shower, and he would be dressed already exiting the locker room. Once, twice, three times… And Reggie Miller says to the team manager: ‘Bring the team rule book, we have to add one change that every player must shower after every training session, especially after every game, otherwise he will be punished.’ The first fine was $500, and it would be doubled every other time he didn’t take a shower.”
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
Tinsley said that he preferred taking showers at his house rather than showering with the team. Apparently, he didn’t want to get naked with the rest of his teammates and was extremely shy, which is understandable if that was the actual case. However, there was a way to handle that better internally, and Sundov said he and the rest of the teammates counted the number of fines, and Tinsley accumulated around $250,000 in fines throughout the entire season.
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
[URL]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/30/23431851/utah-jazz-will-not-pick-up-options-on-udoka-azubuike-or-leandro-bolmaro[/URL]
[QUOTE]This is the beginning of the end of what was a disastrous pick for Utah Jazz when they took Udoka Azubuike at pick 27. DOK’s tenure with the Jazz was a tumultuous one and not really his fault. Azubuike dealt with a variety of injuries that sidelined him for extended periods of time, all of which hampered his ability to develop. But even with the injuries, DOK’s game has never really shown to be anything other than an athletic center who can’t shoot.
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looked like a rotation player last year. Not bad for the end of the 1st round
[QUOTE]Although, even with the injuries, the pickup was something that never should have happened. With players like Jaden McDaniels and Desmond Bane on the board, Dennis Lindsey made an absolutely atrocious pick taking Azubuike, who everyone rated as a late second-round pick. While Desmond Bane has been incredible for the Grizzlies, Azubuike sat on the bench and spent time in the G-League. In a lot of ways, that pick was the straw that broke the camel's back for the Jazz’s recent chapter. The Jazz made a series of head-scratching moves, like signing Derrick Favors for too much money, only to trade a first-round pick to get off his contract two years later. Because of moves like this, Dennis Lindsey would be demoted and it wasn’t much longer that the Jazz mutually parted ways with Quin Snyder. It’s almost poetic that the day before this happened Desmond Bane scored 32 points against the Jazz.
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Bane and McDaniels wouldn't have played either. Needed a center
[QUOTE]The other player whose option will not be picked up is Leandro Bolmaro. Bolmaro is intriguing with his length and athleticism for a guard, but there doesn’t appear to be an ability to shoot the ball. He has length and handles, but he’s too nervous to shoot the ball and in his short times on the floor has consistently avoided the shot to make other moves. He may figure that out in time, but it will be somewhere else after next season.
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this season and it could be with the Jazz still
Andy Larsen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Leandro Bolmaro is out tonight due to COVID health and safety protocols…[/URL] he’s the third Jazz player out (Rudy Gay and Simone Fontecchio) in protocols.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]
Marc J. Spears: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz name Quincy Lewis as their first-ever director of alumni relations.[/URL] In this newly created position, Lewis will lead the team’s alumni programming and initiatives across the organization and in the community. Lewis spent three seasons in Utah (1999-2002).
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears"]Twitter MarcJSpears[/URL]
Memphis: Desmond Bane (right ankle soreness) has been downgraded to questionable for Monday’s game against Utah.
– via Alberto De Roa @ *********
[URL="https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/nbas-kelly-olynyk-selling-michigan-lakefront-estate-for-3-5m/"]Now that power forward Kelly Olynyk has been traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Utah Jazz, he’s aiming for a handoff of his Michigan lakefront estate.[/URL] The NBA player recently listed the 1-acre property in Bloomfield Township, MI, for $3.5 million. He had picked it up in September 2021 for $2,995,000, according to Realtor.com® data.
– via [URL="https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/nbas-kelly-olynyk-selling-michigan-lakefront-estate-for-3-5m/"]Realtor[/URL]
Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Walker Kessler has been downgraded to out for tonight[/URL] against the Memphis Grizzlies. He had been questionable with illness
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]
Omari Sanfoka II: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Per a source, the second year of Bojan Bogdanovic’s two-year, $39.1 million extension is partially-guaranteed at $2 million but can raise if certain conditions are met.[/URL] $2 mil is the base amount.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/omarisankofa"]Twitter omarisankofa[/URL]
Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jazz coach Will Hardy said that rookie center Walker Kessler was feeling a bit better today, but the team’s medical staff made the decision to hold him out one more night[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]
Ben Anderson: Malik Beasley on @Utah Jazz teammate Lauri Markkanen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“He’s an All-Star, I’ve preached that and I want him to get that this year.”[/URL] #takenote | @kslsports pic.twitter.com/L9hL4RiDLS
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]
[url]https://kslsports.com/494876/markkanen-carries-jazz-past-grizzlies/[/url]
[QUOTE]Vanderbilt is 4-9 from deep this season, knocking down an impressive 44 percent of his threes, good for second on the team behind Kelly Olynyk.
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game changer if he can hit that shot. Be hard to trade him
[URL]https://saltcityhoops.com/above-all-this-jazz-team-is-fun/[/URL]
[QUOTE]Especially in contrast to last season, this iteration of the Jazz — 5-2 entering Monday’s action — is [I]fun[/I]. And a different kind of fun: one full of frenetic energy and youthful effort that is hard to remember after the disappointing way recent seasons played out. It may be the difference in styles. The newest version of the Jazz is defined by a bounce and exuberance fans have missed. While they appeared to be engineered for draft position optimization, watching them is like enjoying a team full of 21-year-old Mitchells all over again.
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like Mitchell but with defense and passing :facepalm
[QUOTE]While the old Jazz team was undoubtedly effective, it was rigid in several ways. The team was crafted and optimized around Gobert and Mitchell. Both had limitations, but their strengths were so positive it was worth the effort to build around them. But come playoff time, their weaknesses were targeted by more flexible teams. Eventually the book was out on how to exploit the Jazz.
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and a coach that refused to make any adjustments. Would have loved to see Gobert playing on a team like this. It's why all that talk of the Jazz reaching their ceiling was ridiculous. You going to tell me it Gobert was on a team that was sharing the ball and getting after it defensively that they wouldn't be better than the current team?:cry:
[QUOTE]“I have not begged (Clarkson) to be a playmaker. I think I’ve just tried to explain to him where I think he fits in this group and try to empower him in that way. I’ve told him that if the game tells him to shoot 10 times in a row, then he should shoot 10 times in a row. But I just think he has more to offer us on that end.”
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he doesn't though. Doesn't matter how many assists he gets if he's still taking and missing bad shots
[QUOTE]When Clarkson first arrived in Utah, he had been branded (justifiably) as a low-efficiency gunner, but he quickly earned praise by rethinking his shot mix and becoming one of the league’s most reliable bench anchors. But his role was still to spark second unit offenses primarily with self-creation, using a combination of his flammable outside shot and clever drives. So watching him suddenly become one of the Jazz’s best table-setters has been really intriguing.
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reliable?
[QUOTE]The Jazz are also the sixth stingiest set defense in the league, allowing just 90.6 per 100 plays in the halfcourt. That’s despite allowing the most points per 100 reboundable opponent misses (29.1) than any other team in the league. If they could take better care of the boards, they’d be in really elite shape right now on defense. (Small sample size alert, though.)
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if you're going to play big you have to rebound. He had 4 guards in last night with Olynyk. Great to see him try anything unlike COTM
[QUOTE]Both guys can continue to audition to be considered a part of the future. The Jazz won’t have matching rights on either guy next summer, but they will have a version of Bird rights for both if either guy somehow announced himself as a future building block in the next 6 months. They’ll have full Bird rights on Dok (meaning they could technically offer him anything up to the max salary) and Early Bird rights on Bolmaro (up to around $12 million, or they could go beyond that with cap space). But let’s be frank here: this decision signals that the Jazz think the likelihood of needing to keep either guy past next spring is low. Remember that the Jazz have a dozen guys with guaranteed money or some sort of option for next season, plus Nickeil Alexander-Walker potentially entering restricted free agency and three first-round draft selections. Honestly, it would be a little hard to even find a 2023-24 roster spot for Dok/Bolmaro, at least based on today’s depth chart.
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more to do with flexibility than anything.
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/31/23434199/utah-jazz-look-scary-good-in-halloween-win-over-ja-morant-and-the-memphis-grizzlies[/url]
[QUOTE]The question now becomes, how good can this team become?
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or how bad they will get? I'd have no problem with this team win or lose if they'd get rid of Clarkson. He's hard to watch
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/31/23432912/jordan-clarksons-passing-unlocks-a-new-dimension-for-the-utah-jazz[/url]
[QUOTE]Such plays were present no matter if Jordan was playing well or not. It was just what you got with JC, love him or hate him. [/QUOTE]
it's still what you get. He's a bum
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/31/23432766/utah-jazz-roster-rank-ochai-agbaji-11th-talen-horton-tucker-10th-and-simone-fontecchio-9th[/url]
[QUOTE]Ochai Agbaji comes in as the 11th most valuable player on the Utah Jazz roster. He came to Utah as part of the Donovan Mitchell trade to the [URL="https://www.fearthesword.com"]Cleveland Cavaliers[/URL]. Agbaji was the Big 12 Player of the Year as well as the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player as he lead Kansas to a National Championship. Ochai averaged nearly 19 points a game and is an elite outside shooter. He’s got great length and athleticism that should translate well to the NBA game. He may not get a lot of minutes as a rookie with how deep this Jazz roster is, but don’t let that fool you. I still expect him to develop into a nice wing after being a lottery pick in the 2022 [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/nba-draft"]NBA draft[/URL].
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their most recent lottery pick is 11th most valuable. This list is a waste!
Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Leandro Bolmaro and Simone Fontecchio are the only players on the Utah Jazz injury report — both OUT due to health and safety protocols[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]
[URL="https://heavy.com/sports/donovan-mitchell-cavaliers-jazz/"]“They got hoopers,” Mitchell told Heavy Sports. “I don’t know why everybody was so quick to write them off[/URL]. “I think they got phenomenal leaders in that locker room. Mike Conley is a phenomenal leader. Jordan Clarkson is a phenomenal leader. Then they got Collin Sexton and Lauri Markkanen, guys who can really go … Malik Beasley. Like, they’re just not some slump. They have guys that can really go.
– via [URL="https://heavy.com/sports/donovan-mitchell-cavaliers-jazz/"]Steve Bulpett @ Heavy.com[/URL]
“You know, I think the world was shocked, because we traded me and Rudy and Bojan, and so I think they expected it to go south, and it’s not the case. I got a lot of respect for those guys over there. [URL="https://heavy.com/sports/donovan-mitchell-cavaliers-jazz/"]I talk to Mike and JC all the time. They’re still my friends. But, you know, they’re not bad players. Like I think people just kind of overreacted to the trade, but they’re working hard and getting wins that they deserve.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://heavy.com/sports/donovan-mitchell-cavaliers-jazz/"]Steve Bulpett @ Heavy.com[/URL]
[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/five-reasons-to-enjoy-the-surprising-jazz-start/[/url]
[QUOTE]We’ve quickly realized that the team still doesn’t feature any real zeroes, and new coach Will Hardy is getting this new group to play their asses off. Veterans Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, and Rudy Gay are still around, and in exchange for Mitchell and Gobert (and Bojan Bogdanovic) they added competent, actual NBA talent to play every minute: Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Jarred Vanderbilt, Kelly Olynyk, Walker Kessler, Malik Beasley, and Talen Horton-Tucker. Just outside the rotation, they have real NBA experience (Nickeil Alexander-Walker) and prime first-round talent (Ochai Agbaji) on deck if needed. Turns out the tent can still stand—even if flapping in the wind a little bit—without its tentpoles if the surrounding infrastructure remains bolted in the ground.
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Clarkson is the definition of a zero
[QUOTE]We think of Mitchell’s rookie season so magically—a special, unique event that singlehandedly changed the team’s mediocre outlook to immediate contention. It’s easy to see why, with so much of the success baked into a single man’s performance. My question to you is: why couldn’t this Utah Jazz team do the same, but in the collective? It would be a team suddenly starting its ascent a year or three ahead of schedule, just like Mitchell’s rookie season, but this time with a couple great starters, a kickass coach, and a metric ****ton of draft assets to transition to the next level.
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they were closer to the top pick than to the playoffs when Gobert came back from injury to carry them to the 5th seed. Statue
I'd like this team win or lose if Clarkson was gone
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2022/11/2/23436296/utah-jazz-playoffs-failed-tank-successful-team-tho[/url]
Clarkson an all star :roll:
[QUOTE][INDENT] Shams says the Jazz have teams calling every day on Jordan Clarkson and Malik Beasley. And that if the Jazz choose to move guys, there will be plenty of options available to them. [URL="https://t.co/CJmNysRGqs"]pic.twitter.com/CJmNysRGqs[/URL]
— Dunzo (@Dunzod) [URL="https://twitter.com/Dunzod/status/1587562590581899264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]November 1, 2022[/URL] [/INDENT][/QUOTE]
get it done Danny
Mark Followill: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]From @Dallas Mavericks PR – Christian Wood has been upgraded to probable for tonight vs Utah. He was initially listed as questionable (non-Covid illness). Mavs vs Jazz at 730 on BSSW[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MFollowill"]Twitter MFollowill[/URL]
While Quin Snyder, the former Utah Jazz play-caller, had been widely mentioned as a potential candidate to replace Nash, there was no substantial contact about Snyder’s interest in the position, sources said. [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-the-nets-curious-path-to-fix-their-ailing-franchise-233509968.html?ncid=twitter_yahoosport_dw14wrbb51g"]Marks wanted to hire Ime Udoka, in what may amount to Brooklyn’s final attempt at winning with Durant and Irving headlining this roster — and Marks orchestrating the franchise’s basketball operations[/URL].
– via [URL="https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-the-nets-curious-path-to-fix-their-ailing-franchise-233509968.html?ncid=twitter_yahoosport_dw14wrbb51g"]Jake Fischer @ Yahoo! Sports[/URL]
Adam Himmelsbach: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell was down and appeared to be in some pain on that last play. Eventually got up and just stood in the corner. Now limping to the locker room[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach"]Twitter AdamHimmelsbach[/URL]
Atlanta Hawks PR: [URL="http://twitter.com/HawksPR/status/1587960763331014656"]Clint Capela has tied Paul Millsap for 22nd on the Hawks all-time offensive rebounds list with 602.[/URL] Capela grabbed seven total rebounds in the first frame – a season-high for rebounds in a single quarter.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/HawksPR"]Twitter HawksPR[/URL]
Tim MacMahon: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jason Kidd on the Jazz: “The talk of tanking or playing for Victor is all camouflage. They’ve got a group over there who can play.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon"]Twitter espn_macmahon[/URL]
[QUOTE] Marc Stein: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jared Butler will be joining the @NBAGrandRapids Gold and new coach Andre Miller,[/URL] league sources say. Butler was squeezed out of a roster spot in Utah by a roster crunch in Jazz camp and will be closely watched by NBA teams looking for guard help. More: marcstein.Substack.com
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine"]Twitter TheSteinLine[/URL]
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Andre should be a good coach for him
[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50508571/clarksons-final-shot-comes-up-short-as-jazz-lose-to-mavericks[/url]
[QUOTE]"Honestly, I feel like I was coming open on the back action," Conley said. "The first option was JC sprung free, but the second part was for me to come off a Malik screen and to screen his own man, and we kind of lost him. I thought we had a chance there, but we made the play we did and we trust whoever has the ball to make the shot."
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not sure why anyone would trust Clarkson
[QUOTE]There were the missed open 3-pointers down the stretch and the bunny in the post that Clarkson rolled off the rim in the closing minutes. There was Luka Doncic's 33 points and 11 assists, and Reggie Bullock's big 3-pointer with 35 seconds to go. And, of course, the missed 3-pointer at the end.
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nice one Mr, Clutch
[url]https://kslsports.com/494950/jazz-blow-15-point-lead-fall-to-dallas-mavericks/[/url]
[QUOTE]While Kessler works to regain his wind, Ochaci Agbaji never left the bench, despite averaging 19 minutes, and 6.7 points per game in the Jazz last three outings.
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Stars play in a couple of days
[QUOTE]The Finnish forward’s 10 field goal attempts were his fewest of the season as Dallas made a more concerted effort to slow the Jazz’s leading scorer on the offensive side of the ball.
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that's why you don't talk all star a few games in to a season
[QUOTE]Kelly Olynyk has come back to earth. After scoring in double-digits in three of the Jazz first four games, the Gonzaga product has broken the 10 point mark only once in his last five games.
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his box scores aren't typical. He puts up numbers all over it
[QUOTE]Jarred Vanderbilt has 35 fouls, second most of any player in the NBA. He trails only Olynyk who has 42 through nine games this season.
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Sloan would be happy!
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/2/23437291/analysis-why-utah-jazz-lost-to-dallas-mavericks[/url]
[QUOTE]Is that the best shot? Probably not. If Markannen had waited just a beat longer he’d been able to get the ball into Conley for a much better look. But, it’s a little hard to be mad at anything that happened here.
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Clarkson is the worst option. Shouldn't have been in the game
Former Jazz player [URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]David Stockton signed with Puerto Rican team Grises de Humacao for the 2023 season[/URL].
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]Alberto De Roa @ *********[/URL]
Jovan Buha: The [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Lakers list Anthony Davis (low back tightness) as questionable and LeBron James (left foot soreness) as probable for tomorrow’s game vs. Utah.[/URL] pic.twitter.com/PZYvnlJcM0
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/jovanbuha"]Twitter jovanbuha[/URL]
[QUOTE] Atlanta Hawks PR: The [URL="http://twitter.com/HawksPR/status/1588298764129030144"]Hawks announced today that guard Tyrese Martin has been assigned to the College Park Skyhawks, while two-way guards Trent Forrest and Jarrett Culver have been transferred to the Skyhawks[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/HawksPR"]Twitter HawksPR[/URL]
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Forrest is too good for the Gleague. He'd actually fit nice next to Sexton off the bench
Dane Moore: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert and Anthony Edwards are both listed as questionable for Friday’s game against Milwaukee, due to an illness[/URL]. I heard Gobert did not practice today, not sure about Edwards.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/DaneMooreNBA"]Twitter DaneMooreNBA[/URL]
Chris Fedor: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]#Cavs Donovan Mitchell (ankle), Darius Garland (knee) and Raul Neto (ankle) are all QUESTIONABLE for tomorrow’s game in Detroit. Dylan Windler (ankle) is listed OUT[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor"]Twitter ChrisFedor[/URL]
Chris Fedor: I [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]saw #Cavs Donovan Mitchell walking sort of slowly and gingerly in the locker room after the game. Team is calling it a sprained left ankle. It happened late in the first half when he landed awkwardly following a pass[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor"]Twitter ChrisFedor[/URL]
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/3/23433218/utah-jazz-jarred-vanderbilt-rebounding-machine-like-dennis-rodman[/url]
[QUOTE]“Vando, he’s a maniac, man,” Mike Conley said. “He’s all over the place. … I’m so happy he’s on our team. I was so tired of playing against him when he was in Minnesota.”
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yeah now ya just have to face Gobert instead! :facepalm
[QUOTE]That energy is infectious and is without a doubt what has made the Jazz’s impressive start to the season so successful, especially on the defensive end. It would be difficult for any player to share the court with Vanderbilt and see how much effort he’s putting into trying to create extra possessions and not increase their own efforts.
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didn't seem to matter when Gobert and O'Neale were going all out while others played matador on the perimeter
[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2022/11/03/nba-trade-rumors-predictions-shooter-nets-target/5/[/url]
[url]https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/269256/Nets-Made-No-Substantial-Contact-With-Quin-Snyder-During-Coaching-Search[/url]
[url]https://saltlakecity.gleague.nba.com/roster[/url]
down to 12. Looks like I had it about right based mostly on their careers and or school they attended. Nino Johnson didn't make the team which is a sure sign they have a lot better team as he was a big part of last year's crappy team. Play the ignite on Sunday on ESPN. Hopefully be watching the next Jazz man Scoot go against his future teammate Ochaji!
Sarah Todd: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Simone Fontecchio is out of the health and safety protocols and will be available tonight for the Jazz. Leandro Bolmaro remains in protocol and is out[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/11/4/23437194/utah-jazz-nba-early-mock-drafts[/url]
[QUOTE]Jeff Goodman’s mock draft 1.0 has the Jazz taking the freshman Oregon center with several others placing him in the mid-first. Ware isn’t in the unicorn mold (unsurprising as he’d be getting mocked higher than 12 if he were), fitting more into the rim-running/shot blocking role.
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already have Kessler for that
[QUOTE]Smith’s calling card is his scoring. He put up 16.3 points per game as a freshman at NC State, though his efficiency was greatly lacking and may have factored into his decision to stick around. He shot a solid 36.9 percent from three but a woeful 43.7 percent inside the arc. He ranked in the 14th percentile in points per possession at the rim where he made just 46.3 percent of his attempts.
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no thanks
[QUOTE]The younger brother of Keegan, who was drafted by the Kings this past draft, Kris projects as a 3-and-D player with less upside as his brother. He’s got length and hit 38.7 percent of his three last season. He only played 17.9 minutes last year at Iowa, but per 36 minutes he averaged 19.5 points and 8.5 rebounds.
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sounds more like it
[QUOTE]According to Shams Charania, the Jazz “have teams calling them every day” inquiring about Jordan Clarkson and Malik Beasley. Were Utah to trade one or both of those guys it would be a significant loss. Clarkson is currently averaging 16.5 points per game (second on the team) and Beasley is putting up 11.9 per outing (fifth on the team).
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they'll get better if they move Clarkson and I won't care if they tank or not anymore