[QUOTE]Marc Stein: With a fresh roster opening, I'm told that the Utah Jazz are lining up a 10-day callup for swingman Chris Johnson of the @rgvvipers Twitter @ESPNSteinLine[/QUOTE]
I thought he was a center?
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[QUOTE]Marc Stein: With a fresh roster opening, I'm told that the Utah Jazz are lining up a 10-day callup for swingman Chris Johnson of the @rgvvipers Twitter @ESPNSteinLine[/QUOTE]
I thought he was a center?
almost 25. Looks decent from deep. Must play D?
[QUOTE]The NBA's All-Star rosters will be announced this week and, barring a major surprise, Gordon Hayward won't be included.
The Utah Jazz swingman won't see it as a snub.
In the loaded Western Conference, several deserving players will be left out. And even if Hayward could be included among them, the 24-year-old knows he won't win too many accolades until he and his teammates start winning more games.
"That's a goal of mine, to be an All-Star," Hayward said this week. "I think first and foremost, your team has to start winning. That's the main priority. Usually when your team wins and your team's successful, the individual accolades seem to come after that. That's what I'm focused on."
That's a message his coach appreciates.
"The good thing for Gordon is that the things he needs to continue to do well for his own development as a player are really also the things that we need from him," coach Quin Snyder said. "
[QUOTE]Dante Exum was going to have a bad game as the Jazz's starting point guard. His coach Quin Snyder was already prepared for it. His teammates knew it. Exum himself knew it. He's young, he's learning on the fly and there will be times the rookie will crash and burn.[/QUOTE]
Most of the time. I don't get it really. He might have been ready to play in the NBA at some point if he'd been in the D-league playing at a level not over his head.
[QUOTE]Like Monday night against Boston. Exum went scoreless in the Jazz's 99-90 home loss to the Boston Celtics. Never has he looked more tired
[QUOTE]Although Hayward and Favors are both having their best NBA seasons and are playing on an All-Star level, it
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed forward Chris Johnson of the NBA Development League
[QUOTE]Jessica Camerato: Rising Stars Challenge World Team: Adams, G. Antetokounmpo, Bogdanovic, Dieng, Exum, Gobert, Mirotic, Olynyk, Schroder, Wiggins Twitter @JCameratoNBA
Chris Vivlamore: Hawks assistant Kenny Atkinson will coach World Team at Rising Stars Challenge. #ATLHawks Twitter @CVivlamoreAJC
Jessica Camerato: Rising Stars Challenge US Team: Burke, Caldwell-Pope, Carter-Williams, LaVine, Muhammad, Noel, Oladipo, Payton, Ma. Plumlee, C. Zeller Twitter @JCameratoNBA
Rick Bonnell: Shelby's Alvin Gentry, lead assistant for the Golden State Warriors, will coach the USA team in the rising stars game. Twitter @rick_bonnell - See more at: [url]http://*********.com/rumors.htm#sthash.e3iTIPWj.dpuf[/url][/quote]
They might want to consider letting other young guys into this not just rookies and sophs. Pretty weak. I'll go with Rudy's team.
[QUOTE]Trey Burke finished 4 of 15 and 1 for 9 in the 4thquarter. In the 4 games off the bench he is shooting 22 of 59 (37%) and 12 of 34 from 3 (35%) almost exactly his season numbers. He has 6 assists in those 4 games, 1 in the last 2.[/QUOTE]
Better to have those numbers coming off the bench but a bit worrisome that he can't put up better numbers against weaker players and his assists are almost nothing now. Not many people to pass it to I guess. Defense improve at least?
[QUOTE]We can over simplify this one a bit that the Clippers made some big shots. Blake hit a tough one over Derrick. Matt Barnes hit a tough 3 and Chris Paul gets to that spot angle right on the floor and it is lights out. That is why they win.
The Clippers are a dominating offensive team. They are #1 in the NBA in offensive efficiency, they are #2 in shooting at 47.5, #3 3 pt field at 38.4%. [/QUOTE]
Amazing what a great playmaker can do for ya.
[QUOTE] Tonight the Jazz held them to 94 points which is great. The Clipper shot 45% and 36%. This is terrific. To hold the best offensive team in the NBA below their league averages is a clear sign the Jazz are moving toward a top 10 defensive team.[/QUOTE]
or that the Clipps had an off night. They were on the road so maybe not even an off-night.
[QUOTE]More impressive is the defensive improvement of this team has not been exclusively Rudy. Tonight he was a non factor. He played 10 minutes and the Clippers were more successful offensively when he was on the floor. For the Jazz to have this type of defensive night with Gobert playing just 10 minutes is a big deal.[/QUOTE]
It's a big deal because if he plays another 25 minutes it's hard to imagine them losing.
[QUOTE]This was an incredibly slow paced game. I have the possession count around 85 for the game.[/QUOTE]
Which plays into the Jazz game.
[QUOTE]The Jazz got 14 offensive rebounds on 40 chances
[QUOTE]In his first 114 games since he entered the league after being drafted 9th overall in the 2013 NBA draft, Trey Burke has been, well, underwhelming to say the least. The Jazz point guard is shooting 37.7 percent from the field and 32.6 percent from 3 over his career while regressing in both those categories (37.3, 31.8) in his second season. His performance has validated some concerns I had about him before entering his league; namely an inability to pass up a questionable shot for himself in order to make simple plays for his teammates.
Burke
[QUOTE]The Jazz have had real trouble with top NBA offenses this year, getting blown out by Dallas, Toronto, and Golden State. So when the Clippers came in for their 4th matchup for the Jazz as the league
[QUOTE]Utah Jazz fans cannot snooze when it comes to the end-of-the-bench roster spots; there seems to be a constant flux.[/QUOTE]
There should be. The Spurs do it better than anyone. They always have flexibility and look at a lot of guys both in the lague and the D-leage.
[QUOTE] Following Monday
[QUOTE]After missing out on an invite last year, Gobert is being recognized for a standout sophomore campaign in which he's become one of the league's top shot-blockers.
"It's exciting," he said. "It was part of my goals to achieve this season."
The 7-foot-1 Gobert grinned when asked if he thought Burke would test his luck with a shot if he saw Gobert in the paint.
"He knows," the Frenchman said. "He'll probably shoot a floater."
Burke, meanwhile, said he's going to challenge his teammate.
"Definitely," Burke said, shooting Gobert a playful look. "He knows I am."[/QUOTE]
Rudy should dominate. No way Exum should be there over Ingles.
[QUOTE]A new face
The front-office brass continues to mine the D-League in search of immediate help on the wing and the hope of finding a diamond in the rough.
The latest addition to Utah's roster, via the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, is swingman Christapher Johnson, who signed a 10-day contract Wednesday. He averaged 20.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 14 games with the Vipers.
Johnson is a slashing wing who appeared in 40 games with the Celtics last season and said he's anxious to earn his spot back in the NBA.
"You have to take full advantage of the opportunity given to you," he said after his first shootaround in Utah. "You have to work hard and do whatever is asked of you."
Johnson played four years at Dayton and played against Burke growing up in Columbus, Ohio.
"I'm just going to continue to stay in his ear," said Burke, "teach him the plays and fill him in as fast as possible."
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[QUOTE]Kanter tangled at separate times with Griffin, who had 17 points and one technical foul, and Barnes, who stared down the Jazz big man and had to be restrained.[/QUOTE]
That's been a good match-up. Griffin can't push Enes around like he can most guys.
[QUOTE]The Jazz kept cool heads, but could have used hotter hands, as fourth quarter shooting struggles ultimately doomed them. Utah went 6-for-24 in the final frame and was outscored 26-17.
A Kanter tip-in tied the game at 85 with 4:21 to play in the game. From there, the Clippers outscored the Jazz 9-4 to earn the victory. Utah went 1-for-10 over that stretch and didn't make a shot in the games final two minutes and 15 seconds.
But the struggles won't bother Snyder for long.
"If we keep banging on the door like this, one of these nights we're going to go 15-of-24 and have a breakthrough game like that," he said.
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[QUOTE]Gobert is averaging 2.2 blocks per game and sits at 98 for the year.
That puts him at third most in the NBA right now, behind New Orleans
[QUOTE]Kanter said he