2016- Yet another long off-season

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Who cares? Kanter had to go. Demarre, Millsap and Matthews are the ones that are tough to see on another team.

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[QUOTE]Hood will be heading into his third season with the Jazz and is entrenched as the starting shooting guard, something he earned this past year.[/QUOTE]

Not sure about any of that. The frontcourt is entrenched. The guard spots should be open. Hood had problems after Mack took over the offense. Mack should be the starter until someone proves otherwise. Hood might be better off the bench sharing leadership with Alec. I think Exum or a new vet could start.

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[QUOTE]The Jazz have money to burn the next two seasons and if they don

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[QUOTE]Instead, Utah chose to match up small.[/QUOTE]

Sloan used to let the other team dictate what he did as well. :rant

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[QUOTE]Neto was a rookie starter and at times dazzled, Going from being a starter (as he was in Spain) to being a bench player in the NBA isn't a unique transition. But possibly going from a guy who won games for the team last season (the overtime victory over the [URL="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/teams/chicago-bulls"]Chicago Bulls[/URL] stands out in my mind) to being someone who may only play in garbage time (if Mack and Exum hold things down) is going to be an egregious waste of his talent and time. Neto has a non-guaranteed contract in 2017-2018 and the Jazz would be dumb not to hold onto that. That contract is not equal to his talents. But I do wonder if he's going to be here in the long term.[/QUOTE]

As things stand now he is ahead of Exum if they are really trying to win this year which appears to be the case. Neto plays both ends of the floor. Exum was a defensive specialist. Who knows what he is now? I can certainly see all 3 in the rotation with Exum able to play 3 positions because of his size and they did play Neto and Mack together as well.

[URL="http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241878/Cost-Of-Buying-Second-Round-Picks-Going-Up"][QUOTE][/URL][URL="http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241878/Cost-Of-Buying-Second-Round-Picks-Going-Up"]Cost Of Buying Second Round Picks Going Up[/URL] [IMG]http://basketball.realgm.com/images/basketball/5.0/team_logos/nba/nba_40.gif[/IMG] Second round picks could be sold for the maximum $3.4 million amount allowed on draft night.[/QUOTE]

I can see this happening with the Jazz picks.

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Never heard that they had to trade Dominique. Maybe they would have tried to trade Dantley/Griffith for the money if Dominique hadn't forced their hand? I prefer the way it went down. Not a Dominique fan.

Hey Jazz friends. I don't watch too many Jazz games, but I'm surprised you aren't talking up Hood as good as he has looked the few times I got to watch him.

With that said, the Hawks need more scoring / wing help. You all need a point. Just curious of your thoughts of trading Hood away for Teague as the main pieces. Maybe add Withey / 1st for Teague our 1st? Too much in your eyes, a steal, or what? Just my mind wondering while we wait for our 2016-17 teams to be contracted!

Hood's been talked up plenty.

I think eventually they will have to probably trade Hood or Burks. Not sure I would want Teague that bad especially since we haven't even seen Dante for a year. But thanks for Mack! He was a big addition.

[QUOTE]Alex Kennedy: [URL="http://*********.com/social/"]On Tuesday, the Jazz will work out draft prospects Andrew Andrews, Anthony Gill, Zach Auguste, Abdel Nadar, Alex Caruso and Shavon Shields[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

When do the big names come in?

All 12 players from the successful 2015 Oceania Championships will be present at the camp, Kevin Lisch will debut with the squad while Dante Exum

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Andy Larsen: [URL="http://*********.com/social/"]Jazz officially announce Kristen Kenney as Jazz sideline reporter.[/URL] She starts in July for the Utah Jazz Summer League.

[QUOTE]Royce Young: [URL="http://*********.com/social/"]Enes Kanter on his lowered minutes:

Toronto GM Masai Ujiri, whose team has the No. 9 pick, has publicly said he would consider trade offers as his team seeks to become a legitimate contender. But [URL="http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/nba-2016-draft-marquese-chriss-celtics-kings-danuel-house/kpclm4abewqj1qeggmjxycbyv"]the Raptors would be just the start of a run of teams willing to take offers on their pick. The Bucks and Magic are also willing to deal, and the Jazz