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[QUOTE]Gerald Bourguet: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Crowder was asked about bouncing back from that 0-for-9 shooting performance…and was surprised to learn he had gone 0-for-9 in the first place[/URL]. So I guess that answers the question of how he was able to keep that shooter’s mentality and bounce back lol
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet"]Twitter GeraldBourguet[/URL]
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I'm not. Didn't he have a 0-8 with Utah?
[QUOTE][URL="https://www.rts.ch/sport/basketball/12090832-nba-sefolosha-a-mis-fin-a-sa-carriere.html"]Thabo Sefolosha has ended his career[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.rts.ch/sport/basketball/12090832-nba-sefolosha-a-mis-fin-a-sa-carriere.html"]Radio Télévision Suisse @ RTS.ch[/URL]
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sad part is he'd probably still be better than Bojan
[url]https://kslsports.com/456536/jazz-look-for-season-sweep-of-grizzlies/[/url]
[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell did not make the trip with the Jazz and will miss the game for personal reasons.
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uh oh! How will they ever survive! :cheers:
[url]https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/3/30/22352500/bojan-bogdanovic-jordan-clarkson-working-through-shooting-slumps-utah-jazz-nba[/url]
Nothing to worry about unless Snyder keep playing them regardless. :facepalm
[QUOTE]Duane Rankin: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]#Suns will raise fan limit from 3,000 to “5,500-plus” starting April 7 vs. Utah, team officials said Wednesday. [/URL] The “plus” is in suites. Attendance been little over 3K since going from 1,500 to 3,000 when Suns played Brooklyn Feb. 16. 1st had fans this season 2-7 vs. Boston.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin"]Twitter DuaneRankin[/URL]
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big game apparently
[url]https://kslsports.com/456579/quin-snyder-recalls-jazz-traumatic-and-eerie-plane-trip/[/url]
[QUOTE]Guard Donovan Mitchell who was on the first plane was not with the Jazz on the second flight later Tuesday evening. The Jazz listed the All-Star as out with personal reasons, though the guard has openly discussed his dislike of flying earlier in his career.
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hmmm
[url]https://kslsports.com/456563/should-the-utah-jazz-have-an-mvp-candidate/[/url]
[QUOTE]Based on NBA precedent, either Gobert or Mitchell, both of whom own a claim as the best player on the best team in the league should likely be ranked no worse than the top five in the MVP race. Only five times in the last 21 seasons has the NBA’s best team failed to have a player finish in the top five in MVP voting.
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Mitchell has no claim which you pretty much said in the previous paragraph :facepalm
[QUOTE]That gap is equal to the space between Capela, ranked second, and Spurs forward Rudy Gay who ranks 15th according to ESPN. Gobert also ranks second in the NBA in blocked shots and second in rebounding, while leading the Jazz to the third-best offense and defense in the NBA.
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Mitchell!
Rudy should have been under consideration every year for the past 6 so not surprising where even the local media loves his teammate and not him
[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/donovan-mitchell-elite-scorer/[/url]
[QUOTE]Mitchell’s shot profile is most similar to James Harden’s (whose looks quite a bit different in Brooklyn compared to his Houston days). Ideally he continues to convert midrange shots into rim and 3-point attempts like Dame and Curry, who are shooting over half of their shots from downtown. But Beal, Booker, and Irving show that it’s possible to be an efficient volume scorer with a healthy dose of midrange shots.
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he's not efficient though
[QUOTE][h=4]Shot Accuracy[/h][/QUOTE]
worst at rim and mid range. Needs to be a spot up shooter from 3 until that changes if ever. Put the ball in Conley and Ingles hands
[QUOTE][h=4]Foul Drawing[/h][/QUOTE]
nt big on contact at either end
[QUOTE]Mitchell has shown improvement in drawing fouls, up from 8.7% of his shots last season to 10.4% this season. Booker has always been better at this, and that’s a big reason his efficiency numbers have always edged Mitchell’s. Making another mini-leap in foul drawing will be the key to scoring at Dame and Beal’s level. A big part of that is simply taking more shots at the rim. If Mitchell takes about 5% more shots at rim, he’ll be there.
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why would you want that when he's not good at the rim?
[QUOTE]Stats per 100 Possessions
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shows you he's inefficient and needs to pass more and concentrate on what he's best at instead of shooting more
[QUOTE]Efficiency
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never been better and still last
[QUOTE][B]Steph Curry:[/B] Mitchell will never be the shooter Steph is, but he can continue to push the envelope. Steph is shooting a wild 54% of his shots as 3s, and Mitchell is trending this direction. From a high-level perspective, Mitchell can draw confidence from the fact that Steph led a team to the title as the number one option, averaging “only” 23.8 point per game. Mitchell doesn’t have to wait to be a 30 ppg guy before realizing championship aspirations.
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that's where he's best. Concentrate there
[url]https://kslsports.com/456607/jazz-sweep-grizzlies-after-harrowing-36-hour-ordeal/[/url]
[QUOTE]Clarkson and Bogdanovic both continued to fight their way out of shooting gluts and sparked the Jazz with 47 combined points.
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:roll:
[QUOTE]However, with Mitchell out, the guard gave the Jazz a valuable 24 points and seven rebounds off the bench, though it took him 22 shots to get there.
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valuable?
[QUOTE]Against Memphis, the forward had 23 points on just 6-17 shooting, but connected on 5-12 from beyond the three-point line to help carry the Jazz short-handed offense.
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maybe you'll figure out you are good at one thing?
[QUOTE]The team now returns to Salt Lake City where they will face the Chicago Bulls on Friday with a chance to earn their franchise-record 21st consecutive victory at home.
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new and improved Bulls should be interesting
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ESPN Stats & Info: After tonight, [URL="http://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1377452657728688132"]Ja Morant joins Mike Conley as the only players in Grizzlies history with 300 points and 100 assists in a month.[/URL] Conley did this twice: Nov. 2018-19 and March 2012-13.
– via [URL="http://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1377452657728688132"]Twitter[/URL]
As the Utah Jazz’s team charter plane tried to make an emergency landing after birds struck the plane’s engine on Tuesday afternoon, members of the organization could not help but think about the worst-case scenario. [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2021/03/31/utah-jazz-plane-emergency-has-team-shook/4832524001/"]“For a good 10-15 minutes, I think all of us on that flight were questioning whether we were going to be here today,” Jazz guard Mike Conley said following the team’s 111-107 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.[/URL] “That’s how serious it was for us. I can’t speak for everybody. But I know guys were trying to text family just in case. It was that kind of situation.”
– via [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2021/03/31/utah-jazz-plane-emergency-has-team-shook/4832524001/"]Mark Medina @ USA Today Sports[/URL]
Tim MacMahon: Mike Conley: “It felt like the plane was breaking apart in midair. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]For five or 10 minutes, it felt like complete helplessness. We’re thankful it wasn’t as serious as it could have been, but it was scary.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon"]Twitter espn_macmahon[/URL]
Many tried to send out texts to family members, worrying that it might be the last communication they would ever have. “It’s definitely an experience that I’m happy we’re able to tell,” Clarkson said. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/3/31/22360326/utah-jazz-quin-snyder-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson-details-flight-engine-damage-during-takeoff"]“At least 30 seconds of that flight everybody came to a point where it was like, man, this might be over for us.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/3/31/22360326/utah-jazz-quin-snyder-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson-details-flight-engine-damage-during-takeoff"]Sarah Todd @ deseret.com[/URL]
But Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson reiterated respect for Mitchell sitting out. [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2021/03/31/utah-jazz-plane-emergency-has-team-shook/4832524001/"]“I understand fully why Don didn’t come. All of us were out of there in limbo,” Clarkson said. “It’s definitely something that you got to push through and get over it.[/URL] That’s just a tough situation. I don’t think that’s happened many times on a plane ride. I talked to many of my friends that are in the league and they said that’s the biggest fear.”
– via [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/jazz/2021/03/31/utah-jazz-plane-emergency-has-team-shook/4832524001/"]Mark Medina @ USA Today Sports[/URL]
The flight eventually made it back to the ground safely and though everyone was pretty shaken up by the traumatic event, they were safe, and most of all thankful. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/3/31/22360326/utah-jazz-quin-snyder-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson-details-flight-engine-damage-during-takeoff"]“The pilots, you get an appreciation for their expertise and their training, and everything that they do to keep all of us safe,” Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said.[/URL] “There was probably a 10 or 15 minute window where the situation, no one really knows what’s going on… you’re in limbo and that’s a traumatic and eerie feeling.”
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/2021/3/31/22360326/utah-jazz-quin-snyder-mike-conley-jordan-clarkson-details-flight-engine-damage-during-takeoff"]Sarah Todd @ deseret.com[/URL]
[url]https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2021/04/01/triple-team-mike-conley/[/url]
[QUOTE]With Donovan Mitchell sitting out for the game, the Jazz came down the stretch needing someone else to step up into the spotlight. And while it was predictable that it was Mike Conley who did — he did this for years in this very arena — we should recognize just how good he was in doing so.
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wish he or Ingles had it every game
[QUOTE]But when you add in the passes, when the defense commits and Bogdanovic is able to find the open man — then it becomes really effective. Those possessions score 1.76 points on average so far this season, much better.
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He needs to be benched if his passing is all he has. He's better off shooting and nothing else
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/3/31/22360324/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-third-win-over-memphis-grizzlies-donovan-mitchell-rudy-gobert-ja-morant[/url]
[QUOTE]Bojan Bogdanovic hit just two 3s total through the first two meetings with Memphis and had already racked up three 3-pointers by the end of the first quarter on Wednesday. He was all smiles in the third when he hit his fourth trey and then he was responsible for a huge, timely 3 in the fourth. He finished with 23 the most he’s scored since March 1.
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and yet was just as awful as he's been all year
[QUOTE]Miye Oni got some extra time with Mitchell out of the lineup and every time that he gets a little more run he impresses. He is smart on the defensive end, more athletic than he looks like he might be and works really hard to get back and make hustle plays.
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what about him doesn't look athletic?
[QUOTE]Though Jordan Clarkson’s shooting numbers are still down he is not afraid to let the ball fly and that is respectable even if not always advisable. He went 4-of-15 from 3-point range, which isn’t great, but he finished with 23 points, also had a timely fourth-quarter three and really played commendable defense, adding seven rebounds and a steal to his statline.
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it's disrespectful as your teammates stand around watching brick after brick
[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/1/22359763/nba-power-rankings-roundup-utah-jazz-no-1-espn-cbs-sports-illustrated-nbc-sports[/url]
[QUOTE][INDENT]“Mike Conley’s terrific season is going a bit under the radar as the Jazz cruise through the regular season. Conley is averaging 16.1 points per game while shooting 41.7% from three, and his advanced metrics are even more impressive. Conley is tallying nearly three assists for every turnover. He sits No. 3 in the NBA in defensive rating and No. 1 in net rating. Conley has found his Memphis form in 2020–21, helping fuel a dominant year in Utah.” — [I]Michael Shapiro[/I]
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but Mitchell MVP!
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/3/31/22361415/utah-jazz-win-a-close-one-against-memphis-grizzlies-donovan-mitchell-ja-morant-rudy-gobert-nba-close[/url]
[QUOTE]In the first half, Bojan Bogdanovic got off to a great start from downtown (hallelujah!) and threw some fantastic passes out of the post. This has been a common occurrence for him these past few games and it is amazing to see. He ended the night with 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists. Mixed in with some great defensive rotations, this might be one of Bogdanovic’s best all-round games in this season.
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and that is a problem!
[QUOTE]We also saw Miye Oni, arguably one of the best 10th-11th men in the NBA (yeah I said it!), come out and prove why he should be a rotation player on this team in the near future. While his stat line of 3/1/1 isn’t going to drop any jaws, his defense and effort were absolutely stupendous. Every time Oni touches the floor, he plays hard, makes few mistakes, and hounds players on the defensive end. He’s got a future on this team.
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How unless Conley leaves and who cares then