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

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/30/one-area-utah-jazz-must-improve/[/url]

[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell is shooting 31.6% on 9.5 three-point attempts per contest. [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/24/utah-jazz-ranking-jordan-clarkson/"]Running mate Jordan Clarkson[/URL] must be jealous: he’s shooting 26.3% on the exact same volume. With those two lead guards struggling mightily from deep, some key wings aren’t helping matters. Bojan Bogdanovic is at 31.8% on 5.5 attempts per game, and Royce O’Neale is hitting 28.6% of his 3.5 threes per night.[/QUOTE]

Clarkson shot horribly most of last year. The others should get better

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/29/utah-jazz-2-studs-1-dud-houston/2/[/url]

[QUOTE]Butler’s [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/04/utah-jazz-rookie-potential/"]hustle and offensive gifts[/URL] were on fuller display than they’ve been at any point in this young NBA season. Utah Jazz fans should feel reassured that they may have landed the steal of the 2021 NBA Draft.[/QUOTE]

garbage time stud!:facepalm


[QUOTE]The veteran point guard fell short in terms of both volume and efficiency last night. He finished with 6 points on 2/7 shooting from the field, 4 assists and 2 turnovers in 24 minutes.

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2-7 I'll take any day. Clarkson 1-11 from 3 or whatever shit he's putting up is hard to stomach

Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin Snyder said Conley sitting out is a back to back situation. Rarely played them last year. Will probably rarely play them this season[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50273249/undefeated-no-more-battle-with-bulls-refs-lead-to-jazzs-first-loss-of-the-season[/url]

[QUOTE]The frustration had boiled over by that point. Sure, Mitchell thought he had been fouled on a shot attempt, but he believed the Jazz had been getting a rough whistle all night. Those three claps was him voicing his displeasure of the entire game.

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hard to blame the refs for the way you, Clarkson and Bojan shot the ball

[QUOTE]Mitchell was 9 of 27, Jordan Clarkson was 5 of 19, and Bojan Bogdanovic was 5 of 14; buckets were simply hard to come by against a stout Chicago defense. With a lot of missed shots and a few missed calls, it quickly became a frustrating night for the visitors.

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try passing the ball?

[QUOTE]That meant the Jazz were without their best guard against pressure. So when Chicago got aggressive on the perimeter, Utah didn't have that person to fall back on.

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their best guard period. It's not close despite best player in franchise history and 6th man of the year

[url]https://kslsports.com/471379/jazz-offense-flounders-without-conley-in-loss-to-bulls/[/url]

[QUOTE]Without Conley on the floor, rookie Jared Butler got his biggest opportunity of the season playing nine meaningful minutes in a close game.

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if Forrest or even Oni get those minutes they might win. Kid will be good. Not ready like every Jazz rookie under COTY. Should have been playing with Stars yesterday

[QUOTE]Last season the Jazz almost always won the minutes that Rudy Gobert was on the floor which is why he led the NBA in plus-minus to finish the season. However, this season Gobert ranks eighth on the team with an average of +3.8 per game, with Paschall coming in at +0.8, the lowest of the Jazz top nine rotation players.

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get him some help please :facepalm

[url]https://kslsports.com/471348/jazz-lose-first-game-of-the-season-to-bulls/[/url]

[QUOTE]Without Conley, the Jazz couldn’t afford bad nights from Jordan Clarkson and Bojan Bogdanovic but that’s what they got.

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the problem is almost every night is a bad night for Clarkson

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/10/30/22753497/mental-mistakes-lead-to-jazzs-first-loss-of-the-2021-22-season[/url]

[QUOTE]That means that the Jazz are going to need a little more mental fortitude and better efficiency and production out of their remaining ball-handlers, namely Mitchell, Jordan Clarkson and Joe Ingles.

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efficiency from the best player in franchise history and 6th man of the year? :lol

[QUOTE]Additionally, Clarkson and Mitchell combined to go just 14-of-46 from the field and 5-of-20 from 3-point range. They both seemed to be making things more difficult than they needed to offensively while also missing shots that they normally make.

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Clarkson doesn't normally make 3's. He takes a lot sure

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/10/30/22753496/instant-analysis-jazz-go-cold-against-the-bulls-lose-for-the-first-time-this-season[/url]

[QUOTE]When Donovan Mitchell, and frankly the rest of the Jazz roster, was having trouble hitting from outside, Mitchell was working his butt off to get to the rim and just get something to go down. One of the things I’ve noticed over the first few games of this season is that Mitchell has gotten very good at switching his layup hand mid-flight. It seems like it could be a really dangerous thing to do, but it’s clear he’s put a lot of time into it and he’s really controlled when he does it. It’s a nice new wrinkle to his game.

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can he shoot a left handed layup from the left side yet?

[QUOTE]In the fourth quarter, Quin Snyder decided to put Trent Forrest in for a few possessions. One of the things that Forrest does well is stay in front of his man in transition and slow down breaks, and he did that.

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it's clear he should be on the floor ahead of Butler as should Oni and maybe even Hughes and Fitts. A joke that he's not really

[QUOTE]Finding silver linings in losses is often what the ‘high notes’ section is about, and if you’re looking for one from this game, it’s that the Jazz played pretty badly against one of the hottest teams in the league right now and they were right there through most of the night. The fact that they only lost by eight and that they were within striking distance is actually pretty surprising. Probably not going to see a lot of games with that many mistakes and so many guys on the Jazz roster shooting that badly all in the same night.[/QUOTE]

Rudy Gobert always gives you a chance

[QUOTE]It takes quite a bit for me to write something about the way the officials call a game. But here are the things that I noticed from my vantage point courtside at the baseline: Multiple Jazz players were complaining about no-calls, there was a lot of jersey pulling by the Bulls, Snyder was begging for the officials to pay attention to what was happening under the basket and there were Bulls players that were laughing about what they were getting away with. So when there’s frustration from Mitchell, who was assessed a technical foul in the fourth quarter for clapping at the officials, I understand it. How could you not be frustrated and then validated in continuing to be frustrated when everyone around you is frustrated and the opposition is just snickering about it?

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so why not try passing the ball instead of continuing to throw up shots that aren't going in?

[QUOTE]Hassan Whiteside getting blocked and stopped over and over by former Jazzman Tony Bradley was not the best look he’s had in a Utah uniform.

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Tony can play. Too bad he was a scapegoat here for all of their issues which they continue to have without him

[URL]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/10/30/22755129/utah-jazz-take-their-first-loss-of-the-season-in-chicago-bulls-game-recap-nba-2021-donovan-mitchell[/URL]

[QUOTE]One concerning early-season trend that continued tonight was Donovan Mitchell’s struggles as a jump shooter, as he had yet another poor game shooting the ball from 3pt range. He shot just 2-11 from there tonight, his worst mark so far this season, and now is just shooting a lowly 28.6% from 3 on the year. This is obviously a far cry from the Donovan that we are used to, especially after he shot a scorching 39.6% across last year's regular season and playoffs (a full 11% higher than this year!).

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you should be used to this Mitchell in the early months of the season

[QUOTE]It’s very likely just a small sample size cold stretch that will correct itself over the course of the season, but it’s still disappointing after what we saw from him in the playoffs. Donovan seems to have a bad habit of starting off the season playing poorly (for his standards) and while it’s nice that he usually finishes the year on fire, it would be cool to see him be dominant for an entire season instead of having to play his way into a rhythm.

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yeah I'd love to see the best player in franchise history show up at both ends for a full year. Might actually deserve to be an all star and the hype

[QUOTE]It would be irresponsible to blame the loss on Donovan however, as he still had an alright game even without his shot falling. He finished with 30/7/6 and as much as you can gripe about his inefficiency, the Jazz offense was still clearly a lot more functional with him on the floor than off.

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most of the blame is on the usual subjects. Mitchell, Clarkson and COTY

[QUOTE]As tough as tonight’s loss was, however, it shouldn’t be cause for too much concern going forward. Credit a good Bulls team for playing well and defending at a high level on the perimeter, but the Jazz still were in the game late even with all that went wrong. The fact that this game was still fairly competitive despite the Jazz missing Mike Conley, shooting terribly from distance, and some questionable whistles, says a lot about how good the Jazz are. Some games you just have to forget about and move past, and hopefully, Utah can do that tomorrow with another big game looming against the [URL="https://www.brewhoop.com"]Milwaukee Bucks[/URL].

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it says how good Gobert is which at least a few of us have known for years

[QUOTE]-In the second quarter, when DeMar was DeRozaning all over the Jazz, Q just watched it happen again and again and again. He is just like, [I]We drop in p/r. Drop some more. [/I]And DD dropped buckets. I would have loved to see a blitz to force it out of his hands or a switch. [/QUOTE]

in game changes from COTY? :facepalm

[QUOTE]Butler looks bad. Either he doesn't have any reads right now or he's playing for himself. The ball just sort of dies when he touches it, and he's expecting to be able to get by his man at ease. NBA players are built differently than he's used to scoring against. He needs to move the ball or attack quicker. He probably shouldn't be playing at all. [/QUOTE]

probably?

[QUOTE]-If Clarkson's bad shooting night goes from abysmal to meh, we win this one. If we don't turn the ball over 20 times, we win this one. If we don't shoot sub-30% from three, we win this one. [/QUOTE]

asking a lot. He's usually abysmal

[QUOTE]Again, this game was strange. My biggest takeaway from it is two-fold. One, Q will not do something different defensively even if it will stop climate change. Two, Chicago's drop defense w/ aggression at the point of the screen is really interesting to me. [/QUOTE]

I wish that was strange. Par for the course for COTY

[QUOTE]JC was absolutely at his worst tonight. He had a couple 3s late to make his numbers more decent but started 0/10. And just kept forcing it and forcing it, 4 turnovers. 19 shots, 1 assist. 28% on 3s for the year. 38% FG. Very poor. But as usual he gets a pass cause he's a cool guy [/QUOTE]

typical night for him. The fact that anyone likes him is baffling

[QUOTE]The areas which do concern me a bit though are all the unforced turnovers, which seems to already be a trend. And maybe I'm overreacting but Q still doesn't seem willing to make any in game adjustments, with the way they were playing Clarkson & Bogie should have just sat for most of the 2nd half, with their minutes being spread to Paschall, Butler, & Forest, etc.[/QUOTE]

Butler shouldn't have been playing but why not try other guys that should have been with the Stars and weren't?

[QUOTE]Paschall was not impactful tonight but that was more due to Jordan jacking up 19 shots and not letting anyone else touch the ball.[/QUOTE]

but Clarkson does that every game. Better figure out a way to be impactful

[QUOTE]Small ball? Did not Chicago play Vucavic and Bradley at Centre for the whole game? I thought Rudy and Hassan were the only positives of the game as they had numerous offensive rebounds, putbacks, dunks, etc


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Jazz could go small against a big team but they won't

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/31/utah-jazz-2-duds-1-stud-chicago/[/url]

[QUOTE]By now, it’s so official that [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/30/one-area-utah-jazz-must-improve/"]it might as well have been notarized by a legal authority[/URL]: Donovan Mitchell is slumping. The Utah Jazz star’s basic counting stats from this loss to the Bulls were appropriate to his star status, as he finished with 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists.

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is it a slump when it is a yearly thing?

[QUOTE]Clarkson shot 5/19 from the field against the Bulls. He actually shot a barely respectable 3/9 from three-point range, but his shot was generally where it’s remained this season: in the gutter.

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and most of last year

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/10/30/utah-jazz-3-things-rudy-gobert-star/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=1]Utah Jazz: 3 things Rudy Gobert must do to be an All-Star again[/h][/QUOTE]

hope the voters don't blow it like they did two times

[QUOTE]First things first, Rudy Gobert needs to keep doing what he’s always done best for [URL="https://thejnotes.com/"]the Jazz[/URL], anchor the defense. Over the last five years, he has been one of the best defenders in the league, if not the best. Due to this rock-solid defending, he has been able to make four All-NBA teams without a stellar offensive repertoire.

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one of the best offensive players in the game

[QUOTE]The best thing Gobert could do right now to help the Jazz scoring output is to develop a better low-post game. At 7-foot-1 and nearly 260 pounds, if he could punish smaller defenders on the block, it could change how teams game-plan for Utah. And this would surely secure the big man’s spot on the 2022 All-Star roster.

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as we've seen they just have to get him the ball

[QUOTE]However, for Gobert to show he’s truly one of the league’s best big men, he’ll need to show that he can expose teams that routinely go small against him by punishing them in the paint. That’s something he wasn’t able to do in last year’s playoffs, where he averaged 12.5 points per game against the Clippers.

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which he's always done. Might want to try writing better articles not more

[url]https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/utah-falls-first-time-season[/url]

[QUOTE]"Shoot it, that's it," Mitchell said when asked what he tells Clarkson following his 5-of-19 shooting night.

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great advice for both of ya :cry:

[QUOTE] Eric Walden: Asked about the Jazz talking about the extra physicality they’ve faced from defenders this year, [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Quin intimated that the new point of emphasis rules have had the unintended consequence of enabling defenders to apply excessive contact in disrupting offensive players[/URL].

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


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good!

[QUOTE] But Sunday night was about Mitchell, who scored a game-high 28 points, 18 of which came after halftime. When the Bucks got close in the third quarter, he scored seven consecutive points to give his team breathing room. When the Bucks rallied furiously in the closing minutes, Mitchell closed out the win with tough shots. “The biggest thing is that we executed when we needed to,” Mitchell said. “I thought tonight and last night, we were in two polar opposite situations. Chicago amped up the pressure. They trapped the ball. They made us uncomfortable, and we weren’t ready for it. [URL="https://theathletic.com/2926082/2021/10/31/donovan-mitchell-finds-the-right-balance-to-help-jazz-bounce-back-from-first-loss-of-season/"]Tonight, Milwaukee did some of the same things and we were a lot more prepared. We just went out and continued to fight. We competed on both ends of the floor. We made hustle plays.[/URL] We knew they were world champions, and they just weren’t going to roll over and call it a night. They were going to continue to fight, and I think we did a good job of being ready for that.”

– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2926082/2021/10/31/donovan-mitchell-finds-the-right-balance-to-help-jazz-bounce-back-from-first-loss-of-season/"]Tony Jones @ The Athletic[/URL]





Ben Anderson: Jordan [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Clarkson on the end of his 99 game three-point shooting streak. “It’s over, start another.”[/URL] #takenote | @KSLSports

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


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please don't! :facepalm

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50273683/jordan-clarkson-doesnt-seem-to-care-about-99-game-3-point-streak-ending-in-jazz-win[/url]

"I feel like I've been saying it for a long time about his care factor and his will and he's got a lot of pride and he wants to win," Quin Snyder said of Clarkson. "He wants to win. He can really score but he wants to win more than he wants to score. There is a competitiveness. ... If you're not making shots you want to figure out another way to impact the game and that's that's exactly what he did. And those were big plays."[QUOTE][/QUOTE]

delusional


[QUOTE]Clarkson said he wasn't worried about his shot — hence why he could laugh off the end of his streak. He's had some shooting slumps before and he's found a way out of them. He thinks this current dip in efficiency is no different.

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he's almost always slumping