2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/18/22387986/rudy-gobert-mike-conley-probable-utah-jazz-and-los-angeles-lakers-nba-anthony-davis-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]If Davis is able to play Monday, the return of Gobert to the Jazz lineup will be welcomed news, but with Favors and Ilyasova unlikely to return, that will put some pressure on Juwan Morgan who would be the most likely to receive backup center minutes behind Gobert.


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the guys has been at least solid when ever he's played. Worry about Clarkson, Bojan and COTY

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/4/19/22391750/can-rudy-gobert-accomplish-what-no-player-has-in-nba-history[/url]

[QUOTE]Unlike campaigns previous, the 2020-21 season will comprise just 72 games. You may be wondering how many times the aforementioned thresholds have been met in 72 games played or less. Well, exactly zero.

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you go Rudy!

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/04/19/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-defensive-impact/[/url]


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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/04/18/utah-jazz-dwyane-wade-free-agents/[/url]

[QUOTE]However, considering the current collection of Jazzmen still own the best record in the league at 42-15, it sure doesn’t seem as if the franchise should be in dire need of significant free-agent talent anytime soon.


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[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/04/18/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-return-injury/[/url]

[QUOTE]Prior to Friday’s outing, the 24-year-old had averaged 36.8 points across his previous five games. And Donovan Mitchell’s 29.7 points per game since the All-Star break ranks second in the league behind Steph Curry. Plus, per [URL="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo"][I]ESPN Stats & Info[/I][/URL], that mark is within striking distance of Karl Malone’s franchise record of 30.5 points per game following the All-Star break 30 years ago.


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hopefully he's going to watch how well the ball moves while he's out and pass it occasionally when he comes back

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley are both PROBABLE tonight. Derrick Favors is QUESTIONABLE. Ersan Ilyasova is DOUBTFUL[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/457887/quin-snyder-snyder-praises-ilyasova-led-jazz-lineups/[/url]

[QUOTE][I]SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – [/I]The Utah Jazz had a clear approach to their frontcourt identity this season — make sure there’s a rim rolling big man on the floor at all times. After Saturday’s performance against the Los Angeles Lakers, Ersan Ilyasova might be softening that stance.


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Yeah Gobert and nothing else. :facepalm

[QUOTE]With high-priced backup big man Derrick Favors missing games with knee soreness and first-round draft pick Udoka Azubuike sidelined with a serious ankle injury, the Jazz have had to experiment with new looks at the backup five.


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Udoka was behind Morgan so nothing changed really

[QUOTE]“With additional spacing, it does open up the floor opens up opportunities for our premier guys to roll up to the basket,” Snyder said.


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Morgan spaces the floor too

[QUOTE]Favors will return to action for the Jazz, and when healthy, should be expected to be the top reserve behind Gobert. But, with Ilyasova’s unique skillset among Jazz centers, don’t be surprised to see his shooting prowess tested again before the playoffs.



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not really a center but hey what about PF? :roll:

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-rotations-sans-dm-welcome-wade/[/url]

[QUOTE]But that rotation works precisely because Mitchell is Mitchell. The dynamic scorer is good enough that the Jazz can trust him to carry the in-between minutes with the team’s third main group: another hybrid crew where starters Royce O’Neale and Bojan Bogdanovic stay out with Mitchell and are joined by Jordan Clarkson and Derrick Favors. That lineup is +8.5 for the season, but are fairly Mitchell-dependent. Those same four guys have only played 50 possessions without Mitchell. (The majority of those — 40 — were with Joe Ingles as de facto point guard.)


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awful lineup

[QUOTE]The last time the Jazz played without Mitchell, they solved this puzzle by having Ingles both start in his spot and captain that first hybrid unit. That’s an option for this next stretch, too. Ingles doesn’t have anywhere near Mitchell’s prowess in terms of creating his own shot, but he is a capable facilitator whose great pick-and-roll chemistry with Favors gives the bench offense another staple to work with, along with Clarkson’s isolation scoring. The same lineup that has performed at +8.5 with Mitchell at the helm is +3.1 with Ingles and the same remaining four — a decent approximation.


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better defender and playmaker

[QUOTE]The drawback is that it keeps Ingles away from from that other Conely and Gobert-led group, but that group has actually been great — in very limited opportunities — when Miye Oni replaced Ingles. The Conley-Clarkson-Oni-Georges Niang-Gobert fivesome is +43.2, on just 90 possessions.


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Oni the last guy on the team now though :facepalm

[QUOTE]Again, this year the Jazz play winning ball (+20.2) when Conley is the lone All-Star in Utah’s lineup. He hasn’t really played yet with the other four guys from that main Mitchell-led unit (just five minutes across four games for that group), but his solo net rating suggests he can keep that group afloat.
And that would leave a group of Ingles-Clarkson-Oni-Niang-Gobert to man the other hybrid group that checks back in later. That quintet has actually played a substantial amount together — 172 possessions — and was wildly successful at +34.9.
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Gobert and Conley. Nothing new

[QUOTE]Mitchell’s 42 on Monday marked the fourth straight game where he dropped at least 37 points. The only players in league history who had longer streaks of 37+ were Kobe Bryant (five times), Michael Jordan (three times), James Harden (three times) and Allen Iverson (once).
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they might have actually shot 30 times to do it too

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/4/19/22387530/utah-jazz-los-angeles-lakers-anthony-davis-rudy-gobert-lebron-james-donovan-mitchell-mike-conley[/url]

[QUOTE]Dennis Schroder and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope both went off for 25 in Saturday’s game - clearly when Rudy’s not in the game, the “corral to the basket” strategy is not a viable one, and the Jazz have a hard time adapting their perimeter defense. In an overtime game, it was disappointing to see Jordan Clarkson, Bojan Bogdanovic, Royce O’Neale, and Joe Ingles play 46, 40, 40, and 39 minutes respectively on the second night of a back to back. While there was a day of rest for this game, I would have loved to see more minutes for Miye Oni in particular, who would help the Jazz so much more defensively instead of the duds we’re getting from Trent Forrest and Matt Thomas. Even if Quin sees Miye as more a wing, the Lakers’ bigger guards (KCP, Talen Horton-Tucker, Alex Caruso) would be an excellent matchup for Miye, especially as the Jazz have a habit of letting opposing guards go off. Of course, having Mountain Mike back will provide much more creativity and defense as well.


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You forget COTY is smarter than the rest of us

[QUOTE][h=4]Favors available![/h]
Just saw the Andy Larsen tweet!

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would rather see Morgan

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Derrick Favors, on the condition of his knee: “The knee is fine.[/URL] With the compressed season, all the travel, all the games, the knee gets sore. It was just a precautionary thing. I didn’t want it to get bad.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/457899/jazz-dominate-drummond-lakers/[/url]

[QUOTE]Though no team wants to face LeBron James or Anthony Davis in the playoffs, Drummond’s inability to slow down the Jazz attack would give Quin Snyder a clear offensive game plan to open a postseason series, and one the team had enormous success with on Monday.


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Gasol and Davis would be the guys at some point I'd think. Harrell didn't match up well either

[QUOTE]Mitchell is set to be reevaluated at the end of the week, at which point he’ll have already missed at least three games and had seven days away from the court and travel. As the Jazz have been looking for opportunities to rest their star players down the stretch, Mitchell’s injury could pay dividends as long as the All-Star guard can return from an ankle sprain as well as Clarkson did from his.


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if he returns passing the ball and playing D sure. Clarkson still does netither

[QUOTE]If he doesn’t, teams will bury their worst defender on him in the postseason or play off of him to defend the Jazz more proven scorers. O’Neale shot the ball well on Monday, a welcome sign for the team as they approach the end of the regular season.

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Only thing with him I worry about is him not shooting. Bojan, Clarkson, Favors Mitchell and COTY are the guys to worry about

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50150094/thats-who-our-team-is-jazz-still-look-like-the-jazz-without-donovan-mitchell[/url]

[QUOTE]How does a team replace a player that was doing things that a Utah team hasn't seen since Karl Malone? By doing the same thing that has gotten them at the top of the standings in the first place.


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because unlike if Karl or John or Gobert or Conley miss a game the team plays better D and moves the ball better

[QUOTE]Jazz coach Quin Snyder said his team's spacing on Monday was the best he'd seen from them in a long time. It's what allowed the ball to zip around and around until an open shot was found. That's when the Jazz are at their best — with or without Mitchell.


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so are you going to tell Mitchell and Clarkson this?

[QUOTE]Those two were back on Monday and that meant Utah could take advantage of its other immense luxury: an embarrassment of riches when it comes to pick-and-roll ball handlers. Conley is an All-Star, Jordan Clarkson and Joe Ingles are probably 1-2 in this season's best sixth man rankings, and Bogdanovic can even initiate the offense in a pinch.


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Bojan can but shouldn't as we saw last night and Clarkson can but he's the only option when he does

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50149990/jazz-get-win-over-lakers-but-how-they-stack-up-against-defending-champs-still-remains-a-mystery[/url]

[QUOTE]So, for now, it's just a theory on how the teams will matchup since none of the teams' three regular-season matchups featured fully healthy sides. Anthony Davis missed Utah's win in February, not one of the teams' five combined All-Stars played in LA's win on Saturday and Davis, James and Donovan Mitchell all missed Monday's game.


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it's not really. We saw them last year. Gobert will take a big. Conley will take Schroeder. O'Neale will take Lebron or Davis. Bojan will be hid on the other unless they try to hide him on their big. Horrible matchup unless Snyder plays Ersan/Morgan/Brantley and he won't til it's too late if at all. Got to hope someone else take them down

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/19/22391938/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-beat-lakers-in-wire-to-wire-blowout-victory-rudy-gobert-mike-conley-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]The difference that Gobert makes on the defensive end is insane. In the Jazz’s overtime loss to the Lakers on Saturday, Andre Drummond had 27 points and Montrezl Harrell had 12, shooting 71.4% from the field. On Monday, Drummond had just 8 points and Harrell had just 2. Gobert was incredible on the defensive end and that’s almost something that is taken for granted at this point, but when he’s out for a game and then comes back, his influence on both ends is so obvious.

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taken for granted for more than 6 years. People want Hayward or Mitchell or anyone to be the face not the guys that dominates

[QUOTE][I]“I know last game Ersan (Ilyasova) did a great job of spacing the floor and also defending the paint and defending the rim, too, but he’s not a rim protector, so when me and Rudy come back, we just try to play good defense, keep the guards out as much as we can.” — Derrick Favors[/I]

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You're not a rm protector either

[QUOTE]If this is how Drummond and Harrell are going to play against the Jazz’s defense, then if these teams meet in the playoffs, the Lakers might be forced to play Anthony Davis at the five, which takes away some of their leverage offensively.

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It's their best team. I'd play him and Lebron at the 5. Maybe some Gasol. The other 2 look unplayable against Rudy

[URL="https://www.si.com/nba/2021/04/20/rudy-gobert-mark-eaton-jazz-centers-relationship"]Last March, with the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering the NBA and Rudy Gobert publicly targeted as the reason why, Mark Eaton fired off a few text messages to his seven-foot friend[/URL]. “I just told him to hang in there and that it would pass,” Eaton, the ex-Jazz center, said in a telephone interview. “I think looking back if it wasn’t him, it was going to be somebody else within the next day or two that was going to kick it off. I just kind of touched base with him and said, ‘Hang in there. It’ll be O.K. Just keep your head up.’ ”
– via [URL="https://www.si.com/nba/2021/04/20/rudy-gobert-mark-eaton-jazz-centers-relationship"]Chris Mannix @ Sports Illustrated[/URL]



[URL="https://www.si.com/nba/2021/04/20/rudy-gobert-mark-eaton-jazz-centers-relationship"]The bond between Eaton and Gobert was forged in 2013, when the 7′ 1″ Gobert was little more than a supersized rookie. Eaton, who co-owns a restaurant in Salt Lake City, popped into the Jazz locker room a few times that year.[/URL] “Us seven-footers,” says the 7′ 4″ Eaton, “we stick together.” As the friendship grew, Gobert would drop into Eaton’s restaurant, even visit him at his home. “I love his insight,” Gobert told Sports Illustrated. Defense was a frequent topic of conversation: Eaton swatted more than 3,000 shots and picked up two Defensive Player of the Year awards in 11 seasons with the Jazz; Gobert has already been named the NBA’s top defender twice—and has more than 1,100 blocks of his own.
– via [URL="https://www.si.com/nba/2021/04/20/rudy-gobert-mark-eaton-jazz-centers-relationship"]Chris Mannix @ Sports Illustrated[/URL]