2017 Playoff bound!!!

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43942039&nid=304&title=jazz-investigating-withey-allegations-coach-says-its-irresponsible-to-comment-more[/url]

his lawyer says he is innocent

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43939711&nid=304&title=jazz-practice-rudy-gobert-out-for-game-3-is-hack-a-jordan-a-good-idea[/url]

[QUOTE] I think the other situation is offensive rebounding. He's a heck of an offensive rebounder, so we're not going to get many of those."[/QUOTE]

Especially not when your strategy is to get back on D instead of hitting the offensive glass this year. Booker could sure help though and he couldn't be any worse at hitting 3's than Lyles and Diaw have been!

[QUOTE]I agree with Snyder. It doesn't make a ton of sense to use Hack-a-Jordan when you're down multiple possessions in the fourth quarter. The most likely scenario for any Jordan trip to the line (a 48.9 percent free throw shooter this season) is him making one of two free throws. That means what otherwise could be a 6-0 run might be turned into a 6-3 run. In other words, it's a pretty low-variance strategy, and the Jazz needed something bigger to break their way.[/QUOTE]

Can't keep letting him dunk uncontested.

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678263/Utah-Jazz-notebook-Rudy-Gobert-out-for-Game-3-will-Jazz-use-Hack-a-Jordan.html[/url]

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[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678246/Jazz-are-going-nowhere-if-Gordon-Hayward-doesnt-play-like-a-star.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Either way, the Jazz can mitigate that if Gordon Hayward plays like the superstar he intends to be. If he doesn

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678195/Jazz-notes-Utah-better-without-Rudy-Gobert-Blake-Griffin-compliments-Jazz.html[/url]


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[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5200830-155/jazz-no-surprise-rudy-gobert-ruled[/url]

[QUOTE]Gobert is making progress in his rehabilitation. He is walking without a limp or crutches, and has progressed to working out on exercise machines. He also is able to shoot free throws at team practices.[/QUOTE]

unless one of those exercise machines is a treadmill than he is a long ways off I imagine

[QUOTE]the Jazz have decided that Gobert will not play until there is no chance of reinjuring his knee, which may take some time.[/QUOTE]

already saw that happen with Hood

[QUOTE]Snyder said Favors is fighting through fatigue after he played 33 minutes in Game 2, the most action he has seen since playing 34 minutes on March 3 in a win over the Brooklyn Nets.

"He's trying to raise his level," Snyder said. "He's different than Rudy, so we have to play to his strengths. He's on the floor exclusively at center for 35 minutes, and that hasn't happened this year. So this is new to him."[/QUOTE]
He was the center before Rudy emerged. That was a different Favors though

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5200652-155/kragthorpe-utah-jazz-eager-to-stage[/url]

[QUOTE]a team that went 22-19 on the road should have won roughly 36 home games this season. The Jazz instead were merely 29-12 at home.[/QUOTE]

The crowd hasn't been that crazy like it will be Tonite so hopefully things will be different even without Rudy.

[QUOTE]home-court dominance has diminished leaguewide this season, with home teams winning 57.5 percent of games. That's an all-time low, according to ESPN The Magazine's recent analytics report.[/QUOTE]

guess that makes the Jazz record look a bit better?

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5194912-155/monson-jazz-have-one-key-to?page=2[/url]

[QUOTE]The real solution is an unlikely intercontinental reach, wholly outside anyone's control: Gobert has to heal up. Not just heal up, but be ready to play.[/QUOTE]

I think even if he made it back to play just a few minutes each half off the bench could be huge

[url]http://saltcityhoops.com/jazz-clippers-finding-adjustments-for-games-3-4/[/url]

[QUOTE]When Gobert plays, he has an elite ability to wall off the drive of a ball handler and still get back (more often than not) to defend the roller. Derrick Favors just doesn

[url]https://jazzfanatical.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/these-weeks-in-the-utah-jazz-7/[/url]

[QUOTE]I know

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/2017/4/21/15380828/the-downbeat-2075-the-utah-jazz-home-playoff-game-edition[/url]

[QUOTE]He talks about how the 2007-2009 Carols Boozer and Deron Williams team went 37-4 at home. Compared to this team which is deeper went only 29-12.[/QUOTE]

but not deep

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2017/04/20/utah-jazz-chris-pauls-homer-comments-much-ado-nothing/[/url]

[QUOTE]Homer: Someone who shows blind loyalty to a team or organization, typically ignoring any shortcomings or faults they have.[/QUOTE]

sounds about right

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2017/04/19/hope-utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-return-series/[/url]

[QUOTE]Rudy Gobert is without a doubt its heart and soul.[/QUOTE]

and not even part of your big 3 a few months ago! :roll:

[QUOTE]Utah

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2017/04/19/how-the-utah-jazz-can-rebound-in-game-3/[/url]

[QUOTE]Raul Neto remains the best backup point guard on the team and had he been 100 percent, I

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2017/04/21/utah-jazz-derrick-favors-capitalize-chance-redeem/[/url]

[QUOTE]Favors was once considered one of the key components to this Jazz team. As recently as last season, many had him pinned as even more vital and talented than Rudy Gobert[/QUOTE]

As recently as this season you had him as part of the Jazz's big 3 along with Hood and Hayward! :wtf:

[QUOTE]That