2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/25/22398333/jordan-clarkson-and-joe-ingles-are-both-in-the-running-for-sixth-man-honors-utah-jazz-nba-6moy[/url]

[QUOTE]“I used to actually think it was hilarious to watch him when I played against him with just how aggressive he is,” Ingles said. “He just always, regardless of who’s out there, or how you shoot, if you’re shooting really well, if he’s 0-for-10, he plays the same way. It’s an honor to be teammates with him. He’s a hell of a teammate.”


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not so hilarious when he's on your team and you're standing around watching him

[QUOTE]Clarkson leads bench players in field goals made and field goals attempted and has missed just four games this season.

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leads in FGA? Amazing!

[QUOTE]Clarkson has been consistent, dependable, is playing his best basketball and the Jazz are reaping the rewards.


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consistent? He's been pretty bad for a while now

[url]https://saltcityhoops.com/sc7-lineup-magic-6moy/[/url]

[QUOTE]It’s that middle unit that hasn’t quite held up the same way without Mitchell’s dynamic scoring. This certainly isn’t Ingles’ fault; the lineup just doesn’t have a ton of creation options. Jordan Clarkson has been in a protracted funk (.525 true shooting for the last three months), and even at his best he is more bucket-getter than pure facilitator. Bojan Bogdanovic is mostly an endpoint in the offense, although he can hunt mismatches and occasionally be a second-side creator. Royce O’Neale doesn’t create, and Derrick Favors isn’t the same roll threat that Gobert is. That group’s best offensive staple is the Ingles-Favors pick-and-roll, but the 95.4 ORtg belies the fact that it’s just a more schemable group than the same quintet with Mitchell.


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I thought they didn't lose anything with Favors? This is on COTY. Bench Clarkson and Bojan and play Ersan/Morgan/Brantley. Fixed. Tells you Mitchell is more of a 6th man than superstar too

[QUOTE]In the past 10 seasons, only one Jazz player has had a 4-game stretch with 47 assists or more. That was Conley’s 4-game stretch that extended into this past week. He has just been superb lately, reading defenses and slicing up opponent game plans with smart passes.


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too bad he'll be standing and watching Mitchell again before long

[QUOTE]The Jazz’s pre-garbage time defensive rating against Houston was in the top 1% of all NBA games this season. When Gobert was on the court, they held the Rockets to 63.0 points per 100, and with Conley it was 55.8. Those numbers are borderline unfair. Houston shot just 3-for-15 (20%) on all shots where Gobert was the closest defender, and 2-for-9 (22%) when it was Conley.


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if they only had their best player!

[QUOTE]Ingles’ case is more about efficiency and impact. He now has the second-best odds to win at most sportsbooks that offer that bet, largely because he’s been ridiculously efficient. He doesn’t match Clarkson’s volume, but the he leads the NBA in 3-point percentage and eFG% among qualified players. He has the best RAPTOR WAR and VORP WAR of any reserve in the league (and 25th highest overall in both categories). He has started 18 games — and will certainly start more — but he will still comfortably qualify for 6MOY based on the league’s criteria.


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should be him obviously but I'd be shcoked if it was

[QUOTE][B]Jazz 111, Lakers 97: Joe Ingles.[/B] This could easily go to Gobert (it could almost always go to Gobert), but Ingles had a tremendous impact on this game. He had 21 points (on just 11 shots), including a 13-point, 5-for-6 third quarter that Utah used to pull away. He also had four rebounds and five assists, which means he edged Clarkson’s 22-3-1 and Bogdanovic’s 19-3-4. O’Neale had a tremendous game, making all five shots and narrowly missing a double-double. We’ll give this one to Ingles because he took over offensively in a way we don’t always see, and for his team-best +23.


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could almost always but rarely does! :facepalm

[QUOTE][B]Saturday 5/1, Jazz vs. Raptors:[/B] The Raps bottomed out at 18-30, but have since turned things around with a 7-5 April. That has prompted them to take Kyle Lowry out of mothballs, but the real story has been Pascal Siakam’s resurgence: 26-7-5 (rounded) so far this month. They still aren’t great defensively, largely because they give up the third most 3-point shots. They are employing some pretty complex schemes, [URL="https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/toronto-raptors-freddie-gillespie-wont-reveal-secrets"]their own players report[/URL], but it hasn’t really worked, largely because they lost a lot of defensive talent in 2020 free agency. Fringe MIP candidate Chris Boucher is out indefinitely (MCL), and a few deep reserves are currently day-to-day, including 2014 Jazz draftee Rodney Hood.


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Hood out!

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/4/26/22403699/revisiting-the-historic-shooting-advantage-the-utah-jazz-boast-this-season[/url]

[QUOTE]Full-year we have a +0.5 OReb advantage per game but I’m fairly sure that has also been negative over the past two months (anyone know where to find partial season stats on this?)
Even averaging a -3 possessions net per game costs us almost 3.5 points in expected margin of victory. That’s a lot to make up for purely through eFG efficiency. Would love for Utah to clean these areas up heading into the playoffs.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Korumbian"]Korumbian[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/4/26/22403699/revisiting-the-historic-shooting-advantage-the-utah-jazz-boast-this-season#539358582"]Apr 26, 2021 | 12:25 PM[/URL]
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Play Ersan/Morgan/Brantley and the offensive boards are taken care of. Mitchell and Clarkson gunning won't improve the ball movement though

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/4/25/22397723/utah-jazz-fans-are-more-confident-in-the-team-this-week-even-with-donovan-mitchell-out-bojan[/url]

[QUOTE]The best sign in recent games has been the offense of Bojan Bogdanovic emerging. In the last 7 games, Bogdanovic has shot 44% from three on 7.7 attempts per game. Considering that coincides with Mitchell going down with injury, and Bogdanovic getting more focus from opposing defenses, you can assume that production will continue when Mitchell returns. Of all the variables this season, Bogdanovic’s production has been the most inconsistent. But if that consistency is back, something Jazz fans grew accustomed to last season, there’s reason to get very excited.


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best sign is ball movement and improved D. Hello Mitchell. Goodbye ball movement and D

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/04/25/utah-jazz-dwyane-wade-fare-jazzman/[/url]

[QUOTE]If a young Wade was on this Jazz team, he would be a bonafide star with the Jazz having one of the most talented guard duos in the NBA.


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Conley and Wade would be awesome despite Wade not being a 3 pt shooter!

[QUOTE]While the games of Wade and Mitchell are similar, the wing defense of Wade would help on the other end. While he isn’t the long 6-foot-7 wing defender that is perhaps the only request on the Utah Jazz wishlist, he is no slouch at 6-foot-4 and has a knack for stealing the basketball. The current Jazz would need this as they don’t get many points off transition.


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he has like a 7' wingspan I think

[QUOTE]Chris Haynes: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Los Angeles Clippers will sign DeMarcus Cousins for the remainder of the season,[/URL] league sources tell @YahooSports.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes"]Twitter ChrisBHaynes[/URL]



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sweet! Hopefully he plays a lot :roll:

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/4/26/22404672/jazz-look-to-avoid-season-sweep-from-timberwolves[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz will be without All-Star Donovan Mitchell for at least another week, and they haven’t looked very good without him in the lineup. Since Mitchell got injured, the Jazz are 2-2 against a skeleton squad Lakers team, and bottom-feeder Rockets and Wolves teams. Not great Bob. Who steps up to win these games without Donovan? Bojan Bogdanovic has been playing better, fresh off a 30-piece in the loss Saturday night. Conley’s been okay, but hasn’t elevated his play as much as the Jazz have needed without Donovan on the floor. Before Saturday night’s game Joe Ingles had been brilliant in the month of April. If the Jazz are going to avoid a season sweep to the Wolves, someone is going to need to step up in Donovan’s absence and get some buckets, especially in the closing moments of the game if needed.


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except for the last 3 quarters they've looked great. Should have beat the Lakers even with the end of their bench

[URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1199285/rudy-gobert-mistake-sends-utah-jazz-to-loss-nba/"]Rudy Gobert blamed himself for the Utah Jazz’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday evening.[/URL] He indeed left D’Angelo Russell with no opponent only inches away from the game-winning bucket. “If I don’t f… up the last play defensively, we end with a win,” he admitted after the 2020-21 NBA Regular Season game, “It’s totally on me. (Conley) was already out there. We switched. I should have recognized that. He did what he was supposed to do and I didn’t. So, 200% on me. It’s one of those plays, when you watch a replay, you just feel dumb.”
– via [URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1199285/rudy-gobert-mistake-sends-utah-jazz-to-loss-nba/"]EuroHoops.net[/URL]



Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert, on his level of concern after B2B losses to the Wolves: “None. I would be concerned if we were giving up 140 points. … Every team has some nights like this.[/URL] Tonight, if I don’t **** up defensively, we win.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

He just needs to see those few words when he unlocks his phone. That’s all he ever needs, really. “Kids are good. They’re asleep. We’re all good. Go focus. I love you.” Those texts from Renae, his wife, are the last line before Ingles goes out on the floor and does what Jazz fans adore: **** back his left wrist near his left shoulder and let the 3’s fly, pick-and-roll big men into oblivion with big man Derrick Favors, do that slow, old-school ball-fake near the rim that is more commonly used in rec-league games. And then, of course, jawing away. Joe runs to the locker room six minutes before tip every night. It’s his routine. The only obligation. Check the phone, hope to see everything went well, and then go piss. [URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]“I just need to know that for peace of mind,” Ingles told The Athletic. “If I know they’re good, I get to go into a game and play free and do what I need to do.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]Christopher Kamrani @ The Athletic[/URL]



[URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]The Ingles have a system worked out in case of an emergency. If Jacob is having an episode or if any of the kids are sick enough to the point where Renae has to feel like she might make a doctor’s run, she will text Jazz head trainer Mike Elliott just to let Joe know what’s going on[/URL]. The last thing she wants is for Joe to go back to his phone and see news that would make his heart drop into his stomach. Recently, Joe said Jack had a rash and Renae took the baby to the pediatrician. It was all good. But she still let him know through Elliott. Part of playing free this year is understanding and embracing the anxieties of being a parent, Renae said. Transparency destigmatizes what most parents encounter on a daily basis. Just because the Ingles’ are celebrities here in Utah and back home in Australia doesn’t make them exempt from the potential harsh realities of life.
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]Christopher Kamrani @ The Athletic[/URL]



“I still love it. I still love competing. I still want to win,” Ingles said. [URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]“I want to win a championship. I want to help Utah win its first championship. I think that would be the best feeling in the world. But don’t get it twisted. If we were in Game 5 of the Finals, my family is still my No. 1 priority.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/2544879/2021/04/27/joe-ingles-breakout-season-with-the-jazz-is-because-now-as-a-father-first-its-just-f-ing-basketball/?source=rss"]Christopher Kamrani @ The Athletic[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/458312/deja-vu-as-jazz-are-swept-by-timberwolves/[/url]

[QUOTE]Like Saturday’s loss, this shouldn’t be a major concern for Jazz fans (regardless of what the Twitter timeline says) as they have once again proven to struggle specifically with Minnesota’s big guards, Karl-Anthony Towns’ ability to spread the floor, and the absence of Donovan Mitchell.


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the problem isn't Mitchell. It's the coach thinking Clarkson and Bojan are going to shoot you to glory. Ersan gave them some good minutes. Why does Forrest keep seeing the floor? Play Morgan and Brantley. Try something different! :facepalm

[QUOTE]“We were supposed to just clear the court open and create a one-on-one situation,” Conley said. “It got crowded there, Rudy came up and tried to make a play and there was nowhere to go.”


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Conley went the wrong way on the screen.

[QUOTE]Gobert is the league’s best defender and screen setter, so for the All-NBA center to make two costly mistakes late in the game is right to hurt, it shouldn’t stand as the strong indicator of what is yet to come for the Jazz.


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not even in the game without Rudy shutting down the Twolves. The fact that it came down to the end is on the coach and his guys Clarkson and Bojan


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[url]https://kslsports.com/458306/late-layup-by-timberwolves-hands-jazz-second-straight-loss/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Timberwolves put the clamps down on defense in the second quarter by outscoring the Jazz 32-14 and took a 49-47 lead. D’Angelo Russell went off in the second quarter, scoring 15 of his 18 first half points. Ersan Ilyasova had five points in the second for the Jazz and he led the team. They shot just 19 percent from the floor on 5-of-26 shooting.


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and why didn't you stick with Ersan? He plays tough physical ball.

[url]https://kslsports.com/458308/niang-clarkson-start-fourth-quarter-with-four-threes-against-timberwolves/[/url]

[QUOTE][URL="https://kslsports.com/category/jazz/"]The Jazz[/URL] were trailing the Minnesota Timberwolves 83-70 to start the fourth quarter before Niang and Clarkson gave a little spark. Niang hit the first three-pointer of the fourth quarter to trim the deficit to 83-73. Minnesota made a bucket before Jordan Clarkson hit his first three-pointer of the game after going 0-for-8 from deep. Clarkson has now made a three-pointer in 83 straight games.


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Way to go JC! :roll:

[url]https://kslsports.com/458298/azubuike-back-with-jazz-working-really-hard/[/url]

[QUOTE]“He’s working really hard,” Snyder said. “You think about what he’s been through in his rookie year from the time that the college season was canceled last year, and waiting through the entire process of the draft, then joining a team where he’s playing behind Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors.”


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and Morgan and now Ersan and maybe Brantley as well!

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50154617/you-just-feel-dumb-gobert-takes-full-blame-for-defensive-miscue-in-loss-to-minnesota[/url]

[QUOTE]Just look at the 3-point stats from Monday:
Jordan Clarkson was 1 of 10.
Joe Ingles was 3 of 13 — and missed his last nine attempts.
Bojan Bogdanovic was 1 of 11.
Conley was 3 of 9.
Utah was 16 for 57 from distance for 28% as a team.
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we've seen that way too much from Clarkson and Bojan. They give you nothing else like Ingles and Conley do

[QUOTE]Those shots eventually did get Utah back in the game, though. Georges Niang hit four 3s in the fourth quarter to help lead the comeback and it was a 3-point bomb by Conley that gave the Jazz a very short-lived lead at the end. Then the inexplicable miscue happened, leading to another inexplicable loss.


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they got back in the game once he finally benched Clarkson at the end. That was no coincedence

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50154685/jazz-say-its-not-time-to-worry-after-dropping-2-straight-to-lowly-wolves[/url]

[QUOTE]"I would be concerned if we'd given up 140 points or something like that," he said. "Every team got some tough games. Tonight if I don't (mess) up the last play defensively, we end up winning the game. It's never going to be all good and all bad. We've just got to find ways to put ourselves in a position to win every night. I thought we did that tonight. I thought we did that last game."


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The problem is the defense will get worse once the savior is back in the lineup

[QUOTE]Jazz coach Quin Snyder has always paid more attention to the process than the results. For example, on Saturday, if his team would have found a way to win at the end, his response to the game would have been the same. He would have looked at the turnovers, the lack of rebounds and the passed up shots, and still been disappointed in the effort.


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Clarkson with some tremendous effort launching brick after brick