The 2017 off-season...Hayward, Hill, Ingles...?

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[QUOTE]The Detroit Pistons manhandled the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. The reason: DEFENSE. The Pistons boasted the league

[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2017/08/23/utah-jazz-embrace-pace/[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah put up decent steal numbers last season, but no one regularly swiping the ball for them had athleticism of Donovan Mitchell. The 2017 draft pick lit up Summer League with 21 steals in five games, many coming from him jumping the passing lanes and taking the ball coast to coast.

Not everybody can pull this off with frequency, so it might behoove Utah to take the leash off their rookie in a way they didn

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[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz did everything in their power to retain star-SF Gordon Hayward.[/QUOTE]

Everything except upgrade an inferior roster. Bye bye! :rant

[QUOTE]Ricky Rubio was brought in via trade just before Hayward

LeBron James: sister tragic death. Gordon Hayward paid he

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[QUOTE]Even though the addition of Rubio was largely seen as an effort to keep former free agent Gordon Hayward, just because that aspect didn

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The best thing for the Jazz and him if they think he can eventually play in the league is to be stashed on the Stars

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Have yet to see what they see in O'Brien.

[QUOTE]Lost in the attention surrounding Irving

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[QUOTE]The All-Time NBA2K Team for the Utah Jazz was released and brought together all of the Utah Jazz greats on one team (except for Boozer, Okur, and Russell, but that

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2017/08/25/utah-jazz-lebron-james-shoots-jersey-burnings/[/url]

[QUOTE]It

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[QUOTE]Both Hood and Exum are set to be restricted free agents at the conclusion of this season, meaning that rather than continuing to play on affordable rookie contracts, they could very well command a significantly increased salary quite soon.[/QUOTE]

Exum isn't that affordable because of where he was drafted. He might actually have to take a pay cut to stay in the league

[QUOTE]In all honesty, based on how both of them have played since entering the league, if that level of play continues, they likely won

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[QUOTE]He dominated the D-League to the tune of 13.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 3 blocks a game. [/QUOTE]

dominated? He should have spent more time there

[QUOTE]He should have started higher initially, but they recognized that he had talent and at least belonged in the league. [/QUOTE]

That was still a question I'd say until the start of his 2nd season where I thought he earned the back-up center role. I think he was the 4th big until he emerged as the man in mid-December

[QUOTE]2015 was a tale of two seasons for Gobzilla. Before the all-star break, he was averaging 6.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks in 21.9 minutes a game.[/QUOTE]

He was a different player two months before the break though

[QUOTE]Rating: 79
Hey! Video game Rudy is starting to look more like real life Rudy. That

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[QUOTE]ugh I don't see how you can have Al Jefferson on the team but not Carlos Boozer.[/QUOTE]

Boozer may not have let them use him? Also Al was the man(sadly) when he was with the Jazz and might rate out better defensively because of his shot blocking

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[QUOTE]Offensively is where Mitchell could be a step above Bradley. Although Bradley is no slouch offensively (he scored 16.3 points per game last season), he is not a guy who is going to average 20 points a game.[/QUOTE]

He might this year. He shoots better than Mitchell right now for sure

[QUOTE]The Jazz are hoping Mitchell can be a better version of Avery Bradley.[/QUOTE]

I think they hope he'll be able to play the 1 though

[QUOTE]Eric Bledsoe[/QUOTE]

I think he's more what the Jazz would like to see him become

[QUOTE]Damian Lillard[/QUOTE]


:confusedshrug:

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[QUOTE]Will the Jazz be the same without Gordon Hayward after trading for Ricky Rubio, re-signing Joe Ingles and counting on Rudy Gobert, Rodney Hood and Dante Exum to step up?[/QUOTE]

no! They are in the wrong tier for sure