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

Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell and Royce O’Neale are both questionable tomorrow night in Miami with ankle sprains.[/URL] Dok and Rudy Gay remain out
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]

Ira Winderman: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Kyle Lowry (ankle) is listed as questionable for Saturday[/URL] vs. Jazz.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat"]Twitter IraHeatBeat[/URL]

[URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]The Utah Jazz and global sports and lifestyle brand adidas announced today a multi-year partnership extension, focusing on recreational basketball and community programs while connecting youth with Jazz star Donovan Mitchell[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]NBA.com[/URL]





[URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]As a major part of the partnership, adidas will be the presenting sponsor of Junior Jazz, which features more than 60,000 players.[/URL] The youth basketball program is the largest and longest-running youth basketball league in the NBA for the past 38 years. Individual programs are managed through more than 120 recreation centers in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona and Nevada.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-adidas-showcasing-donovan-mitchell"]NBA.com[/URL]

JD Shaw: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The G League Ignite has added Kosta Koufos and Kevin Murphy.[/URL] They join Dakarai Allen, Jessie Govan, Amauri Hardy, Pooh Jeter, Amir Johnson and Malik Pope as the team’s eight veterans.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JShawNBA"]Twitter JShawNBA[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/471840/utah-jazz-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension-with-adidas/[/url]

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/11/5/22763627/rudy-goberts-strong-start-jordan-clarksons-slump-and-much-more-the-utah-jazzs-season-thus-far-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, and Mike Conley, Utah’s three All-Star-selected players from last season, are playing at a high level to start the year. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone.

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Gobert is anyway and no it's no surprise

[QUOTE]While Mitchell has had some issues with scoring efficiency, he has looked like a top-15 player in the league. Between an improvement in his vision, passing, and game control, Mitchell is slowly-but-surly becoming much more of a floor general. His performance against the [URL="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/"]Sacramento Kings[/URL] displayed that perfectly, with him putting up 36 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists in a win. If this kind of play continues, Mitchell should make some serious noise in the All-NBA conversation.

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:facepalm

[QUOTE]Impressively so, Mike Conley seems to have [I]improved[/I] at 34 years old. He has started out the season shooting the ball at a 45% clip from downtown, is moving around the court briskly, and seems to have become fully comfortable using Rudy Gobert’s screens in the pick-and-roll. When Conley first came to Utah, it was clear that he was used to playing with a pick-and-pop big like Marc Gasol instead of a rim-roller like Gobert. But now, he looks to have mastered finding his shot or making the correct pass nearly every time he comes off a Gobert pick. So long as he is given an adequate amount of rest throughout the season (cough, cough, play Jared Butler more, cough, cough), I don’t see why Conley couldn’t repeat his All-Star appearance.

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he hasn't been as good

[QUOTE] However, as fun as it is to root for Paschall, it should be noted that he’s still a -2.7 in box plus/minus, shooting 29.4% from downtown, and will almost surly be surpassed by Rudy Gay when he returns from injury. That’s not to say that Paschall doesn’t have a role on the team in the future; he most definitely does. I think adding a more consistent perimeter jumper is all he needs to become a staple in the rotation. [/QUOTE]

or at least trading Clarkson

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson does not look good. At all. In particular, Clarkson is having an immensely difficult time hitting any shot from behind the arch. Just take a look at a few of his shooting performances from three this season:

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He's never looked good even when he is which is rarely

[QUOTE]Granted, last night, Clarkson turned into an absolute flamethrower, scoring 30 points on great efficiency. But more importantly than that, Clarkson has managed to keep himself from becoming an absolute negative on the floor with his defense. It’s been a pleasant surprise to see him play actively on that side of the ball, even after laying brick after brick. Obviously, Clarkson won’t shoot like this for the rest of the season (e.g. last night), but these kinds of epic low’s and high’s have become a defining characteristic of his game, for better or for worse. In his third year with Utah, I’ve just accepted them for what they are.

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what's worse is the coach has accepted it

[QUOTE]After already being fatigued from the NBA season and the Playoffs, Ingles spent last summer playing in the Olympics for Australia. It isn’t surprising to see him already experiencing the effects of fatigue this early on in the season on SEGABABA’s. Does that make this any less concerning? No, not at all. As a matter of fact, it really scares me to see Ingles so clearly tired less than 10 games into the season. The good thing is, the Jazz have a plethora of time to fix this problem. With Rudy Gay coming back soon, Eric Paschall playing well, and Jared Butler needing minutes, I see no reason why Ingles should play more than ~20 minutes each night. As a matter of fact, I think that playing Ingles any more than that figure is detrimental for the Jazz since then they’d run the risk of having an exhausted Ingles in the playoffs. We’ll have to see if Jazz think so too.

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COTY started him last game. Nothing will change

[QUOTE]In the end, I don’t think the Jazz could have asked for a better start to their season. Obviously, there are still plenty of things for the team to work on. But, if these eight games are any indicator for the rest of Utah’s season, there are plenty of good things to come.

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sure they could have. Should have beat Chicago
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I don't know why Q doesn’t call a few more plays to get Joe involved more. Yeah he passes up a few but like 17-2 shots between him and JC is just stupid. I blame coaching.[/QUOTE]

COTY!

[QUOTE]Bogey is probably the guy with the right mentality in between those two. He gets about the right amount of shots on most nights. If JC and Ingles were both mentally a little bit more like Bogey, they'd all three average 16-18 PPG with improved efficiency. That's 50 points every night without even including Mitchell (25), Conley (15), Gobert (15), and the rest of the rotation guys (O'Neale, Whiteside, Paschall, et al.) who should be good for 15 combined points every night. The Jazz could be over 120 PPG which would easily lead the league. And it would get even better when Gay finally joins the rotation. [/QUOTE]

Ingles isn't a 16-18 point a night guy. Clarkson shouldn't be

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/11/05/important-utah-jazz-friendship-season/[/url]

[QUOTE][h=2]Donovan Mitchell as Jordan Clarkson’s most visible Utah Jazz supporter[/h][/QUOTE]

one gunner supporting an even bigger one

[QUOTE]Look, the last thing [URL="https://thejnotes.com/"]this Jazz team[/URL] should want is for Jordan Clarkson to become even the slightest bit hesitant with his patented “Flame Thrower” arsenal. On that same note, the group certainly does not need Donovan Mitchell, who is shooting only 41.6 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from downtown himself, to ever second-guess his shot either.

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top 15!:lol

[url]https://kslsports.com/471903/jazz-heat-battle-with-battered-backcourts/[/url]

[QUOTE]The matchup between the Jazz and Heat will feature two players in contention for the Sixth Man of the Year award this season.

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Clarkson isn't in contention :facepalm

[QUOTE]Herro was averaging 22.4 points per game on 47 percent shooting from the floor and 40 percent from the three-point line before Thursday’s six point outing against Boston. The third-year guard had scored at least 20 points in five of the Heat’s first seven games prior to his single-digit outing in his last game.

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that's a 6th man and shooter

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/11/6/22767071/utah-jazz-visit-the-miami-heat-in-interconference-showdown[/url]

COTY actually playing the right guy for a change!

Ira Winderman: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Erik Spoelstra on Hassan Whiteside returning tonight with Jazz, “I enjoyed my time coaching Hassan.[/URL] We feel it’s a symbiotic relationship where we were able to help him . . . and we needed talent.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat"]Twitter IraHeatBeat[/URL]

Dan Savage: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Cole Anthony and Ignas Brazdeikis have both been added to the @OrlandoMagic’s injury report with left ankle sprains for Sunday’s game[/URL] against the Utah Jazz.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Dan_Savage"]Twitter Dan_Savage[/URL]

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50278078/jazz-rally-comes-up-just-short-as-mitchells-late-3-goes-wide[/url]

[QUOTE]Mitchell knows he'll watch film and see the things that potentially could have altered the game. Like the time he chose to take a shot over Butler in the corner instead of trying to navigate into the paint, or when he was beat down the court for a layup. He can think of the major coaches challenge in the final minutes by Eric Spoelstra that changed a Butler offensive foul into a block from Whiteside, or the push-off foul called on Mitchell after he made a shot.

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or the times he didn't play D as they gave up 118

[url]https://kslsports.com/471984/jazz-outhustled-by-heat-in-second-loss-of-season/[/url]

[QUOTE]Finally, the third unit enters the game in the final three minutes of the first quarter and features Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, Eric Paschall, and Gobert. That group finishes the first quarter and is responsible for opening the second quarter before Mitchell returns to the court.

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and this is why Gobert's +/- isn't as good. Please get rid of Clarkson already!

[QUOTE]The Jazz will need more from the existing rotation or will need Gay to return and add an offensive spark to see the Gobert and Conley minutes rebound to last year’s production. If they don’t, the Jazz will have to learn to win without one of last season’s best lineups.

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trade Clarkson

[url]https://kslsports.com/471982/jazz-guard-donovan-mitchell-spins-hits-fadeaway-against-heat/[/url]

[QUOTE]Through his first seven appearances this season, Mitchell is averaging 24.9 points on 41.6 percent shooting, including 32.9 percent from downtown. He is also recording 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 32.0 minutes per game.

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he'll show up in a month or two :facepalm

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/11/6/22766542/analysis-jazz-late-comeback-falls-short-against-heat[/url]

[QUOTE]Mitchell missed Jimmy Butler on a slip to the basket, a defensive mistake that led to Hassan Whiteside being out of position to contest the shot and Whiteside fouled Butler. [/QUOTE]

Mitchell giving up points? There's news