James Edwards III: Former Piston and Warrior [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jonas Jerebko is here at LCA[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JLEdwardsIII"]Twitter JLEdwardsIII[/URL]
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James Edwards III: Former Piston and Warrior [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jonas Jerebko is here at LCA[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JLEdwardsIII"]Twitter JLEdwardsIII[/URL]
Some players have their own ways of doing certain things, either on the court or off the court, and throughout NBA history, we had a fair share of bizarre and funny stories surrounding various players. One of those recent stories was about former NBA point guard Jamaal Tinsley, who accumulated around $250,000 in fines from the Indiana Pacers because he didn’t want to shower after practices and games.
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
Tinsley was a great and reliable point guard who showed up every time for the Pacers, but he developed a problem with the organization, specifically Reggie Miller. The Pacers legend forced the Pacers to change their rule of conduct after he noticed Tinsley never took showers with the team, and it didn’t matter if it was the games or the practices. They decided to penalize Tinsley every time he didn’t shower, and apparently, he didn’t budge at all, according to Sundov in his interview with Podcast Inkubator. “Tinsley wouldn’t shower after practices or games. We easily enter or exit the shower, and he would be dressed already exiting the locker room. Once, twice, three times… And Reggie Miller says to the team manager: ‘Bring the team rule book, we have to add one change that every player must shower after every training session, especially after every game, otherwise he will be punished.’ The first fine was $500, and it would be doubled every other time he didn’t take a shower.”
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
Tinsley said that he preferred taking showers at his house rather than showering with the team. Apparently, he didn’t want to get naked with the rest of his teammates and was extremely shy, which is understandable if that was the actual case. However, there was a way to handle that better internally, and Sundov said he and the rest of the teammates counted the number of fines, and Tinsley accumulated around $250,000 in fines throughout the entire season.
– via Will Starjacki @ Basketball Network
[URL]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/30/23431851/utah-jazz-will-not-pick-up-options-on-udoka-azubuike-or-leandro-bolmaro[/URL]
[QUOTE]This is the beginning of the end of what was a disastrous pick for Utah Jazz when they took Udoka Azubuike at pick 27. DOK’s tenure with the Jazz was a tumultuous one and not really his fault. Azubuike dealt with a variety of injuries that sidelined him for extended periods of time, all of which hampered his ability to develop. But even with the injuries, DOK’s game has never really shown to be anything other than an athletic center who can’t shoot.
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looked like a rotation player last year. Not bad for the end of the 1st round
[QUOTE]Although, even with the injuries, the pickup was something that never should have happened. With players like Jaden McDaniels and Desmond Bane on the board, Dennis Lindsey made an absolutely atrocious pick taking Azubuike, who everyone rated as a late second-round pick. While Desmond Bane has been incredible for the Grizzlies, Azubuike sat on the bench and spent time in the G-League. In a lot of ways, that pick was the straw that broke the camel's back for the Jazz’s recent chapter. The Jazz made a series of head-scratching moves, like signing Derrick Favors for too much money, only to trade a first-round pick to get off his contract two years later. Because of moves like this, Dennis Lindsey would be demoted and it wasn’t much longer that the Jazz mutually parted ways with Quin Snyder. It’s almost poetic that the day before this happened Desmond Bane scored 32 points against the Jazz.
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Bane and McDaniels wouldn't have played either. Needed a center
[QUOTE]The other player whose option will not be picked up is Leandro Bolmaro. Bolmaro is intriguing with his length and athleticism for a guard, but there doesn’t appear to be an ability to shoot the ball. He has length and handles, but he’s too nervous to shoot the ball and in his short times on the floor has consistently avoided the shot to make other moves. He may figure that out in time, but it will be somewhere else after next season.
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this season and it could be with the Jazz still
Andy Larsen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Leandro Bolmaro is out tonight due to COVID health and safety protocols…[/URL] he’s the third Jazz player out (Rudy Gay and Simone Fontecchio) in protocols.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/andyblarsen"]Twitter andyblarsen[/URL]
Marc J. Spears: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Utah Jazz name Quincy Lewis as their first-ever director of alumni relations.[/URL] In this newly created position, Lewis will lead the team’s alumni programming and initiatives across the organization and in the community. Lewis spent three seasons in Utah (1999-2002).
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears"]Twitter MarcJSpears[/URL]
Memphis: Desmond Bane (right ankle soreness) has been downgraded to questionable for Monday’s game against Utah.
– via Alberto De Roa @ *********
[URL="https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/nbas-kelly-olynyk-selling-michigan-lakefront-estate-for-3-5m/"]Now that power forward Kelly Olynyk has been traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Utah Jazz, he’s aiming for a handoff of his Michigan lakefront estate.[/URL] The NBA player recently listed the 1-acre property in Bloomfield Township, MI, for $3.5 million. He had picked it up in September 2021 for $2,995,000, according to Realtor.com® data.
– via [URL="https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/nbas-kelly-olynyk-selling-michigan-lakefront-estate-for-3-5m/"]Realtor[/URL]
Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Walker Kessler has been downgraded to out for tonight[/URL] against the Memphis Grizzlies. He had been questionable with illness
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba"]Twitter Tjonesonthenba[/URL]
Omari Sanfoka II: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Per a source, the second year of Bojan Bogdanovic’s two-year, $39.1 million extension is partially-guaranteed at $2 million but can raise if certain conditions are met.[/URL] $2 mil is the base amount.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/omarisankofa"]Twitter omarisankofa[/URL]
Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Jazz coach Will Hardy said that rookie center Walker Kessler was feeling a bit better today, but the team’s medical staff made the decision to hold him out one more night[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]
Ben Anderson: Malik Beasley on @Utah Jazz teammate Lauri Markkanen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“He’s an All-Star, I’ve preached that and I want him to get that this year.”[/URL] #takenote | @kslsports pic.twitter.com/L9hL4RiDLS
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]
[url]https://kslsports.com/494876/markkanen-carries-jazz-past-grizzlies/[/url]
[QUOTE]Vanderbilt is 4-9 from deep this season, knocking down an impressive 44 percent of his threes, good for second on the team behind Kelly Olynyk.
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game changer if he can hit that shot. Be hard to trade him
[URL]https://saltcityhoops.com/above-all-this-jazz-team-is-fun/[/URL]
[QUOTE]Especially in contrast to last season, this iteration of the Jazz — 5-2 entering Monday’s action — is [I]fun[/I]. And a different kind of fun: one full of frenetic energy and youthful effort that is hard to remember after the disappointing way recent seasons played out. It may be the difference in styles. The newest version of the Jazz is defined by a bounce and exuberance fans have missed. While they appeared to be engineered for draft position optimization, watching them is like enjoying a team full of 21-year-old Mitchells all over again.
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like Mitchell but with defense and passing :facepalm
[QUOTE]While the old Jazz team was undoubtedly effective, it was rigid in several ways. The team was crafted and optimized around Gobert and Mitchell. Both had limitations, but their strengths were so positive it was worth the effort to build around them. But come playoff time, their weaknesses were targeted by more flexible teams. Eventually the book was out on how to exploit the Jazz.
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and a coach that refused to make any adjustments. Would have loved to see Gobert playing on a team like this. It's why all that talk of the Jazz reaching their ceiling was ridiculous. You going to tell me it Gobert was on a team that was sharing the ball and getting after it defensively that they wouldn't be better than the current team?:cry:
[QUOTE]“I have not begged (Clarkson) to be a playmaker. I think I’ve just tried to explain to him where I think he fits in this group and try to empower him in that way. I’ve told him that if the game tells him to shoot 10 times in a row, then he should shoot 10 times in a row. But I just think he has more to offer us on that end.”
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he doesn't though. Doesn't matter how many assists he gets if he's still taking and missing bad shots
[QUOTE]When Clarkson first arrived in Utah, he had been branded (justifiably) as a low-efficiency gunner, but he quickly earned praise by rethinking his shot mix and becoming one of the league’s most reliable bench anchors. But his role was still to spark second unit offenses primarily with self-creation, using a combination of his flammable outside shot and clever drives. So watching him suddenly become one of the Jazz’s best table-setters has been really intriguing.
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reliable?
[QUOTE]The Jazz are also the sixth stingiest set defense in the league, allowing just 90.6 per 100 plays in the halfcourt. That’s despite allowing the most points per 100 reboundable opponent misses (29.1) than any other team in the league. If they could take better care of the boards, they’d be in really elite shape right now on defense. (Small sample size alert, though.)
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if you're going to play big you have to rebound. He had 4 guards in last night with Olynyk. Great to see him try anything unlike COTM
[QUOTE]Both guys can continue to audition to be considered a part of the future. The Jazz won’t have matching rights on either guy next summer, but they will have a version of Bird rights for both if either guy somehow announced himself as a future building block in the next 6 months. They’ll have full Bird rights on Dok (meaning they could technically offer him anything up to the max salary) and Early Bird rights on Bolmaro (up to around $12 million, or they could go beyond that with cap space). But let’s be frank here: this decision signals that the Jazz think the likelihood of needing to keep either guy past next spring is low. Remember that the Jazz have a dozen guys with guaranteed money or some sort of option for next season, plus Nickeil Alexander-Walker potentially entering restricted free agency and three first-round draft selections. Honestly, it would be a little hard to even find a 2023-24 roster spot for Dok/Bolmaro, at least based on today’s depth chart.
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more to do with flexibility than anything.
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/31/23434199/utah-jazz-look-scary-good-in-halloween-win-over-ja-morant-and-the-memphis-grizzlies[/url]
[QUOTE]The question now becomes, how good can this team become?
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or how bad they will get? I'd have no problem with this team win or lose if they'd get rid of Clarkson. He's hard to watch
[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/10/31/23432912/jordan-clarksons-passing-unlocks-a-new-dimension-for-the-utah-jazz[/url]
[QUOTE]Such plays were present no matter if Jordan was playing well or not. It was just what you got with JC, love him or hate him. [/QUOTE]
it's still what you get. He's a bum