2019-20 season - Been waiting two decades for this one!

[Xiao Yao You]

Ryan Ward: #Lakers Kyle Kuzma has officially been ruled OUT for Friday

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https://www.ksl.com/article/46660571...o-jell-quickly

[QUOTE]The coach, who recently agreed to a long-term contract extension, will demand an increased intensity on defense once the games count. Regarded among the best in the league, Snyder has proven the ability to get the most out of his team

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https://thejnotes.com/2019/10/23/the...-organization/

During the summer of 2018, it was said by many that Derrick Favors and Dante Exum were overpaid by the Jazz. There are a number of business-centered reasons for those contracts that can be debated, but the bottom line is that the Jazz were taking care of one player that had sacrificed and another that deserved one more shot at success.

Overpaid or not neither made sense. Winning should come before loyalty or whatever that shit was

[QUOTE]Players aren

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https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2019/1...r-analysis-by/

[QUOTE]It doesn

[El Kabong]

First game, quality 1st and 4th quarters, shooting was a bit off, but D was there. Liked Bojan's ability to put the ball on the floor, Adams wouldn't commit to coming up and cutting that off early, so Bojan kept taking it to the rim, then hit that big corner 3 in the 4th.

Liked Davis, Green and Mudiay off the bench doing a variety of things to contribute. Hadn't seen much of Mudiay, but he can get to the rim and push the pace in the open court and Davis kept Adams in check while Gobert was benched. Conley can't possibly shoot any worse than that, so that'll get better too.

Gobert and Mitchell did their usual things. Gobert great on D, Mitchell took over in the 4th when the game was close despite being quiet most of the game.

[Xiao Yao You]

First game, quality 1st and 4th quarters, shooting was a bit off, but D was there. Liked Bojan's ability to put the ball on the floor, Adams wouldn't commit to coming up and cutting that off early, so Bojan kept taking it to the rim, then hit that big corner 3 in the 4th.

Liked Davis, Green and Mudiay off the bench doing a variety of things to contribute. Hadn't seen much of Mudiay, but he can get to the rim and push the pace in the open court and Davis kept Adams in check while Gobert was benched. Conley can't possibly shoot any worse than that, so that'll get better too.

Gobert and Mitchell did their usual things. Gobert great on D, Mitchell took over in the 4th when the game was close despite being quiet most of the game.

love the play where Davis was hanging around Adams neck like a rag doll. It can only get better. Not going to be many easy wins in the west that's for certain!

[El Kabong]

"Rudy Gobert had 14 screen assists that lead to 29 points last night including a monster screen on Donovan's game clinching basket"

Averaged a league leading 5.9 last year apparently, so that's just a tad above average for him!

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https://www.deseret.com/2019/10/23/2...-season-opener

[QUOTE]The first half also proved a little scary for the Jazz as two players suffered injuries. About halfway through the second quarter, newly acquired forward Bojan Bogdanovic had to leave the game with a left ankle injury, then a little later forward Royce O

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"Rudy Gobert had 14 screen assists that lead to 29 points last night including a monster screen on Donovan's game clinching basket"

Averaged a league leading 5.9 last year apparently, so that's just a tad above average for him!

and that is with them shooting poorly. Ingles had a couple great screens too. One on that monster dunk at the end of the first half by Mitchell. Don't remember that much from him before. I imagine we'll see more now that he doesn't have to look to score with this team

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http://saltcityhoops.com/checking-in...elicans-debut/

[QUOTE]Favors is a better perimeter defender than Rudy Gobert, but it

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http://saltcityhoops.com/jazzs-star-...megastar-leap/

[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz like to zig while the rest of the league zags. For a while it was dual bigs in a league of small ball, or lineups with multiple non-shooters in the time of pace-and-space ball. Now, due to a well-timed acquistion of a big-time player in Mike Conley, Quin Snyder

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2019/10/24/2...ll-mike-conley

[QUOTE]I mentioned this before, just last week in my downbeat about Donovan Mitchell after watching him in the preseason. He looks like he flipped the switch. Last night confirmed everything that I had already been thinking. After a first quarter where he didn

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2019/10/23/2...jan-bogdanovic

[QUOTE]But anyone who has ever had an ankle injury knows that ankle is going to be a full blown kankle by tomorrow morning. It

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2019/10/24/2...ench-sixth-man

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[QUOTE]Olgun Uluc: Inbox: NBA makes this official. Deandre Ayton has been suspended without pay for 25 games, beginning with tomorrow