2020/2021? off season

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Senegal’s national men’s basketball team coach Boniface Ndong released on Wednesday a list of 25 players for the Afrobasket qualifiers in November, with the presence of Tacko Fall (Boston) and Georges Niang (Utah).
– via Sport News Africa

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Twitter: Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) started following owner Mark Cuban.
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Imagine him and Donic!

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Bryan Kalbrosky: Devon Dotson had a strong workout in NYC with Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell and elite trainer Chris Brickley, per source. Utah needs a point guard with Mike Conley entering the final year of his deal and Dotson will get real consideration.
– via Twitter BryanKalbrosky

They have Mitchell. Be more worried about center with Gobert and Bradley free agents

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NBA 2K21: You agree with Donovan Mitchell (88) and Rudy Gobert’s (87) #2KRatings?
– via Twitter

Mitchell ahead of Gobert?

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About six weeks after a 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by Salt Lake City Police, the city’s first responders have partnered with two prominent members of the community to improve how they are trained in interacting with people who have sensory needs. The Salt Lake City Police Department announced Thursday that it, along with the fire department and 911 dispatch, are teaming up with Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles and his wife Renae — whose 4-year-old son, Jacob, has autism — to institute a program aimed at “instilling understanding, acceptance, and empathy in the City’s first responders toward those who have sensory needs.”
– via Ryan McDonald @ deseret.com

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Nothing has changed when it comes to Windler, which is at least mildly surprising after he missed his entire rookie season with a stress fracture in his lower left leg. The Cavs view him as a core piece of this rebuild and are prepared to give him a big role in 2020-21. The leaguewide view hasn’t changed either. Sources say he’s the most asked-about player in talks with other teams — even though the Cavs have no interest in dealing him. It makes sense, too, because he’s such an easy fit and playoff-caliber squads (Golden State and San Antonio) were eyeing at him at the back of the first round before the Cavs grabbed him at No. 26.
– via Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Miami’s Duncan Robinson, a fine young player, has been erased through the first two games. It reminds me of Bob Myers’ famous declaration at the 2019 Sloan Conference, wherein the Warriors team president and general manager said, “The playoffs are nothing like the regular season. They are two completely different sports.” Based on this principle, the Myers Rule is as follows: A lack of versatility is playoff vulnerability. The example Myers used was shooters. Specifically, how little they mattered once the Dynasty Warriors were through with them. “That two feet of space you had in the regular season is two inches (in the playoffs),” Myers said. “You watch how many cannot make a shot in the playoffs and shoot 42 percent in the regular season. You watch the playoffs; you’ll know who can play basketball.”
– via Ethan Strauss @ The Athletic

The Jazz can't play big or choose not to with their two rookies that are actually PF's. But let's keep talking about Favors, draft picks and wings!

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Rudy Gobert shared his support for Uyghur Muslims in China on Instagram Thursday. The Utah Jazz center is the first big name from the NBA community to speak out against the human rights violations in China since Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey shared a tweeted supporting protestors in Hong Kong last October.
– via KSL Sports




Gobert shared a viral post from French actor Omar Sy condemning the government in China which has been accused of detaining several hundred thousand Uyghurs and sending them to “re-education camps.” “Millions of Uyghur Muslims are detained and tortured in concentration camps in China,” The caption for the post read. “Not for what they do, but for who they are. It is the largest mass incarceration of the 21st century. It has to end. #FreeUyghurs.”
– via KSL Sports

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Sarah Todd: French draft prospect Theo Maledon said that the Utah Jazz are one of the teams that he’s spoken to.
– via Twitter NBASarah

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https://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...Garrett-Temple

He might make some sense. He's been mentioned before because he played for Snyder in the Gleague

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https://saltcityhoops.com/how-a-cap-...-stay-in-utah/

It’s simple: this maneuver allows them to reallocate some of Conley’s meaty 2020-21 salary figure to future years, while also keeping this new core together. The Jazz still don’t feel like they’ve gotten an earnest chance to see how good the roster they’ve built could be together. Conley struggled, then was hurt, then had to work his way back to starting, and by the time he had done all that, the new core had only a month or so together before it was Bojan Bogdanovic’s turn to miss time. They’d like more time to see how good the Gobert-Mitchell-Bogey-Conley core could be, especially with a smart rotation upgrade or two.

I think we have a pretty good idea how good it is offensively. Need to get better defensively though

Don says:
November 3, 2020 at 12:40 pm
Could we work out an extension then sign and trade him?
No doubt Conley is a great guy and a great player, but he is a lousy fit with the Jazz.
On offense, Mitchell needs to be the PG. And on D, having both guards 6’1″ or shorter is an enormous liability. The Jazz woould be much better off with a 3&D guy, 6’4″+ running with Mitchell, and we could get that at half the price of Conley.

I think it can work. Conley needs to come off the bench. Still play him big minutes just start someone bigger. Bojan and Clarkson need to go. Need a starting PF!!!

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Ryen Russillo: I’ve heard Gordon Hayward does want out, but I don’t know if he’s gonna get the money. He’s not opting out of that huge number unless he knows he’s getting the deal.
– via Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo @ The Ringer

should have stayed where you had it good. Hayward for Bojan and pieces? Boston wouldn't want Bojan

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Nets Daily: Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports recently reported as many as 10 teams have made calls to inquire about Holiday.
– via Twitter NetsDaily

Jazz better be one of them. Anything but Rudy and Mitchell!

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https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/...ketball-skills

We’re talking about the difference between a 19-year-old and a 22-year-old. Spoiler alert, it’s not that big of difference.

in the NBA it is though. Look at the difference between Bradley at 19 and 22. I doubt he'll improve as much by 25

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Several rival executives have pitched the Mavs as a trade destination for Rudy Gobert, who is eligible for a supermax. I get the thinking — a rim-running center to stabilize Dallas’ shaky defense — but I can’t get there. Devoting $65 million combined to Gobert and Porzingis when the latter needs to play a good chunk at center is not optimal.
– via Zach Lowe @ ESPN

Makes little sense unless you trade Porzingas which I'd do in a second. He's no Rudy