2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

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Bogdanovic shot 8-of-16 from the field and 2-for-5 from the three-point line. Mike Conley made his return after missing the last nine games due to injury. He finished with 10 points in 16 minutes. Rudy Gobert posted a double-double with 16 points and 18 rebounds. Jordan Clarkson poured in 18 points off the bench.

16 and 18 just a footnote!

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what is funnier Rudy backcourt or a guy that went to college for two years posting “Bruh big fella ain’t just do that,” ?

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But beyond Ingles, O’Neale, and Niang, Utah has another batch of promising players that weren’t first round picks. There’s Miye Oni (58th pick), Jarrell Brantley (50th), Elijah Hughes (39th), Juwan Morgan (undrafted), and Trent Forrest (undrafted). They’re not all going to hit. But Utah has a great track record. And the Jazz will face some tough financial decisions this offseason. They could in theory keep both Mike Conley and Niang, but doing so will take them deep into the luxury tax. As Gobert’s and Mitchell’s new deal kick in, the Jazz will rely more than ever on filling out their roster with diamonds in the rough. Ingles, O’Neale, and Niang are proof of concept that it’s something the organization is capable of.

what about Hughes is promising?

Better bring back Conley. Niang is gone

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The game tonight was pretty uncompetitive. The Thunder showed a little grit early in the game and hung with the Jazz for most of the first quarter, but by halftime this game was over. It almost felt like a pre season game in the middle of the last week of the season. The Thunder have some intriguing pieces in guys like Darius Bazley and Svi Mykhailiuk but in all reality they are a long way away from being rebuilt into a contender. It will be interesting to see what the savy GM Sam Presti can pull off to improve the team this summer.

Hopefully Horford to the Jazz fo Bojan/Clarkson/Favors

Luke Walton saying that Fox, Haliburton, Barnes, Bagley, and Holmes are all out for the Jazz game.

Do we sit Mike, Joe, Rudy, Bogey, and JC? Seems only fair. Or just play them in the first half and let the deep bench carry us to a 9-point win.

Posted by GregOstertagged on May 14, 2021 | 10:26 PM

If they need to win everyone shgould be playing. Conley should regardless

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Utah will enter this game knowing whether or not they need to pick up the win because if the Phoenix Suns lose to the San Antonio Spurs earlier Sunday then this game becomes meaningless in terms of seeding. I’m sure that Mike Conley will still play some minutes but if the Jazz already have the #1 seed wrapped up by tipoff, then look for most of the starters to play no more than the 1st half. With Sacramento announcing that most of their regular rotation guys are out today there is not much that can be said other than the Jazz have to get this win. Even if the game is meaningless, let’s hope that the competitive fire of seldom used Jazz players overpowers the competitiveness of the seldom used Kings players and we can get win #52. This really just comes down to pride and the Jazz having the desire to put an exclamation mark on one of the greatest seasons in franchise history.

they have a week off so i'm not sure sitting guys would have been the best move

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Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert, on the play-in tournament: “Those games are gonna be fun to watch. I’m excited to watch those games. And whoever we face, it’s gonna be a long journey, and we’re gonna be ready.”
– via Twitter tribjazz



Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert: “It’s a great accomplishment. Coming from where I came from 7 years ago — not making the playoffs, building from scratch. … Being in this position is amazing.”
– via Twitter tribjazz



a franchise that doesn't know how lucky they are to have him

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Eric Walden: Mike Conley, on Donovan Mitchell: “Something that Don’s thinking about, that we’re all thinking about, is him coming back & making sure everything’s laid out for him. … We’re gonna do everything we can during the week to make sure he’s ready to go. He’s gonna be ready as ever.”
– via Twitter tribjazz

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Brandon Rahbar: Daigneault on Al Horford: “I’m thankful the first All Star player I got to coach was Al Horford. He makes you a better coach, he makes his teammates better players. I was a recipient of that.” Chances are Al will be traded this summer. Chances are Presti will win another trade.
– via Twitter BrandonRahbar

not sure you won a trade where Horford isn't playing. Jazz would be smart to get him so I'm sure they won't get him

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Bobby Marks: Rudy Gobert has 11 rebounds in 16 minutes. The All-Star for the 2nd straight season has earned a $250K bonus for minutes divided by rebounds < 3.2 Gobert will also earn a $500K bonus if he is named All-Defensive 1st team. He already hit on a $1M All-Star bonus. All 3 bonuses were deemed likely before the season and do not impact the luxury tax for Utah.
– via Twitter BobbyMarks42

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Triple Doubles

who cares

There were 11 players who appeared in 72 games this season: Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Indiana’s Justin Holiday, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Miami’s Duncan Robinson, New York’s RJ Barrett, Orlando’s Dwayne Bacon, Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges, Portland’s Enes Kanter and the Utah duo of Bojan Bogdanovic and Georges Niang.

way to go Georges!

Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the scoring title (32.0 per game), Washington’s Russell Westbrook won the assists title (11.7), Atlanta’s Clint Capela won the rebounding title (14.3), Miami’s Jimmy Butler won the steals title (2.1) and Utah’s Rudy Gobert won the blocked shot title (2.7).

Guess that's a first Rudy? Pretty amazing when guys are running from him most of the game

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The Jazz survived the close to the season without Mitchell but will desperately need his offense in the postseason if they wind up facing either the Lakers or Warriors in the opening round.

As long as they avoid the Lakers they should have no problem in the first round with or without their superstar

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Also entering Sunday’s game, Jordan Clarkson has made the most triples on the team with 202. Joe Ingles was in second with 181, tied with Bojan Bogdanovic and Donovan Mitchell.

the worst shooter by far has the most. Am I the only one that has a problem with that?

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Jordan Clarkson led the way with 33 points off the bench, shooting 11-for-20 from the field and 6-of-12 from the three-point line. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points, while Rudy Gobert recorded another double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds. Seven Jazz players scored in double figures.

wish Rudy could score more so he could lead the team! Anyone that actually watched saw they were a different team when Gobert and Conley were on the floor. Bojan was horrible

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"For most of the guys, it's trying to get them to take a day off, let everything kind of settle in, spend time with your family," Mike Conley said. "We've worked very hard. It's been a long year — basically feels like a year and a half, we've just been going and going since the bubble. So just enjoy a day and come back locked in.

Losing in the first round you had plenty of time between seasons

"He's the guy, he knows he's the guy; he knows he's gonna take us as far as we want to go when he's healthy — and he's getting there," Conley said. "He's excited and feeling good. We know he's gonna do well on our team, he's a guy that's unselfish and we're gonna do whatever we can to make it easy on him during the week to get him back in shape, get him back ready to go and I'm sure he'll be as confident ready as ever."

so they're not going far

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When Gobert locked in, the game was over. Rudy Gobert is the most unique superstar in the league. He keeps the Jazz in every single game. The Jazz have tooled this team to have 4 shooters around him at all times. They also have a budding stuperstar in Donovan Mitchell who potentially does everything they need on the offensive end.

4 shooters except when Clarkson, Oni and Forrest play