2018 pre-season!

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https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...ncore-act.html

Jazz coach Quin Snyder also promoted assistant Antonio Lang to the front of the bench while welcoming former Jazz point guard Raul Lopez and Vince Legarza to the staff.

3 new coaches?

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http://saltcityhoops.com/jazz-schedule-ups-and-downs/

[QUOTE]This season, the team will play 14 sets of back-to-back games (and only seven of the Friday-Saturday back-to-backs), which is about par for the course around the league. Only three teams will play fewer back-to-backs than Utah, and every team plays between 13 and 16. There

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https://www.slcdunk.com/nba-power-ra...ouston-rockets

Is it possible? Has the national media given the Utah Jazz... Too much hype?

Never be as much as the locals do

[QUOTE]The Jazz played three of their five games against international teams and the Kings, so take their gaudy preseason point differential (a league-best plus-27.6 points per 100 possessions) with a grain of salt. They were outscored by five points against Toronto when Kawhi Leonard was on the floor and by 22 points against Portland when Damian Lillard was on the floor, so it wasn

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https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat...tarts-tomorrow

This allows teams to see their 2-way guys for a longer timeframe before having to make the decision on keeping or cutting them. The two guys on 2-way deals to start the season for the Jazz are Naz Mitrou-Long and Tyler Cavanaugh.

They don't have to decide anything after 45 days. They just can't play for the Jazz after that on a 2 way and would have to be converted if they wanted them like Quinn Cook last year. Doubt either gets much if any time with the Jazz. Cavanaugh might if they have some injuries up front. Long is behind many guys

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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/b...ell-westbrook/

Let's begin with the boldest of the bold. You just can't get any more bold than this. But if the Jazz -- specifically Rudy Gobert -- are healthy and resemble the team that ended last year's regular season on a 29-6 romp, with the NBA's best defense (by far), then this isn't outside the realm of possibility even in a world where the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets reside in the same conference. It would take Donovan Mitchell to make the All-Star team and be in the MVP conversation, and Ricky Rubio to build on his shooting efficiency from last season. Dante Exum would need to stay healthy, and Jae Crowder would need to turn back the clock a couple years. But it could happen. The Jazz are one of the best-run organizations in the sport.

Would take fixing the roster and replacing Rubio and Favors with shooters. Exum might have to be injured as well.

If Mitchell progresses at the same rate he did in his rookie season, he'll make the second-year jump the Jazz are expecting from him this season. That would make him a shoo-in All-Star if he were in the East. He'll have to be that much better in the West, where an already incredible slate of A-list stars has been joined by LeBron James. Still, Mitchell will post impressive numbers (and the Jazz will have an impressive record) and make the All-Star squad. It'll be just as difficult for Jokic to make the Western Conference All-Star team, but given the Nuggets' high-flying offense and the confidence Jokic played with the last couple months last season, when he realized the Nuggets were his team, difficult does not mean impossible. In a much easier Eastern Conference, Myles Turner will make the jump many expected from him last season to become an excellent two-way player and an All-Star, shooting in the high 30s from three and averaging 2.5 blocks per game.

Gobert was already robbed by Hayward. Now Mitchell?

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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...is-nba-season/

[QUOTE]That dovetails with the need for a leap from Donovan Mitchell, who figures to have a greater target on his back after a historically great rookie season at the rim for someone his height. Getting the more aggressive version of Ricky Rubio that we saw in the Oklahoma City series would help Utah

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https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketbal...z-for-2018-19/

[QUOTE]Shouldn

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https://sircharlesincharge.com/2018/...rs-warriors/8/

[QUOTE]Who will be their biggest threats? That

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https://thejnotes.com/2018/10/16/uta...the-preseason/

[QUOTE]One thing we knew for certain coming into the preseason was that the Jazz run really deep at every position. Grayson Allen, the 21st overall selection by the Jazz this summer, had a stellar preseason and proved beyond doubt that he can be an immediate contributor, but he still isn

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[QUOTE]Adam Johnson: NBA veteran Hakim Warrick has signed a G League contract according to a league source. He will be eligible for this Saturday

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[QUOTE]Calipari thinks that protection should apply to players drafted in the second round, too.

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https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...last-year.html

[QUOTE]This year

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https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...r-history.html

The next morning, newspapers nationwide featured a photo of Miller throttling one of the Denver fans.

What a guy!

Dantley went on to a Hall of Fame career and had his number retired at Vivint Arena.

The HOF part came to an end because of Layden.

Annoyed by the tactic, Olajuwon sucker-punched Paultz. Officials missed the call, but the play ignited the Jazz, who went on to win the game and series.

Definitely glad someone popped that stiff!

Witnesses said just as guests were leaving, Kofoed unloaded on Hansen, breaking his cheekbone with a punch.

Him even more!

AK said he never acted on her offer. Which, in a weird way, probably made him all the more attractive to women.

You can be more attractive than having 10's of millions of dollars?

[QUOTE]The Jazz

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