2015-16 Utah Jazz - The tanking is over!

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http://www.slcdunk.com/2015/11/1/965...nes-jeff-ayres

Last season the Jazz had a lot of injuries and called up a number of NBADL players -- this time in a surprise move some of them actually came from their affiliate (Jack Cooley, Jerrelle Benimon). Usually the Jazz just snipe the best NBADL players from other clubs, and have done so in the past with examples like Sundiata Gaines, Othyus Jeffers, Travis Leslie, and last season Elijah Millsap.

It just became their team last year. They hadn't had their own team since the Flash.

That makes it look like the Jazz use the NBADL as a scouting tool for end of bench players, and not as an actual "development" farm league. Perhaps things will change when the Jazz move the Stampede from Idaho to Utah.

Maybe? They are still using the Jazz for their developmental team and it sucks. Lyles shouldn't be playing yet!

Jeff Ayres (formerly Jeff Pendergraph)

Forgot he was Pendergraph. He could be a decent vet if they get rid of Pleiss or Withey at some point.

There doesn't seem to be much interest -- which may be part of the Jazz end game plan to move them to Utah, and THEN start to use them more frequently.

Maybe if you used the team to develop your young guys there would be more interest.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3123208...ped?fullpage=1

[QUOTE]Those 23 seconds stung.


The Utah Jazz had a razor-thin lead on opening night and the kind of defense that is supposed to protect those kinds of things. But a miscommunication while defending the next play put the shot-blocking Rudy Gobert just out of position as Detroit guard Reggie Jackson drove in for the game-winning layup.


"It was a one-possession game," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said, reflecting back a few days later. "I'm not saying if we stop we win, but we're in good shape

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...he-Pacers.html

If Utah can become a consistently solid team on the road, it will make its postseason hopes all the more reachable.

They did fine on the road last year. Need to do better at home.
[QUOTE]Grading the performance:


The first half was certainly rough, marking by sloppy turnovers and some uneven offensive sets. Whatever head coach Quin Snyder said at halftime seemed to work. The Jazz were vastly superior in all ways after the break. The wing players were very good and center Rudy Gobert put his imprint on the game, inhaling rebounds and spiking Indiana shots. Reserve guard Trey Burke had his best outing of the season.


Utah Jazz grade: B+


In the two halves, Indiana

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http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...ptors-In-Top-4

After the first week of the 15-16 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors rank first in efficiency differential at +16.3, followed by the Utah Jazz at +16.0 and the Cleveland Cavaliers at +13.3.
Full Week 1 Rankings
1. Golden State: 16.3
2. Utah: 16.0
3. Cleveland: 13.3
4. Toronto: 11.9
5. Oklahoma City: 10.3
6. San Antonio: 9.7
7. L.A. Clippers: 9.1
8. Minnesota: 9.1
9. Detroit: 7.2
10. Miami: 7.1
11. New York: 6.9
12. Chicago: 4.5
13. Phoenix: 4.3
14. Dallas: 3.3
15. Sacramento: 1.9
16. Atlanta: 1.0
17. Boston: -0.3
18. Washington: -0.3
19. Orlando: -2.8
20. Portland: -3.6
21. Memphis: -3.9
22. Charlotte: -5.3
23. Denver: -7.2
24. L.A. Lakers: -9.5
25. Indiana: -12.6
26. New Orleans: -15.6
27. Milwaukee: -17.2
28. Brooklyn: -18.3
29. Houston: -20.3
30. Philadelphia: -23.7

Get back to me in a couple of weeks

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...st-in-NBA.html

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https://jazzfanatical.wordpress.com/...jazz-wrapup-4/

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[COLOR=#000099]Five.[/COLOR] Rudy Gobert, asked whether he trash-talked Ian Mahinmi in English or French after blocking his shot: Both.

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[QUOTE][COLOR=#000099]Six.[/COLOR] Poll: Which of these players does the guy in charge of picking photos for the graphics dislike the most?

[COLOR=#000099]Seven.[/COLOR] [B]Craig Bolerjack and Matt Harpring

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http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3129542...rs-making-lots

Favors may be one of the NBA's most underrated players.

He's always been overrated here.


[QUOTE]The 24-year-old Atlanta native is certainly one of its more understated players. But as the Jazz try to fight their way back to the playoffs for the first time since his rookie year, Favors expects to make a little more noise this season.


So far, his performances have been coming in loud and clear.


Utah has won twice in its first three games to open the season, and Favors has been the team's leading scorer each night. He dropped 26 on Detroit and 20 two nights later against the Philadelphia 76ers.


"He's just had a real focus," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. "I think there's a determination right now that he's playing with on both ends of the floor. You can just see it. He's getting the ball deeper and he's not content. You see it in every possession. In some way he wants more."


On Saturday, the Jazz fed the ball inside to Favors on the first possession of the game. With the smaller C.J. Miles on his back, Favors caught the ball about 5 feet from the basket, turned and launched a hook shot that missed.


"Nobody was more upset about that than he was," Snyder said.


It took until 3:30 let in the first half before he turned another mismatch, this one with point guard George Hill on him in the paint, for Favors to score his first points Saturday night.


After that, Favors started to find his way.


The sixth-year power forward hit eight of his 11 attempts in the second half, finishing with a team-high 18 points. With Hayward struggling to find his stroke early on, Favors has been glad to help pick up the slack.


"He's been passionate in the way he's played," Snyder said. "That's probably the biggest thing. It seems like he's enjoying the game. He's attacking the game."


Favors is averaging 21.3 points per game and hitting 52 percent of his shots, though that in itself isn't enough for him.


"I've been working on my game for five years now

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http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3129213...ood-making-the

Rodney Hood's promotion to the first unit comes as no surprise.

He was starting last year wasn't he?
[QUOTE]And three games in

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http://saltcityhoops.com/whats-happening-with-hayward/

[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz are currently 2-1 and have looked mostly impressive against some subpar competition. Derrick Favors has been playing like an All-Star and alongside Rudy Gobert, the defense has been suffocating. But the third member of Utah

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...-handling.html

[QUOTE] they

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...-the-Jazz.html

[QUOTE]Derrick Favors is a quiet guy, who has always tried to do his talking on the basketball floor with his scoring and rebounding as he's done with his fast start this year (21.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg)

But he

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[QUOTE]Jody Genessy: Interesting. [URL="http://*********.com/social/"]I was recently told the Jazz tried to trade for Mario Chalmers this offseason and the Heat didn

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[QUOTE]Andy Larsen: Derrick Favors was sent home from practice today with flu/like symptoms. He is questionable for tomorrow

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http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ok5g3g5

gets Miami near the tax line if they cut Johnson.

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http://saltcityhoops.com/early-notes...ing-road-trip/

[quote] at what point, is it 10 games, is it 20 games, at what point [does it become] relevant, just statistically speaking?