2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

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https://kslsports.com/459288/joe-ing...ity-infielder/

“Whether he’s handling it at the point, running the wing, spacing as a four, he’s done everything,” Snyder said. He’s guarded so many different matchups.”

he's no 4

Though few saw Ingles potential to develop into such an important piece on a contending team when he entered the league as a 27-year-old rookie, perhaps it should be no surprise considering who Ingles says he partially modeled his game after — future Hall of Famer Manu Ginobili.

2 of my favorite players

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https://www.ksl.com/article/50165349...yoffs-approach

He's finding new ways to score, even as teams are able to scout him more, defend him better, and throw an extra body (sometimes two) his way for the well-regarded Jazz player.

what new ways? By shooting even more bad shots?

"Both of those guys are missed so much," said Clarkson, who wasn't trying to make excuses for a loss as much as state a fact and share his admiration for the two All-Star guards. "You see a lot more where I'm not in catch-and-shoot situations as much. I'm on the ball a lot more as well as Joe (Ingles), as well as Bojan (Bogdanovich).

more minutes mostly

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https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/12/22...lar-season-nba

I feel like I need to drive this point home every day as the season nears an end: The Jazz are playing without two of their three All-Stars, they are playing two-way guard Trent Forrest major minutes and they are playing against teams that are fighting for playoff positioning. Considering all of that, they aren’t playing horribly. They had a bad shooting night on Wednesday and they were still within striking distance. This is a good team, and when they are at full strength they’ll be fine.

no excuse for Forrest playing

Jarrell Brantley played barely two minutes of garbage time and scored five points and had an assist.

the fact that him and Morgan are last resorts for COTY is mind boggling

Opposing teams are just flat out not guarding Forrest when he’s out on the perimeter, and they’re right to make that choice because he’s not a threat from the 3-point line. But that makes it easier for the defense to double some of the Jazz’s other players and keep them from generating as many open shots so it bogs things down.

been there done that. He's usually in there with Clarkson or Oni too. Back to Ricky and Favors in the corner. I thought they finally learned

With less than a minute left in the first quarter I learned something new. Georges Niang was called for a foul on Damian Lillard, but Niang knew that he hadn’t touched Lillard and Quin Snyder obliged by triggering a coach’s challenge. The challenge was ruled successful after the officials also saw that Niang did not make contact with Lillard. But, the officials saw during the review that Rudy Gobert had made contact with Lillard while he was in the act of shooting, so they went ahead and assessed that foul. So Niang wasn’t charged with a foul, but Gobert was. I took the time to check the NBA Rule Book, and the officials do have the ability to see if any other foul “proximate to the called foul” occurred and if it was by a different player. This feels like it completely defeats the purpose of the coach’s challenge and I don’t see the point of it being a part of the rules.

lame

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https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat...am-nba-history

Who would have ever thought that the Utah Jazz would field a roster that would become the greatest three-point shooting team of all-time? Definitely not me. Even though the Jazz have been a great three-point shooting team the last few years (#1 3P% team last season, top 10 in 3PM/game last two seasons) it still just seemed to come out of nowhere with this incredible volume of threes this season. You could definitely tell that this was a point of emphasis this offseason, and Quin Snyder adjusted his scheme and strategy to unleash the beast that is the 2020-21 Utah Jazz three-point shooters.

few years?

Donovan Mitchell will finish the season with a career-high 38 percent from three, which is amazing considering his usage and volume. Not bad for a “chucker”, eh?

he's bad

Jordan Clarkson will finish the season leading the Jazz in three-pointers made, and will most likely eclipse the 200 mark in the final two games. Clarkson is the 6MOY favorite over teammate Joe Ingles, and has been a bucket-getter all season long.

sickening with his %

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/12/22...novan-mitchell

To make matters worse, it really, really didn’t help when Utah played 4-on-5 for twenty minutes tonight with Trent Forrest on the floor. You can’t pin a loss on a two-way player who is filling in for a couple All-NBA guys. However, you can be concerned for his viability as an NBA player in the future when an opposing defense completely ignores him as any kind of offensive threat. Forest had moments throughout he game where he played solid defense and gave great effort. While those things are great, he (1) didn’t do them consistently all game, and (2) was a -17 in plus-minus tonight because Portland didn’t care to stand in the same zip code as him on defense.

you can pin it on COTY for playing him

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https://thejnotes.com/2021/05/13/uta...nstant-impact/

Utah Jazz: 3 draft prospects who could make instant impact as Jazzmen

no one has nor will

Looking at the Utah Jazz roster, it’s clear to see some areas for improvement. Besides Mike Conley, who is now 33 years old and will be a free agent this summer, there is no other proven pure point guard on the roster. Taking that into consideration and factoring in where Utah’s pick will be, Joel Ayayi could be one of the best options available.

pg is certainly the position to look at unless they think Forrest can develop a shot

It’s common knowledge that Salt Lake City is the home of a top-five NBA center in Rudy Gobert. However, there can definitely be room for improvement in the backup position. Currently, Derrick Favors holds the backup center role, but his statistics have mostly decreased each season the past four years. And the jury is still out on Utah’s late first-round pick last year: Udoka Azubuike.

a center?

Cooper is lightning quick, has extraordinary vision, and is a pure point guard who could complement Donovan Mitchell extremely well. In any other NBA Draft, he might be a top 10 pick, which is even more of an incentive for the Utah Jazz to do what they can to snag him.

6'1 next to Mitchell?

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Eric Walden: Mike Conley said he got hurt in the last 45 seconds of the Jazz’s game against the T-wolves, had trainers check it out postgame. Said he’s mostly been working on strength training the past few weeks.
– via Twitter tribjazz

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Ryan McDonald: The Jazz just announced that they will allow 13,000 fans at The Viv for playoff games, and tickets for the first round are now on sale
– via Twitter ryanwmcdonald

Salt Palace returns!

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Eric Walden: Mike Conley said he doesn’t think it’s a problem that Donovan Mitchell won’t return until the playoffs: “We can incorporate ourselves really easily.”
– via Twitter tribjazz

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Jason Anderson: Kings forward Harrison Barnes will be honored before Sunday’s game against the Utah Jazz as the winner of the team’s annual Oscar Robertson Triple-Double Award for excellence on the court and in the community. – via Twitter JandersonSacBee

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https://kslsports.com/459389/mike-co...ime-to-return/

The guard was listed as questionable Thursday ahead of the Jazz’s game against the Thunder and went through shootaround Friday in Oklahoma City, and has been updated to probable.

sweet!

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https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/14/22...regular-season

Over the last five games, Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson is averaging 28 points per game, making the Jazz’s sixth man the 12th highest scorer in the NBA over that stretch.

got to be the worst 28 a game ever

The NBA postseason is just as much about luck as it is skill. A lot of things have to be going right for a team to win a championship but even then, it’s very easy to pick out which teams just don’t have it. For example, I don’t think that the Dallas Mavericks or Portland Trail Blazers or even the Phoenix Suns have a chance at a title this season. But the Jazz do have a chance. And if they go into the playoffs believing that, then with a little bit of luck, they could actually pull it off.

Suns do if the Jazz do

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Eric Walden: Quin said “there was no back and forth” in terms of weighing Conley’s desire to play against potentially just holding him out until the playoffs. Added that he understands Conley’s desire to get his in-game timing back, and once he felt ready to go, the decision was made.
– via Twitter tribjazz



Eric Walden: Speaking of Mike Conley, Quin Snyder said there will be a minutes restriction tonight, but didn’t want to get into the details of it, in order to maintain flexibility. He did characterize it as “a gradual damp-up into the next game and next week.”
– via Twitter tribjazz

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Jason Anderson: De’Aaron Fox and Harrison Barnes will not play again this season, per Luke Walton.
– via Twitter JandersonSacBee

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The Bulls will have the final say in Markkanen’s future this offseason. Whether they figure out a sign-and-trade or decide to match any offer he gets as a restricted free agent, it will be in their hands. Markkanen said last week his intention will be to sign with a team that will give him a chance to start again. It doesn’t sound as though that opportunity will be there with the Bulls.
– via Joe Cowley @ Chicago Sun-Times

He'd be someone to look at in a sign and trade. Bulls looking at playoffs now so they might want Favors/Bojan/Clarkson