2017-2018 Utah Jazz season discussion... back to square one again

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2018/4/20/17...ms-rudy-gobert

[QUOTE]You

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https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat...novan-mitchell

[QUOTE]One stat that shows up in that story, and that has been running around the interwebs, is Mitchell

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http://www.businessinsider.com/donov...layoffs-2018-4

[QUOTE]But when Gordon Hayward left in free agency, a massive void was left on the team

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https://thejnotes.com/2018/04/21/uta...sive-2-1-lead/

[QUOTE]But placing all the blame on Crowder is far from fair. Outside of Jerebko, Utah

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https://thejnotes.com/2018/04/20/uta...ame-3-win-okc/

[QUOTE]Speaking of percentages, Ingles, Rubio, O

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https://sircharlesincharge.com/2018/...jazz-sixers/3/

[QUOTE]The one area he could improve on attacks is looking to kick to an open shooter when he collapses the defense. He

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Fred Katz: Paul George worked out with Donovan Mitchell in predraft workouts and said he noticed Mitchell

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The Utah Jazz are in the midst of an intense first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but assistant coach Igor Kokoskov has been doing some multitasking. Kokoskov has reportedly interviewed for the vacant Phoenix Suns head-coaching job.

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Lindsey Hunter had the title of Phoenix Suns

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Fred Katz: Paul George on his right hip contusion:

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Eric Woodyard: Rudy Gobert expects @vivintarena to be loud for Game 3.

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https://www.ksl.com/article/46305448...-oklahoma-city

The thought was that when opponents turn up their scouting and defensive pressure, Rubio would become a liability. They'd just leave Rubio open, helping on everything else, and would short-circuit a team's offense.

That couldn't be any further from the truth.

In game one that was certainly the case and will be again. The scouting report is to stop Gobert, Mitchell and Ingles. You're in trouble if you keep counting on Rubio

The first key of this: putting Donovan Mitchell on Westbrook. Mitchell is the only Jazz player who can approach Westbrook's athleticism

Besides your boy Burks

The Thunder only took 19 shots in the restricted area all night; during the regular season, they averaged 30. Gobert seems to be in their heads, to be honest.

As he should be. One man wrecking crew. But hey let's not give him any credit again!

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https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-the-game.html

[QUOTE]Afterward, Jazz coach Quin Snyder praised Rubio

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http://saltcityhoops.com/jazz-domina...1-series-lead/

Dennis Lindsey said the newly appropriated Rubio may well approximate a Utah version of Hall of Famer Jason Kidd. For the first half of the season that looked laughable. In the second half, it suddenly started to look plausible. The Thunder have faced that Kidd facsimile thus far in the playoffs and have had no answer.

The 5-18 was very Kidd like

[QUOTE]The only Jazz bench player to end the night with a positive plus-minus (plus-two), O

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https://www.slcdunk.com/2018/4/22/17...ton-jason-kidd

[QUOTE] We all snickered when Dennis Lindsey compared Ricky Rubio to Jason Kidd in July. It was the day after Gordon Hayward had burnt the Utah Jazz in his wake of indecision, and it appeared like Dennis Lindsey was trying to give the fanbase any reason not to toss themselves off a cliff. When he compared Ricky Rubio to Jason Kidd, most of us said,