Meanwhile, Jerrett's timetable to return remains unclear even to him.
Asked if he might be cleared in time to participate in training camp, Jerrett said, "I have no clue. It feels fine, but that's not really my call right now."
Off and running
They may have been the top defense in the NBA last year after the All-Star break, but Jazz coach Quin Snyder wondered how rusty his players might be as the returned to the court this week.
The coach noted his team's hard play, but even the players had to admit it wasn't always pretty.
"I think going through the drills we were really on point," forward Gordon Hayward said. "We were really talking and focused. When you start to throw in scrimmaging and going live, that's when guys go back to their old instincts and old habits. That's where it will take a little bit of time to get people to trust everybody and get back to our principles on defense. First scrimmage today was pretty sloppy and that's going to happen."
One area that apparently didn't need extra drilling was the team's transition defense.
Last year, Snyder spent the entire first hour of the first training camp practice on the subject, mixing in sprints as punishments for mistakes.
Lesson learned.
"We've been through this once already, so I think Quin has a little bit more trust in us this time around," Hayward said. "In scrimmage, if we don't get back [on defense], we'll get right back to those lines."
One-upping the Haywards
New dads Hayward and Derrick Favors spent part of Monday's media day extolling the joys and follies of fatherhood.
"It's pretty fun," said Hayward, whose wife Robyn gave birth to a girl, Bernadette, in June. "There are times when it's not so fun with her, when she's crying in the middle of the night. But she's been awesome for me. It changed my outlook on life."
"Same thing, but I think Gordon had it easy. He had one. I got two," added Favors, who became the father of twin girls in late August.
Against the odds
The line makers at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Tuesday released their win totals and championship odds for the upcoming season. The Jazz's win total was set at 40.5, with 100-to-1 odds on winning the NBA title in June.
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