2016 pre-season!

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[QUOTE] Ryan McDonald: Derrick Favors is eligible for a contract renegotiation beginning today. Will be interesting to see if/when a deal gets done

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http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41909210&nid...otaround-notes

Do I like Fav and Boris more than Boris and Rudy? I have no idea. Do I like Rudy and Fav more than Boris and Rudy? I have no idea.

Do I like Joe Johnson at the 4? I have no idea, because we don't have any wings," Snyder said.

I'd say you still have plenty.

Mack's been very aggressive in preseason, using 25 percent of Jazz possessions when he's on the floor. He's clearly trying to earn minutes out there by going hard in his limited time, and it's working.

looks like the same guy I saw last year that for some reason everyone has written off

"It was fun! More than anything, just getting the chance to know him. He came to the team a little late in the year, and we didn't really get a chance to know each other or spend time with each other, other than on the basketball court," Hood said. "We went to TopGolf together, met each other's families, all that type of thing. It makes us closer on the court. He's a great guy."

should be a good thing. Hood didn't play as well with Mack as he did without him.

This is silly. I know, it's preseason. I realize that the Jazz's TV contract with ROOT doesn't mandate that they televise all preseason games, and I further realize that many teams broadcast fewer of their preseason games than the Jazz do. But that there are professional sporting events featuring Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum and Rudy Gobert and Rodney Hood and Dante Exum and so on and so forth that aren't televised in the year 2016 is absurd.

I remember the days when there were about 20 road games on all year. I grew up listening to Hot Rod on the radio.

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http://www.slcdunk.com/2016/10/19/13...arcus-aldridge

[QUOTE]I think Gobert is ultimately the X factor for the Jazz this year. He didn

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http://www.slcdunk.com/2016/10/19/13...rs-rudy-gobert

[QUOTE]Hayward is, without a doubt, the Jazz

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[QUOTE]Marc D

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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bdls-20...233134976.html

about the most appreciative Gobert review yet.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sports/4485715...-not-jazz-have

"The takeaways are that we're a ways away," Snyder said, summarizing the preseason, and who could disagree?

The excuses are getting old. The season hasn't even started!

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http://www.sltrib.com/sports/4485711...d-returns-from

the overall rustiness mattered little to Hood.

Is he rusty or was he just having yet another off night?

He will consistently draw the best defender on the opposition as well.

I'd probably still bring him off the bench personally

That's more responsibility than he's had in his career. Last season, he played a game without Hayward and scored 28 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers. But this time around will be different. Hayward will be out for most of the first month of the season, and that Cavaliers team last March was in cruise control, waiting for the postseason to begin.

and the team has a lot more weapons this year.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...nt-guards.html

[QUOTE]A trade deadline deal that brought Shelvin Mack to Salt Lake City from Atlanta for the last two months of the season helped considerably, but things weren

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http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41915752&nid...-trail-blazers

The cut candidates are Raul Neto, Chris Johnson, Jeff Withey, and Henry Sims. Shelvin Mack has clearly made his way onto the roster, as head coach Quin Snyder trusts him in a number of different roles.

With Favors and Hayward out he looks like their 2nd best player. Have you actually been paying attention since last February?

On the other hand, the other three PGs can all credibly play the two, so maybe a role for Neto can be found.

If Burks, Hayward and Favors are out he should be in the rotation.

Withey's contract is fully non-guaranteed, and was pretty good for the Jazz in limited minutes last season

he was great. Only thing that held him back was their supposedly genius coach

I'd keep Withey pretty easily.

I could see them keeping Sims. I still think some team has to value Withey. If he's cut he'll be picked up off waivers. I'd think they could get something for him though.

"Everything we've seen from (the back of the bench) has been very good, and we have guys who are NBA players," Snyder said. "That makes it harder. For those players, they've been able to show they belong in this league."

CJ is an NBAer for sure.

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How new acquisition Boris Diaw

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[QUOTE] David Locke: The Utah Jazz have waived Henry Sims the roster now stands at 16. Must be 15 for start of season

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[QUOTE]The Cavaliers are pursuing a trade to acquire a backup point guard and are hoping to make a deal before the season starts Tuesday, sources told cleveland.com. The Cavs are in advanced discussions with at least one club, according to a source, and could make one or multiple trades to fill the one, glaring need on a team otherwise built to defend its 2016 championship.

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...The-wings.html

[QUOTE]This forced Snyder to play Joe Ingles and Chris Johnson 15 and 12 minutes per game respectively, contributing in a big way to Utah

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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...7s-injury.html

Hood and Hayward share the court a lot, and with Hayward missing, Hood will be the primary offensive weapon.

should be Favors assuming he's going to be on the court.

Usually, when players usage rates go up, efficiency drops.

which is why he belongs on the bench increasing his efficiency