Jazz national televised games - all four of them.

[Joncolton]

It's 4. Far be it for me to tell the NBA what to do - but I'd think you'd want to highlight the kid who just had a couple of 50 point games in the best 7 game series of last year's playoffs. Apparently the league thinks viewers want to watch James Harden shoot free throws. This does make it an uphill climb for Gobert to win DPOY as no one will get to see him play, but hopefully the Jazz will be #1 in the league in defense, and the stat totalers will have to honor that.

The Jazz will officially be flying in under the radar this season. That suits me just fine. The best air raids the Allies staged were under the radar as well. Add to that our new black uniforms and the Jazz are quietly the Dark Horse contenders, or the Jazz are in stealth mode this season. I hear they are even having Bogey put a silencer on his 3 point shots.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

It's 4. Far be it for me to tell the NBA what to do - but I'd think you'd want to highlight the kid who just had a couple of 50 point games in the best 7 game series of last year's playoffs. Apparently the league thinks viewers want to watch James Harden shoot free throws. This does make it an uphill climb for Gobert to win DPOY as no one will get to see him play, but hopefully the Jazz will be #1 in the league in defense, and the stat totalers will have to honor that.

The Jazz will officially be flying in under the radar this season. That suits me just fine. The best air raids the Allies staged were under the radar as well. Add to that our new black uniforms and the Jazz are quietly the Dark Horse contenders, or the Jazz are in stealth mode this season. I hear they are even having Bogey put a silencer on his 3 point shots.

Dude... the jazz never have that many nationally televised games. This isn’t new.

 

[One Brow]

It's 4. Far be it for me to tell the NBA what to do - but I'd think you'd want to highlight the kid who just had a couple of 50 point games in the best 7 game series of last year's playoffs. Apparently the league thinks viewers want to watch James Harden shoot free throws. This does make it an uphill climb for Gobert to win DPOY as no one will get to see him play, but hopefully the Jazz will be #1 in the league in defense, and the stat totalers will have to honor that.

The Jazz will officially be flying in under the radar this season. That suits me just fine. The best air raids the Allies staged were under the radar as well. Add to that our new black uniforms and the Jazz are quietly the Dark Horse contenders, or the Jazz are in stealth mode this season. I hear they are even having Bogey put a silencer on his 3 point shots.

A lot of it is market size. The Nuggets went to the conference finals and only got two more than we, while the Clippers they beat have almost double that,

 

[Joncolton]

Dude... the jazz never have that many nationally televised games. This isn’t new.

Yes and no. We had 17 nationally televised games in the 18-19 season. 16 last season. 4 is relatively a new low.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Yes and no. We had 17 nationally televised games in the 18-19 season. 16 last season. 4 is relatively a new low.

Any idea how many the Lakers had two years ago?

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Damn!! We had 16 two years ago? I would’ve guessed 6-8

 

[infection]

You can pencil in more Ws on our schedule with less nationally televised games.

 

[Ron Mexico]

You can pencil in more Ws on our schedule with less nationally televised games.

I agree, it's anecdotal but I feel this team over the last few years plays worse in nationally televised games.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I agree, it's anecdotal but I feel this team over the last few years plays worse in nationally televised games.

No they don’t. We’ve had our share of blowout wins on national tv. I recall blowing out the blazers on Christmas two years ago.

 

[Eminence]

Must've been set up pre-Westbrook trade, I'd imagine the Wizards get flexed into a few slots.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

I like non-national televised games. Much shorter commercial breaks.

 

[dy47]

Surprised only one LaMelo game.

I think Rubio with Towns, Edwards, D'Angelo ,McDaniels would be fun to watch

( remember this is only first half of schedule )

 

[basketballer]

Remember this is only for the first half there will be more once the second half is released.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think the OP just includes ESPN and TNT games. The Jazz have several on NBA-TV in addition to these.

The Jazz have ESPN/TNT games with New Orleans, Dallas, Boston and LA Lakers. They have additional NBA-TV games with Phoenix, Detroit, New Orleans (twice), Golden State and Denver. So if you count games on NBA-TV, more than 25% of the Jazz's games are nationally televised.

 

[gandalfe]

I think the OP just includes ESPN and TNT games. The Jazz have several on NBA-TV in addition to these.

The Jazz have ESPN/TNT games with New Orleans, Dallas, Boston and LA Lakers. They have additional NBA-TV games with Phoenix, Detroit, New Orleans (twice), Golden State and Denver. So if you count games on NBA-TV, more than 25% of the Jazz's games are nationally televised.

And, as mentioned above, this is only the first 1/2 of the truncated season. 4 is just about on par.

 

[jope]

A lot of it is market size. The Nuggets went to the conference finals and only got two more than we, while the Clippers they beat have almost double that,

NOP with 14 is more surprising tbh.

 

[just because]

Wiz with zero. That's a surprise

 

[oneye]

Also a 72 game season. We had quite a few last season I believe. We likely get a couple more if we hadn’t lost in round 1. Small markets have to prove themselves a bit to get a lot of TV games. Jazz have so far proven themselves to be pretenders at this point. Go out and make the league give you more TV games in the coming seasons.

 

[NAOS]

For you Utah locals, unfortunately you’ll have more Bolerhack.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

I wonder what the odds are that the season even finishes. Does the NBA have a bubble backup plan again?

I heard an infectious disease doctor say basketball is the perfect event to spread Covid, and it makes sense. Lots of hard breathing and close proximity. This isn't baseball where contact is limited. These guys will be all over each other for 48 minutes. How many outbreaks, or players (especially stars) with more severe symptoms until it all comes to a halt? Testing isn't foolproof, and one false negative could cause big problems. Or will the NBA find a way to quietly get vaccines ahead of everyone else? (Would not be surprised).

How many players will truly avoid partying and hooking up with girls along the way?

If the vaccine doesn't come through quickly, and supplies are currently very limited, it seems we'll have multiple Covid related impacts this season, hopefully not enough in number or severity to kill the season...