Tony Jones was on ESPN700 today:
-He doesn't expect Keyonte to be the starter opening night but thinks he will be in the rotation. Says he's too good for the Jazz not to put him in the rotation, and the Jazz see something special in him and are going to want to get him in the rotation right away and develop him.
-He's not sure Hendricks will be in the rotaion to begin the season because the front court is so loaded. Right now he projects to be the 5th big and Hardy might not want to play 5 bigs.
-Keyonte's ankle will be fine for training camp. Hendricks and Sensabaugh are both fine, says if summer league would've been 2 weeks later both guys would've played.
-His prediction for the starting lineup opening night is Dunn/Clarkson/Lauri/Collins/Kessler.
-He thinks Keyonte and Ochai could be the eventual long-term starting backcourt, thinks Ochai's game compliments Keyonte's very well.
-There is some interest in Herro in Utah's front office. If they can be a 3rd team in a Dame trade and bring in Herro without giving up a lot of assets, they would definitely consider it.
-The front office likes where the team is at and thinks they're in a position to strike big next summer. They have a lot of depth, a lot of tradeable contracts, a lot of assets.
-He reiterated again that the Jazz don't want a prolonged rebuild, they've repeatedly said they don't want it to drag out 4, 5 or 6 years