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These Jazz Practices Are Making Me Excited.

Gobert went home with gastric distress at today's practice.

Coach Snyder was present at practice after his wife delivered their baby yesterday night.
 
There is a decent chance one of our players breaks out big this season. We may have had a star without knowing it. The only reason I think this is possible is how Al and Paul performed on their new teams after leaving a Corbin led Jazz. Al in particular saw a drop in stats after Corbin took over. Granted both player played in the East against inferior teams, but both definitely upped their games after leaving the Jazz.

One of our guys could still break out huge this year.
 
BabyPeterzz said:
There is a decent chance one of our players breaks out big this season. We may have had a star without knowing it. The only reason I think this is possible is how Al and Paul performed on their new teams after leaving a Corbin led Jazz. Al in particular saw a drop in stats after Corbin took over. Granted both player played in the East against inferior teams, but both definitely upped their games after leaving the Jazz.

One of our guys could still break out huge this year.
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Plausible. Not likely, but possible. Fingers crossed.
 
Quotes from today!

Quin Snyder said Alec Burks jokingly told him he needs to have more babies so the Jazz have more days off.

Steve Novak said he's been surprised how strong and physical Gordon Hayward has been this camp.

Snyder: Today we saw the ball move better than it has...The most important thing to me is they’re buying into the things we’re trying to do.

Have also heard Dante Exum's defensive ceiling is off the charts. His length, anticipation and height are causing issues in scrimmages

Jazz center Derrick Favors: "I think our team strength is our athleticism, getting up and down the court and just playing freely."

To @ZachLowe_NBA's point, Steve Novak complimented 6-11 F/C Enes Kanter for hitting two 3-pointers in scrimmages during today's practice.

Quin Snyder said he wants Rodney Hood to shoot the ball whenever he's open. Shows the confidence the coach has in his player

Jazz coach Quin Snyder on his young team: "We’ll practice more than most teams over the course of the season, I would imagine."

Trey Burke's ESPN rank is actually his penis length in centimeters. @allthatamar

(from various twitter sources).
 
Stoked said:
Except that pesky part where I predicted 34 wins. About 3-4 times actually. Damnit.

Let's be realistic though. 81-1.
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I'm breaking down the schedule currently and I'm seeing 82 wins. So who do you have us losing to? Trap game to the TWolves?
 
BabyPeterzz said:
There is a decent chance one of our players breaks out big this season. We may have had a star without knowing it. The only reason I think this is possible is how Al and Paul performed on their new teams after leaving a Corbin led Jazz. Al in particular saw a drop in stats after Corbin took over. Granted both player played in the East against inferior teams, but both definitely upped their games after leaving the Jazz.
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1. To the bolded: Al improved as an all-around player under Corbin. He was terrible in the (roughly) 50 games he played under Sloan (with Deron).

2. Neither Paul nor Al played noticeably better last season than they did under Corbin.
 
Millsap's playing style certainly changed. You can debate about whether it was an improvement or not. I'd argue it was, because he was having an impact on a larger portion of the playing surface.
 
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Millsap's playing style certainly changed. You can debate about whether it was an improvement or not. I'd argue it was, because he was having an impact on a larger portion of the playing surface.
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1. I think it's fair to say that the quality of their play was last season was easily in the same ball park as it was under Corbin. Millsap was used differently, sure, but much of that is due to roster differences. The Jazz were better under Corbin than the Hawks were last season.

2. Even if they did improve, it's awfully tough to disentangle the effect of the coaching change from improvements made by the player in the offseason independent of coaching. Millsap in particular has added little things to his game every offseason.

I've just noticed this sentiment a lot on this board, and don't think it's accurate. I get that people want to believe that the young players remaining on the team were held back by Corbin, and that their elite talent will finally present itself now that Ty is gone, but I think it's just wishful thinking. The Jazz still need a lot more talent.
 
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