The 2019-20 NBA season was suspended on Wednesday, March 11 due to the increasing threat of novel coronavirus. In Day 4 of this ongoing diary, we examine the state of the Utah Jazz under trying circumstances. Welcome to Day 4 of the Life Without NBA Basketball Diary, where yours truly will be taking a daily
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Rudy Gobert, the NBA’s “Patient Zero” for novel coronavirus, is trying to make up for his actions with a $500,000 donation to local arena workers and COVID-19 relief efforts. Rudy Gobert has come under a lot of fire over the past few days, and rightfully so. With the whole world taking precautions against the coronavirus
Mike Conley isn’t the only reason the Utah Jazz have disappointed, but his lackluster performance is the backfire at the heart of their struggles to make the leap this season. When the Utah Jazz traded for Mike Conley early in July, it was heralded as one of the savviest moves of the offseason. While it
Right on cue, the Utah Jazz are hitting their stride. What are we to make of them entering the second half of the season? It has become a rite of winter for the Jazz to find their rhythm just as they begin to inspire doubt. This time last year, Utah was just beginning a 29-12
In our first move of the holiday season, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz are swapping bench guards in Jordan Clarkson and Dante Exum. Here are NBA Trade Grades for both teams. NBA trade fanatics, we have our first notable (kinda, sorta) move of the season! According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojanarowski, the Cleveland Cavaliers and
What you are about to read is overwrought with sympathy, and it shouldn’t be — Mike Conley, Jr., after all, was once the highest-paid basketball player in all the land. And yet, when Mike Conley, Jr. returned to Memphis earlier this season, I cried. I had not expected to cry, and I’m sure I wasn’t
The Utah Jazz have lost Ed Davis for at least four weeks after he broke his left fibula on Thursday night. Despite not being a starter, this injury may hurt the Jazz in unexpected ways. Thursday night, despite winning against the Sacramento Kings, the Utah Jazz suffered perhaps the greatest loss of the evening, losing
The Utah Jazz are finally off to a fast start in 2019-20, and it’s all due to their elite defense, rebounding and ability to force turnovers. For the first time in seemingly forever, the Utah Jazz are off to a great start to the season. Things looked a little iffy when they struggled to win
The Utah Jazz have agreed to a one-year, $14 million contract extension with wing Joe Ingles. On a day full of deals, this one might be the most cost-effective. On a day full of contract extensions before the NBA‘s Oct. 21 deadline, the Utah Jazz wound up giving out perhaps the most reasonable deal of
With the 2019-20 NBA season less than a month away, we’re exploring the most interesting players for each team in the Northwest Division. We’re now less than a month away from the start of the 2019-20 NBA season. Coming off one of the most interesting offseasons in recent memory, it feels like an appropriate time
John Stockton’s short shorts were not with the times, but much like Stockton’s career itself, their length never wavered throughout the 1990s. I attended elementary school in the early to mid-1990s, and I still remember being made fun of for a pair of jean shorts that, despite touching the top of my knee caps, was
The Utah Jazz prioritized Dante Exum over nearly every other asset they had this summer, and now he must rise to the occasion on a contending team. When the Jazz take the court next this fall, the unit we grew so used to seeing share the court will look quite different. By trading for Mike
Back by the popular demand of pretty much only myself, it’s the second annual edition of Around the NBA in 15 Trades. We’re taking all 30 teams in the lead up to the Feb. 7 trade deadline and finding a happy middle ground for prosperous barterdom. Portland and Utah have become two staples of the Western
There have certainly been several signings that carry more importance to the league’s championship picture, but no contract given out during the first three days of 2018 NBA free agency stands out for its sheer boldness more than the three-year, $33 million pact the Utah Jazz handed Dante Exum. Exum is a soon-to-be 23-year-old guard
The Utah Jazz keep their starting lineup together, retaining the services of Derrick Favors on a two-year deal. Derrick Favors and the Utah Jazz are looking to run things back in 2018-19. The team and their starting power forward came a two-year deal worth $36 million on Monday. ESPN’s Marc Spears was the first to
Derrick Favors will soon be deciding between what works and what he doesn’t know. Where will he fit best in free agency? Favors entered the NBA nine years ago as a number three pick. He has played eight seasons, not quite living up to his promise, but not a bust either. He’s a good, if
After making the second round of the playoffs in what figured to be a rebuilding year, how should the Utah Jazz approach the 2018 offseason? When the dust settled on Gordon Hayward’s free agency last summer and he chose to join the Celtics, we figured the Jazz would hit a rough patch for a season
The Rockets backcourt combined for 51 points to bring their team to within one win of the conference finals. Chris Paul and James Harden were too much for the Utah Jazz on Sunday night, dominating the game from the opening tip to the final buzzer in a 100-87 win. Clint Capela was huge for the
Joe Ingles is the kind of shooter who cannot be left unguarded. His 3-point prowess is such that opponents must continually account for where he is and prevent open looks at all costs. During the regular season, he shot 44 percent from deep, 46 percent on catch-and-shoot 3s and 47.5 percent when given at least
HOUSTON, TX – MAY 2: Dante Exum #11 of the Utah Jazz and Jae Crowder #99 of the Utah Jazz celebrate after the game against the Houston Rockets in Game Two of Round Two of the 2018 NBA Playoffs on May 2, 2018 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly