Jazz Open Scrimmage: The Tank Is In Neutral

Post #1 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sun Oct 9, 2022 4:00 pm

The Jazz are .500 in the scrimmage so the tank is in neutral...
Highlights: Kessler and some other rookies singing 'Baby Shark'

Watch on YouTube

zero24gravity · Post #2 » by **zero24gravity** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:29 pm

I went to this scrimmage. It was good to see the players up close. They played four 20 minute games, with a running clock. (They called the last game over with 9 min left, possibly because players were tired & starting to play a bit more "playground".) Team were switched around for each game.

Clarkson and Conley only played in game 1. (Conley played in a hoodie & long pants, JC in long sleeves & pants.) Beasley & Doke didn't play. Got to see Conley vs Sexton for a little bit, which was fun. No winner of that match-up, IMO.

They played hard enough, but it was a scrimmage, so not exactly ultra-competitive. Fun time to go watch, but I don't think anything of value could be taken from the games. Saban Lee had the best highlights of the night on a couple impressive dunks (and then was cut the next day). Markkanen was ho-hum. Butler & NAW looked decent. Bolomaro showed more athleticism than I expected. Fontecchio continues to show he's got promise, IMO. THT was ok, but seemed to be pushing too much for his own shot. Agbaji looks the part, but wasn't very assertive. (Maybe he needs to talk to THT. lol) Kessler started slow, then got better. (He got called for multiple moving screens.)

Baby Shark sang by the Rookies afterwards was kinda funny.

mg · Post #3 » by mg » Tue Oct 11, 2022 6:11 pm

^I watched the first game online and saw that the backups won. It was only a scrimmage but kinda showed there really isn't going to be a big talent gap between the starters and backups on this team.

It seemed like a fun little event for the fans. Hopefully they make it a yearly thing. (Maybe they already do but usually don't pay a bunch of attention to the preseason).

bdp31770 · Post #4 » by **bdp31770** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:13 am

did you see any of the practices Where John Stockton played? I guess those aren't open, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

Post #5 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:05 am

bdp31770 wrote:did you see any of the practices Where John Stockton played? I guess those aren't open, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

I haven't, and I doubt we'll ever see a video, unfortunately.

For those who wonder about where this question is coming from:

Kelly Olynyk on playing Sunday pickup with John Stockton: He’s damn near the best player out there

https://sports.yahoo.com/kelly-olynyk-playing-sunday-pickup-201916702.html