The Preseason Thread

KqWIN · Post #1 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:55 pm

IT'S TIME!!!!

KqWIN · Post #2 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:10 pm

No live stream this year. BOOO!!! Will be following along on 1280 the zone. Always great to have CFB guys interview NBA players :noway:

EDIT: Stream with Locke and Boone is up http://www.nba.com/jazz/2016/mediaday.

stitches · Post #3 » by **stitches** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:27 pm

GET HYPED PEOPLE!!! CHOO CHOO! Hop on the train!

stitches · Post #4 » by **stitches** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:33 pm

I'm doing the media day bingo for the Jazz(via reddit):

KqWIN · Post #5 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:35 pm

Woah, Joel Bolomboy sounds like he's 14.

stitches · Post #6 » by **stitches** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:51 pm

I love AB. Always makes me smile without even talking much.

KqWIN · Post #7 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 8:56 pm

stitches wrote:I love AB. Always makes me smile without even talking much.

Did you see his face light up when they asked him about playing with stretch 4's? I love that guy!

stitches · Post #8 » by **stitches** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:05 pm

Dante said he's 205 right now. Pretty good weight for him, methinks.

stitches · Post #9 » by **stitches** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:06 pm

KqWIN wrote:
stitches wrote:I love AB. Always makes me smile without even talking much.

Did you see his face light up when they asked him about playing with stretch 4's? I love that guy!

Lol, yah... you can tell he loves driving. That's his thing.

KqWIN · Post #10 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:57 pm

Fairly boring media day, but I think that's probably because a lot of the players have been here for years. The talk centered around the amount of depth this team has and how everyone will need to sacrifice in order for it to work. Joe Johnson is going to have a major role on this team I think, maybe even as a starter.

KqWIN · Post #11 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:56 pm

TFW you have space to get to the basket:

stitches · Post #12 » by **stitches** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:42 pm

Read on Twitter

George Hill "you don't know how good Gordon Hayward is till you play with him"
— David Locke (@Lockedonsports) September 27, 2016

Read on Twitter

The Jazz ran a lot of the scrimmage portion of practice with a 14 second shot clock, instead of the usual 24 seconds
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 27, 2016

Read on Twitter

George Hill called the first practice for the Jazz this morning "intense"
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 27, 2016

Read on Twitter

Dante Exum said he expects to be much more aggressive off the dribble this year than he was in his rookie season
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 27, 2016

Read on Twitter

George Hill said when he was a rookie Tim Duncan served as a mentor for him. He wants to do the same with Dante Exum
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 27, 2016

Follow Tony Jones' twitter feed. There are more interesting quotes about first day of practice:
https://twitter.com/tribjazz

stitches · Post #13 » by **stitches** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:48 pm

Zach Harper with an article on the Jazz:
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/if-the-jazz-are-to-live-up-to-their-top-5-hype-first-they-must-control-it/

If the Jazz are to live up to their top-5 hype, first they must control it
The Utah Jazz have a chance to be a lot better than you might think

The Utah Jazz are, in terms of depth and well-rounded talent, probably a top 5 team in NBA heading into the 2016-17 season. That probably sounds crazy to a lot of people, but it's true.

The question is whether their record this coming season, and potential playoff seed, will ultimately reflect that talent. You have to assume Utah will be in the postseason this year. They weren't this good last season and still only missed the playoffs by two games, and statistically they performed much better than their 40-42 record.

In fact, despite injuries to Derrick Favors (20 games), Rudy Gobert (21 games), Alec Burks (51 games), and Dante Exum (the entire season), the point differential of the Jazz last season projected them to finish with a 46-36 record. That would've made them the No. 5 seed in the West, which seems like a reasonable, if even a little conservative, projection for this year.

[read more here]

Daddy 801 · Post #14 » by **Daddy 801** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:34 pm

So pumped.

SoCalJazzFan · Post #15 » by **SoCalJazzFan** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:47 pm

I'm not sure how to link an Instagram, but I saw that George Hill is embracing the community and helping out the homeless- count me as a fan of him as an individual regardless of how he plays (which I anticipate to be much, much better than the PG play we've got the past couple of years).

stitches · Post #16 » by **stitches** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:06 am

Seems like Burks' surgery was more serious than I thought. He's seems to not be cleared for contact yet. They expect him to be ready by the start of the season, but this one is weird. It was presented as some minor procedure and they were saying he's going to be ready before training camp, but it seems like he didn't participate in contact activities today and might miss the pre-season games. That's really odd.

Post #17 » by **FJS** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:04 am

stitches wrote:Seems like Burks' surgery was more serious than I thought. He's seems to not be cleared for contact yet. They expect him to be ready by the start of the season, but this one is weird. It was presented as some minor procedure and they were saying he's going to be ready before training camp, but it seems like he didn't participate in contact activities today and might miss the pre-season games. That's really odd.

damn Pierce!

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stitches · Post #18 » by **stitches** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:57 pm

Just a reminder why Dante was selected no. 5 in the draft:

Watch on YouTube

GET HYPED, PEOPLE!

stitches · Post #19 » by **stitches** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:13 pm

BTW underreported line from media day:

Read on Twitter

Rudy Gobert on his contract "whether I sign this year or next year, everyone knows I want to be here, so I’m just focused on the season"
— Tony Jones (@tribjazz) September 26, 2016

Post #20 » by **bleu** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:54 pm

I love the video, got me hyped! Too bad we've still got a month till the season. I mean, I guess media day and the preseason are better than the offseason, but I have such a hard time tuning in to a preseason game for more than five or ten minutes.