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Official Utah Jazz 2015-2016 Pre-Season Thread

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Here's the schedule of the pre-season for the Jazz:
https://www.nba.com/jazz/schedule

Oct 04 07pm, vs LA Lakers in Hawai
Oct 06 10pm, vs LA Lakers in Hawai
Oct 09 08pm, @ Phoenix Suns
Oct 12 07pm, vs Portland Trailblazers
Oct 18 07pm, @ Portland Trailblazers
Oct 20 07pm, vs OKC Thunder
Oct 22 07pm, vs Denver Nuggets

Here's the roster for training camp:
PGs: Trey Burke, Bryce Cotton, Raul Neto, Dante Exum(injured)
SGs: Alec Burks, Rodney Hood, Elijah Millsap, Treveon Graham
SFs: Gordon Hayward, Joe Ingles, Chris Johnson, JJ O'Brien
PFs: Derrick Favors, Trevor Booker, Trey Lyles, Grant Jerrett(I have no idea if he's back from his injury)
Cs: Rudy Gobert, Tibor Pleiss, Jeff Withey, Jack Cooley

Utah Jazz Media Day in 15 minutes:
https://www.nba.com/jazz/2015/mediaday
 
stitches said:
Come on, he apologized for the deadly sin of calling Mississippi state a junior college. I thought you had forgiven him :D
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He didnt call them a JC, he just forgot Hood went to their and said he went to a JC.

Just saying the dude has questionable knowledge.
 
King Cy said:
He didnt call them a JC, he just forgot Hood went to their and said he went to a JC.

Just saying the dude has questionable knowledge.
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Speaking of questionable knowledge whats up with that first sentence? Seems very JC to me.
 
Jody Genessy @DJJazzyJody
Derrick Favors said he's been pleasantly surprised at how well recently acquired center Jeff Withey shoots the ball.
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Damn, do Pleiss's "unreal shooting mechanics" have some competition?
 
Locke podcast today:

Pleiss has very good hands/touch, especially for his size. Says he can shoot up to 22 feet and possibly 3 point shooting. He has a hard time finding a comp for him.

Neto will best show his benefit to the team in a 5 on 5 setting instead of camp.



Favors and Hayward are the best players on the floor. Hayward is uping his leadership and Favors is improving offensively.
 
Stoked said:
Locke podcast today:

Pleiss has very good hands/touch, especially for his size. Says he can shoot up to 22 feet and possibly 3 point shooting. He has a hard time finding a comp for him.

Neto will best show his benefit to the team in a 5 on 5 setting instead of camp.



Favors and Hayward are the best players on the floor. Hayward is uping his leadership and Favors is improving offensively.
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Dirk for a comp? Great shooting, no defense.
Neto must be bricking shots if Locke has to use that excuse. We have a mini-Exum.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Dirk for a comp? Great shooting, no defense.
Neto must be bricking shots if Locke has to use that excuse. We have a mini-Exum.
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When trying to find a comp Locke mentions Dirk (touch) and Marc Gasol (passing). But then back pedals in saying that Pleiss is not as good as either one of those two at those things.

As for Neto, it was always known he isn't a shooter but has great passing.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Dirk for a comp? Great shooting, no defense.
Neto must be bricking shots if Locke has to use that excuse. We have a mini-Exum.
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Nice try, but that's not what this means re: Neto at all. The more important passing is to a player's game the more important it will be for him to have a full team on the floor.

Burke probably plays pretty similar in three on three to five on five. That's not good if you want a distributing point guard.
 
Utah Jazz just tweeted that Chris Johnson took an errant elbow to the head last night. He has been diagnosed with a concussion and has to go thru the leagues concussion protocol before being allowed to return to practice.
 
DJJazzyJody and Tjonessltrib are both tweeting Hayward as saying he feels he is one of the best in the league.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Good for Gordon. Let's see if he can back that up. He's close, but still needs to take another step, IMO.
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He is right there. I'd say he was a top 4 SF last year. Now he will have PG and Melo back to contend with.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Good for Gordon. Let's see if he can back that up. He's close, but still needs to take another step, IMO.
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The environment is ripe for him to take another step this year. I still dont think hes good enough to our #1 option on a championship team, but id love to be proven wrong.
Hes a great #2 though.
 
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