[Utah] Jazz Man Mark

What he's trying to do here, see, is piss off as many people in Denver as possible so they aren't as upset when he leaves next summer.

Today is the day we find out if the Jazz season is Fucked or Super Triple Fucked

A real franchise-altering night for Utah; I don't think one can completely self-combust over any individual player or coaching performance. But Jazz fans are doing their best to be real repulsive right now

Tony Bradley won't make @loudclap.bsky.social's incredible Jazz encyclopedia because Tony Bradley has already played for Utah!

There is no better home for Kevin Porter Jr. than the Sacramento Kings

One of the very strongest carryovers from college, statistically, is 3P rate and how often a guy gets up threes Darryn Peterson is terrified of shooting threes right now and it's just the biggest mysteries facing the offense right now (on cue he FINALLY attempts a pull up and nails it)

Well I watched the first half on delay and can now express how Extremely Ass It is to have Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson out for what both appear to be long-term injuries Meanwhile Will Hardy is benching Darryn Peterson in favor of a Collier/Green/Okogie/Bailey/Bamba lineup, so that's cool

Love to see Houston fans earnestly suggesting Oscar Tshiebwe as a viable option. (if Houston's brain trust is as frustrated as this Rockets writer, the Jazz will very happily reunite Adams with JJJ and deal with his availability issues just fine)

Remember that time a week ago when the Bucks moved their home opener to accommodate the Brewers?

Basketball is back, and that means so is the Salt City Seven! Every Monday during the regular season, I drop seven recurring sections at @saltcityhoops.bsky.social to catch up with all things Jazz. This week: turnovers, 1st buckets, the Lau-Trip combo & more. www.saltcityhoops.com/posts/salt-c...

Went deep on the three game start for the Jazz with some interesting stats and observations! Subscribe to Salt City Hoops and help us get to 1,000 YouTube subs! 📽️: YouTube ✳️: Spotify 🍎: Apple

"Water down the product, they'll still watch that garbage anyways" has been the NBA's approach to the overall product the past ten seasons And while sickos like me may not leave, the average person will find other uses for entertainment dollars

Interesting comment from a neutral observer fello Sicko about the Jazz.

Utah Jazz lose 132-123 but that was the best game I've seen them play all season. Lots of encouraging stuff to take away and they executed the gameplan really well for huge chunks.

Just never going to get me to appreciate Luka Doncic with all of the other shit he does to make basketball so Not Fun

Utah Jazz are countering a Luka masterpiece with an Isaiah Collier/Josh Okogie 2-man game Know Your Job

LAL is completely selling out on Utah drives and leaving JJJ WIDE open above the break and the ballhandler hasn't tried to pass to him ONCE

Major credit to Matisse Thybulle for turning into a legitimate corner 3 point shooter

And then Utah lets LAL storm back with 45 points of their own, a huge huge chunk of it with Kessler on the bench. In a reverse of what you'd think, Utah has a preposterous 52% Offensive Rebound % and LAL with just 22.7% But LAL is getting free throws every other shot attempt and it's killing Utah

In one of the most NononononononononoNONONONO NOOOOO plays, Isaiah Collier gets the ball on a 2 on 2 fast break with nobody in front of him and decides a pull up three is his best option. (he is not the player allowed to do that)

Utah blisters the Luka/Reaves/Kessler lineup for 47 in the first quarter Lucky 3 by Lauri at the end, but the offense really figured out how to abuse the Kessler-centric defense

Kevon Looney doesn't even really belong in the NBA anymore except as a bit 4th big (maybe) So he really needs to be attacked every second he's on the floor

Ace Bailey Good

I went to bed at 8pm last night because a week of late night work and NBA games means I had to catch up somehow Audibly laughed when I saw that the Nuggets pulled out a win and they appear to have drafted a Random Dude Who Is Good (which is what they've desperately needed, and failed, to do)

More necessary reading from Dan on all things about the Jazz win. These early season notes are so important, especially since we are all trying to see what this Jazz team is actually good at.

Joan Beringer is all energy and full of potential. He needs time to develop. The Wolves are going to try to get him that time while also chasing a deep playoff run. At least that’s what the plan is right now.

Of course it doesn't happen until a season that will likely not matter at all, but Draymond Green finally got called for an illegal screen in crunch time I cannot believe Steve Kerr made it worse by drawing a technical.

Yaxel Lendeborg filling the Kristaps Porzingis role nicely (guy with jersey never tucked in)

The Pelicans were rolling out mostly unserious lineups the whole game (partly by necessity, only partly), so I don't feel great about Utah being unable to capitalize on much of it

I don't understand how the Utah Jazz clutch offense is 'Jaren Jackson Jr. Isos'

First Ken Clayton Trademarked Loud Clap (@loudclap.bsky.social) of the season (I had 0 the first game) goes to JJJ finding the corner three after a broken play.

James Capers calls Jaxson Hayes for a tech for a MILD rim hang after a dunk Unless he was warned before, that's a bullshit tech! Just like mild taunts in football leading to 15 yarders.

Utah in the bonus with 9 minutes left in the 4th Would like them to start sending Lauri around a bunch of screens; he'll draw fouls Somewhat on cue, Brice Sensabaugh draws a foul coming around a Lauri screen

JJJ commits an offensive foul on a freaking ATO set???

It would be very Utah to get lit the fuck up by Jordan Poole (again)

Utah tethering Jaren Jackson and Lauri Markkanen together in the rotation so far

Ace Bailey has given up several great looks from the Pelicans to start this game. Almost ebiscersting his entire defensive progress from last game in one quarter

Utah starting the Straight Flush Lineup Keyonte George Darryn Peterson Ace Bailey Lauri Markkanen Jaren Jackson Jr.

The Bulls should play the Bucks every Friday at 3pm central

Leonard Miller zone read QB keeper

Caleb Wilson just volleyball spiked that shot from Myles Turner! This has been a fun game this afternoon!

More Friday at 2PM MT games, please

Please excuse the weird video format/music, but @n1ck_da_quick did a great clip of every time Darryn Peterson passed up an obvious pull-up/spot-up three opportunity These HAVE to go up

Some really interesting insights from Dan, who sees the game way better than pretty much anyone else who is mewing on the internet

LNN: The Denver Nuggets season opener started well, but the Thunder overwhelmed Denver with defense in the second half. Oh, and there's an injury already.

I don't like how spooked Lauri Markkanen gets sometimes when smaller defenders get under his jersey

Where has the threat of Darryn Peterson's pull-up gone?

This was not a great Jaren Jackson Jr play

The Utah turnovers are high quantity and extremely high in stupidity

All of Utah's standard deficiencies - rebounding, decision making from the young guards on display tonight.