Covering the Jazz, Nuggets and the NBA for The Athletic, hoops addict, doting father...Akron born, Brooklyn/Philly raised...NABJ sports..
#RIP
to my bro Brad
Deni Advija could care less that Jordan Poole is setting the Knicks on fire. Poole isn't thinking about giving the ball up & Deni is already over it Trey ball went in and Advija is sick to his stomach. Real damn tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂.
The Sixers moved heaven and earth to acquire James Harden because Ben Simmons wouldn’t shoot the ball with the season on the line, only for Harden not to shoot the ball with the season on the line…cold world, man
The Los Angeles Lakers started that season 24-3.
They were the best team in the league to start the season
They were the best team in the league when the shut down happened
They were the best team in the league in the bubble
The best team won the title that season
“We started to hear the rumblings that nobody is going to respect this chip so we kind of just took our foot off the gas”
- Lou Williams on the Clippers losing in the bubble
(h/t
@Jacobtheclipper
)
So to be accurate about this: Anthony Edwards exchanged jerseys with Collin Sexton. The two are longtime friends from their days of growing up in Georgia....
He did not say John Collins
That fourth quarter by Rudy Gobert was the best basketball I’ve ever seen him play and the fact that he was the best player on the floor in the most important moments of the season when Twitter was roasting him in real time is peak irony
The Charlotte Hornets actually went to the deadline, put together a mature basketball team with adults in the room, and came away with assets in the process.
Well done.
Expect the New York Knicks to quickly try and put together a package for Donovan Mitchell, according to league sources. Utah’s bar for Trading Mitchell is sky high. But the Knicks are the team that has the assets to make this a conversation
Reporting with
@ShamsCharania
: The Utah Jazz are emerging as a significant threat to sign Bojan Bogdanovic away from the Indiana Pacers, League Sources tell The Athletic....The Jazz could have a competitive offer on the table as soon as tomorrow, according to sources
Holy shit my plane that I’m currently in just got struck by a huge bolt of lightening and it struck RIGHT BY MY SEAT!!!! Pilot comes on with his calm pilot voice “we’ve been struck by lightening, just wanted to give you a brief update”
NOOO SHIITTTTTT
Thank you to the Utah Jazz for everything they did to make sure I am healthy and to make sure I got home because I can’t fly commercially right now. I appreciate them recognizing this as a human issue and doing everything to make sure we were taken care of 💯
I don’t think this is fair to Rudy. For years he’s been Deion Sanders. People stopped throwing his way after awhile. Same with Rudy. He’s not blocking as many shots because people aren’t trying him. They are trying Walker.
Derrick Favors to The Athletic on his trade to the New Orleans Pelicans: I will miss Utah and I appreciate my time with the Jazz. Thank you to the fans. I'm ready and excited for the next chapter
Rudy Gobert on the TNT crew and comments: "At the end of the day, whatever they want to call us, if we keep winning games, they will have to watch us anyway. Hopefully they have to watch us until July. And then they can call us whatever they want."
I watched the Houston Rockets get absolutely officiated off the basketball court in a game 7, I don’t ever want to hear that there is a referring conspiracy against Golden State
@Tjonesonthenba
It’s definitely true. They also said they suspended Draymond because he’s Draymond. Not the stomp alone got him suspended but his past history
So not only did Joe Cronin not trade with the Heat…..He traded with Miami’s two biggest conference rivals, made them better teams, took back a better package and gave those rivals the one thing that the Heat needed to make a leap.
I got that right?
Denver offered KCP a salary pretty similar to what he ended up getting from Orlando and I’m told the Nuggets offered three years. The Nuggets definitely tried here
And this final: the Jazz defeat Minnesota 132-126. Utah moves to 2-0. Both wins over Western Conference playoff teams. Clarkson with 29. Markkanen with 24 and 13 rebounds.
What. Is. Happening.
Yo. Fred Van Vleet got absolutely HAMMERED right there and the refs looked at him and started running down the court 😂😂😂😂
That man ain’t getting another call the rest of the year
Justin Zanik says the Jazz have met with Russell Westbrook and his representation. The Jazz are currently open to every possibility. Westbrook has expressed a willingness to play for the Jazz. The two sides are still working through it. No decisions have been made
All the NBA did tonight by calling those two fouls on Gobert and then ejecting him in such a manner was validate his original comments made after the Miami game
Former Utah State star Sam Merrill has signed a two year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, League Sources tell The Athletic. 1.5 years are guaranteed, $1.4 million guaranteed. The former Bountiful High star has officially made the NBA
Dereck Lively is one of the best rookie defenders I have ever seen. And I’m going to say this. There’s a difference between blocking shots and being an elite defender and rim protector. Lively has single-handedly wrecked Minnesota’s offense at times in this series
That three Giannis hit with Milwaukee down 6 won’t get talked about as much given what transpired after. But it was a gargantuan shot that went a long way towards winning that game.
If the NBA suspends Dillon Brooks for 10 games without pay, I’m guessing he’ll think twice before punching a guy in the nuts
If the league suspends him for one or two games, I’m guessing he’ll keep up with the shenanigans
The nuggets are one of those rare teams who truly don’t give a shit who scores. A lot of teams say that but denver truly plays without ego and that dynamic is really fleeting in basketball
Jimmy Butler is the rare guy in NBA history who isn’t a top 5 overall player but in a playoff setting can take his game to a top 5 overall level…
Who in the past is like this?
I’ll go first: Reggie Miller
Jazz fans, this is a good deal. It’s basically similar to a Paul George package. Four firsts, plus Kessler, PLUS a pick swap. The Jazz may be bad next season, but they are setting themselves well for the future.
Quite possibly the best game I’ve seen Rudy play. Because the rest of his team wasn’t good for a lot of this game. And he carried them until they caught up. What a performance
Watching that Russ/PG press conference and I’m grateful to be covering the guys that I’m covering. We’ve asked some really tough questions these past few days and they have answered them all. Appreciate the professionalism
The thing that struck me about that Gobert video: Taurean Prince pushed him and that was not a let’s break this thing up push. Whatever was going on, Slo Mo was not the only T Wolves player pissed at Rudy
Nikola Jokic could play until he’s 75-yrs-old if he wants to the way the NBA rules are rn.
He doesn’t jump. He doesn’t run. He doesn’t beat people off the dribble.
He just uses his height, weight, & passing / basketball IQ to make smart plays. And lightly jogs sporadically.
Jordan Clarkson deserves a ton of credit for the way he’s fit into this Jazz team. He’s never played basketball in the manner that he’s playing basketball right now.
Beat a 73 win team by coming from a 3-1 deficit and winning two of those on the road, and was the only guy in nba history to lead a finals in every major statistical category. LeBron’s 2016 title may be the best individual chip in nba history
My little brother passed away three years ago today. I miss him every single day. I say this not for you to feel badly for me. I say this to tell you to cherish every minute with your family. Show love to those closest to you. I’ll go first. Brad, I love you