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Utah Jazz beat writer for . And I cover hockey now, too.

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11 days
Sounds like Utah Hockey Club's name has been chosen. Utah HC president Chris Armstrong: "It's been very clear to us what our fans would like us to be called. ... I'm not in a position or prepared to tell you what that is today."
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Rudy Gobert: "I'm really happy in Utah. I love living here. That's the No. 1 thing. ... It’s not perfect — yes, some things have happened … I don’t plan on leaving right now. I plan on winning a championship in Utah."
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4 years
Rudy Gobert wasn't requested to talk after tonight's game. He jumped on the media zoom anyway and did nothing but back up everything Donovan Mitchell had said. I think that's pretty telling.
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Donovan on the Jimmer-loving crowd: "I was so confused today. ... It just shows the passion of the fans in Utah. I told Ricky, 'This man played college basketball. He didn't do anything else but play college basketball and they love him.' That’s awesome."
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5 months
Fun scene as Utah welcomes in its NHL squad
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Rudy Gobert: "I know that if he was there, I would have probably got a text after the game, saying, 'Way to protect the paint, big guy.' I know he was watching, and I know he's gonna be watching for the rest of the playoffs and everything else. I feel his presence."
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2 years
First time I've seen this: A player dressed up for a Zoom call. Malik Beasley said that represents who he wants to be. "Like Jay-Z said, allow me to reintroduce myself. I want to reintroduce my whole image, my whole brand."
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3 years
Quin Snyder: “Today is a tough day. I can’t articulate what Joe Ingles meant to this organization and to me.”
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "This is just the beginning, man. This is just the beginning."
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3 years
Bojan Bogdanovic said that "was probably the loudest loudest crowd that I played in front of in the NBA."
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5 months
The full list is now Utah Mammoth, Utah Ice, Utah Yetis, Utah Venom, Utah Fury, Utah Blizzard, Utah Outlaws and Utah Hockey Club (or Utah HC).
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5 months
Two more trademark applications were filed on Tuesday by Uyte LLC for seemingly potential team names: Utah Mammoth and Utah Ice
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5 months
Goaltender Connor Ingram: “I'm not gonna lie to you, I really like Salt Lake City. We stop every year on the drive in (from Saskatoon to Arizona) and I have an Airbnb booked in Sundance for the drive home. I'm excited for Salt Lake City.“
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3 years
Mike Conley said the Jazz tracked down Ingles during halftime: "We found him in the X-ray room. He was in a tough state and just everybody came in there and told him we loved him, gave him a hug and told him we are going keep fighting."
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5 months
An application was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday for a trademark on the team name "Utah Yetis" It came from the same group that filed applications for the Utah Blizzard, Utah Fury, Utah Hockey Club, Utah HC and Utah Venom.
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4 months
Applications for trademarks have been filed for eight logos for the Utah Hockey Club (including the one that circulated last week). It looks like the branding for the inaugural season is coming together.
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell starts off his postgame presser: "I want to give a huge shout out to Juwan Morgan. Very impressive for a rookie to come and start a playoff game and do what he did."
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5 years
Quin Snyder: "I think I'd be sick to my stomach if I saw some else coaching this team. That's how I feel about those guys."
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2 years
Donovan Mitchell: "Fans, stay with us. I promise you we'll be alright."
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell on LeBron James' joke about the Jazz players getting taken last in the draft: "I don't want to be rude but I don't care. I made it to the All-Star Game, Rudy made it, coach made it here. ... People have been talking s*** about me for a while."
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell on Rudy's game-clinching block: "He definitely hears the chatter that he can't guard outside the paint. So those are the moments that he lives for. ... I was like, 'OK big guy's gonna have his moment.'"
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6 years
Royce O'Neale on the new Donovan Mitchell bridge: "What? A bridge? Where is it — I'll go drive on it. ... Can they put 'P.S. Royce O'Neale too'? I mean I'm basically Donovan. Nah, that's great. He's a great player, great person outside of basketball. ... He deserves it."
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "We're not down. We're pissed."
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4 years
Rudy Gobert: "I really think it's probably the first time since I've been here that I've seen that much focus from every single one in this locker room. I really feel that we are playing for something bigger."
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5 years
In case Bogey hadn't done enough to win over every Jazz fan tonight, he said this: "I had a great crowd over there in Indianapolis too. But this one is probably the best crowd in the league. It's not because I play here, I really believe that."
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5 months
Andre Tourigny: "This is my seventh year in the NHL. I told my wife I think this is the best day in the NHL so far."
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "This is a bump in the road, and a good one in my opinion. I think this is one that we can look at and say, 'OK, we stayed with them but this is what separated the game.' I'm proud of the way we played and competed but there's definitely room for improvement."
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell on the reports he and Rudy Gobert are at odds: "No, no, no — we're good. That's just not true."
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5 months
There are about 2,500 youth hockey players in the state. It seems like they are all at the airport to welcome the team.
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4 years
Paul Millsap says he ended up in the same elevator as a few Jazz players this morning on his way to film. "It's really awkward and weird."
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2 years
Danny Ainge on the Donovan Mitchell trade:
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3 years
Denver coach Michael Malone called Rudy Gobert a “Hall of Fame player.”
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3 months
Cody Williams: "It's the best feeling in the world, especially when you land with such a great organization. Me and my agent talked about how it would be a great situation, a great scenario. ... I feel relieved that I landed here and excited to get down to Salt Lake City."
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2 years
Will Hardy: “The Utah Jazz are one of the most respected and successful franchises in the NBA and the fan base here is legendary. This opportunity comes with tremendous responsibility. I’m grateful for the trust the Jazz have placed in me and I look forward to the work ahead.”
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4 years
After Derrick Favors agreed to a new deal with Utah, Joe Ingles texted him, "Pocket pass. We back."
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2 years
LeBron James: “All in all, it’s been a great All-Star weekend; salute to Salt Lake.”
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4 years
After news broke that he was coming back, Favors got texts from Joe Ingles, Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley. While Donovan Mitchell and Royce O'Neale both Facetimed him. "That just shows the camaraderie that we had as a team. It was like a brotherhood."
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4 years
Quin Snyder: "We're not allowed to be tired" Joe Ingles: "I don't care what he says, I was tired."
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3 years
The Jazz got Vivint Arena ready for Game 1 today. Sunday's gonna be fun.
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "Our mind is stuck on a championship. We're not here to kind of say, 'Let's just be in first and kind of get the accolades that come with that.' We're trying to win the whole thing.
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5 months
Utah seems semi-excited for the NHL. Packed house for tonight’s team introduction.
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "Yeah, we're in first, but the team we want to be ultimately is one who doesn't let the team back in to a 9-point game. We take that 20 point lead and we get it to 25, 30."
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3 years
Joe Ingles joking about Rudy (+44) and Mike's (+46) ridiculous plus/minus numbers tonight: "I think they play harder when I'm out. They told me that they try and get the plus minus up when I'm out, so I look bad, which is incredibly selfish of our guys."
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2 years
Rudy Gobert on why he thinks he was traded: "The window for winning is not always big. ... I think the organization felt like we had maybe past that window. ... I think they just felt like with the assets that they could get with me, it was better for them to go that way."
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3 years
Rudy Gobert: "Every single guy on the court was locked in defensively. There were a few plays when Donovan made an amazing play on the ball. Donovan and Jordan got a few big rebounds, and then we were able to run and score in transition. So just a great team effort."
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3 years
Rudy Gay: "I came into this league a shooting guard. Now I'm a center."
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5 years
Donovan walks into the tunnel and a kid shouts, “Donovan can I have your jersey?” Donovan stops, takes it off and throws it up to him. Jordan Clarkson, walking right behind him, says: “Man, I wanted that mother f***er.”
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell: "I was just happy to be playing basketball."
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2 years
Jordan Clarkson is handing out 200 Thanksgiving dinners today at Valley Jr. High in West Valley
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1 year
Taylor Hendricks: "I feel like I fit in perfectly. Walker Kessler is a great shot blocker, Lauri Markkanen is a great shooter. They're both big, they have length. I have length. I can block shots. We're gonna be a really good defensive team. I'm excited to get to work with them."
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6 years
The Jimmer has returned.
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "No one expected us to be in this situation. ... We went from being an 'unsalvageable' team to this."
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5 years
Rick Carlisle on Gobert: "He’s probably going to be defensive player of the year again. He impacts the game massively at the defensive end. He doesn’t just do it around the basket, he does it on the perimeter too on switches."
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2 years
Damian Lillard explains all about the Weber State jersey he wore tonight. Pretty cool details involved:
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3 years
Utah's mask mandate ends April 10. The Utah Jazz's does not. The Jazz say they will continue to require masked after April 10 at Vivint Arena.
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell is the Western Conference Player of the Month.
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell on future flights: "I have a job to do. I understand that that comes with the job and I took the time that I needed to kind of just mentally get myself in a good place. I'll be fine come Sunday."
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3 years
Mike Conley on the Alex Jensen coach experience: "he's a little less intense."
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2 years
Juan Toscano-Anderson: "I like the vibe of this team — let me correct myself, I love the vibe of this team."
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2 years
Will Hardy: "I'm having a blast. This is everything I've dreamed of and more."
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3 years
Mike Conley: "Obviously the loss hurts a lot but Joe — that took a lot out of guys. Seeing him with tears in his eyes... that's tough."
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4 years
Mike Conley on TNT: “I told Doc to play me as many minutes as I can. ... Because I know this might be the only one.”
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4 years
Donovan Mitchell: "I've been here for years and the fans know we just don't necessarily get all the credit we deserve, and that's not just simply on me and I feel like we use that as a chip on our shoulder."
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell's got jokes about the ejections: "Three games, two ejections. We are on pace for a lot of them this year."
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3 years
The Jazz have the most recent Finals appearance of any of the remaining Western Conference teams. A short 23 years ago.
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell when told about the critical race theory resolution passed yesterday: "It's unfortunate that's a conversation that's had. The part that I really stand for is education. And being able to educate our children on racial history I think is huge."
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2 years
Mike Conley: "To go into the playoff series knowing that we have most of our guys healthy — especially guys who have been in the rotation consistently — to me, that's a win for us."
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5 years
All Utah Jazz players and staff have been cleared by the Utah Department of Health after completing their respective periods of isolation and quarantine following exposure to COVID-19.
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2 years
Rudy Gobert: "I'm the type of guy that was thinking that it would be cool to spend my whole career in the same place, but also always wondered how cool it would be to get to a new place and in a new system and a new environment."
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3 years
Rudy Gobert said it was clear that Suns and Warriors are a "step ahead" of the Jazz when it comes to "winning habits."
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3 years
Looks like Eric Paschall played his way into a rotation spot.
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2 years
Mike Conley called Donovan Mitchell last night to congratulate him on the 71-point game. “He was like a kid on Christmas morning. … One of those special nights. I was very happy for him.”
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Georges Niang on Rudy Gobert’s impact: “I don’t think anyone will ever understand how valuable he is to our team.”
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5 years
Gobert on his 6th foul: "It wasn’t a foul. I’m just gonna be straight up. It’s fine, everyone makes mistakes. I don’t understand why if they can review it and see that it’s not a foul, why they didn’t overturn it."
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell: "Tonight was good, but we did what we were supposed to do."
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3 years
Jordan Clarkson is asked what happened with his black eye: "Alec Burks — oh sh-- I just snitched."
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Quin Snyder on Dwyane Wade's involvement: "I've asked him to weigh in on some things for me personally. We've had a number of text exchanges. I try not to wear him out because he's a busy guy, but it's been really great for me personally to be able to use him as a resource."
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3 years
Rudy Gobert is told that Luka Donic said Gobert was fouling him. Gobert shrugs... "I'm not a ref."
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2 years
Will Hardy on Walker Kessler's opening 3: "Yes, the first three was designed for Walker. Yes, he bullied me into it when he made that three at the skills challenge. Yes, I'm very happy that it went in, though I may have created a monster."
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Georges Niang on Joe Ingles nearing John Stockton's Jazz 3-point record: "I say we don't pass him the ball — John Stockton's a legend."
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Jordan Clarkson rocking out with a young kid during the Jazz’s trip to Primary Children’s.
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5 months
Ryan Smith says the team will have "Utah" and not "Salt Lake" in the name. The franchise will start playing next season without a team name. “So, we’ll start with ‘Utah’ on the jersey, and we’ll figure out the logo and everything else and what it is that we are."
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3 years
Donovan Mitchell has been named Western Conference Player of the Week.
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5 months
The same group filed an application Friday for a trademark on the team name "Utah Outlaws"
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5 months
An application was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday for a trademark on the team name "Utah Yetis" It came from the same group that filed applications for the Utah Blizzard, Utah Fury, Utah Hockey Club, Utah HC and Utah Venom.
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5 months
The team has arrived. It’s real loud.
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4 years
The Utah Jazz will honor Jerry Sloan with a special jersey patch when the season resumes in Orlando.
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Keyonte George: “I’m coming here with no expectations; just coming here willing to work, coming here ready to grind each and every day.”
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Rudy Gobert on Royce O'Neale's impact: "All-defensive team. That's where he should be at the end of the season."
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The most points Keyonte George had in a game at Baylor was 32. The most assists? 7. He's got 33 and 10 tonight.
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Rudy Gobert on JC's dunk: "I thought he was going to lay it up. ... He caught everybody off guard. That was a dope finish."
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Jordan Clarkson on upcoming road trip reunions: "Joe, hopefully he has some good restaurants. He's paying. Don, you paying, too. Bojan, he owes me. So he's paying too."
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3 years
Vivint Arena will be at full capacity for the second round, the Jazz announce. Mask requirements, however, will remain in place.
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3 years
Rick Carlisle calls Rudy Gobert one of the greatest defensive players of all time. “People need to start to realize that there's amazing artistry in that kind of defensive ability.”
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Hassan Whiteside on battles with Rudy Gobert in practice: "We beat each other up all practice and then play Call of Duty all night."
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Andre Tourigny on his first visit to Delta Center. "First impression when I walked in the building is being sad that I have to wait four or five months to get back. I cannot wait to get on the ice."
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Donovan Mitchell: "I gotta take a second to really shout out 'Dok. He is taking this taken this opportunity and ran with it — he's fighting, he's competing."
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Mike Conley: "Sometimes you live long enough to become the villain. I've become that I guess for the Memphis Grizzlies now."
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Michael Malone had some jokes on why it’s so hard to win in Utah: “The nightlife. It’s Salt Lake City and South Beach — those are the two cities that you have to worry about your guys a lot.”
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3 years
Jordan Clarkson walks in... "Before we start y'all want me to spell my name?"
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Jordan Clarkson, who’s clearly had some fun this weekend, on his, um, struggles in the first round: “I don’t usually stick to the script.” That whole availability was hilarious.
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Quin Snyder: "Well, I've taken a couple guys out but not Jordan Clarkson. I believe in him. When someone believes in you, the moments where you may have some doubt, you don't."
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