@davidjsmith1232 Those 2 stick out for me as well. Also, if Jazz draft AJ I would look at Anfernee Simons as well.
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Clint Nelson
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Utah, USA Katılım Ağustos 2010
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If the Jazz use the MLE, which of these players might make sense?
Ayo Dosunmu and Quentin Grimes are two that stick out for me.
NBARetweet@RTNBA
Notable NBA Unrestricted Free Agents This Offseason: • LeBron James • CJ McCollum • Norman Powell • Ayo Dosunmu • Kristaps Porzingis • Tobias Harris • Collin Gillespie • Anfernee Simons • Russell Westbrook • Rui Hachimura • Mitchell Robinson • Khris Middleton • Kelly Oubre Jr. • Harrison Barnes • Luke Kennard • Andre Drummond • Nikola Vučević • Keon Ellis • Robert Williams III • Quentin Grimes • John Collins • Collin Sexton • Coby White • Bones Hyland • Kevin Huerter • Marvin Bagley III • Landry Shamet • Javonte Green • Bruce Brown Jr. • Josh Okogie • Jordan Goodwin • Jeremy Sochan • Cam Thomas
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Jazz should NOT consider trading up IMO. Just take DP or AJ, whoever is there, and feel absolutely thrilled about it.
Jonathan Givony@DraftExpress
Darryn Peterson is the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 NBA Draft. Went on the Zach Lowe pod to talk about why, and what we've seen over the years that's separated him from the field in my eyes.
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@davidjsmith1232 I will take that over him being on the broadcast.
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Two more years hearing Kerr complain about the NBA season being too long!
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: Steve Kerr has agreed on a new two-year contract to return as head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Dan Eveloff and Rick Smith of @PrioritySports tell me, @anthonyVslater and @ramonashelburne. After three weeks of extensive conversations, Kerr and the Warriors agreed to continue their legendary partnership in what will be his 13th season and beyond as Warriors coach.
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@davidjsmith1232 Next season will be age 36 and yes played better but a lot less (53 games). It would be a terribly shortsighted move by the Jazz to pay 22% of the cap and move off of 4-5 players to get enough to match salary, for a bit of defensive culture…
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@trueblueclint Perhaps not, but he looked great in POR. Turned back the clock with a strong season.
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Jrue Holiday would be incredible in Utah. I wonder if he declined a trade a few years ago more due to the rebuild the Jazz were in than anything else.
Holly Hardy@hallsrh
I wonder if the Jazz look at Jrue again. Big contract but he could teach our guards to be tougher defensively.
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@NateDuncanNBA Said off arm just led to Embiid injury. So annoying that he has been empowered to play that way.
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One thing I'll be watching tonight: Will Jaylen Brown be allowed to use his off arm, and how will he handle officials calling the offensive foul?
I broke down Brown's role in the league-wide off-ball trend:
youtube.com/watch?v=HpwPeC…
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@davidjsmith1232 @solelyme06 They could still offer Kessler a bunch if they move on from LeBron. Reaves cap hold is not that high. Not sure they will, but they could.
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So, only three cap space teams who could potentially make an offer to RFA Walker Kessler.
Keith Smith@KeithSmithNBA
I'm continuing to tweak my cap space projections for this summer as we gather more intel and plans for the offseason become clearer. Now, I'm projecting only four cap space teams in July: 1 Bulls: $58.4M 2 Lakers: $48.1M 3 Nets: $44.6M 4 Pistons: $26.9M ATL & LAC could be cap space teams, but unlikely.
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Clint Nelson retweetledi
Brendan Sorsby has entered a gambling addiction program for sports betting, which could end his college career.
The second paragraph of this story is remarkable.
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@davidjsmith1232 Based on this season and postseason, combined with his contract (oof), I doubt there is much demand for his services.
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Agreed. I admire Booker's loyalty, and the Suns have been a nice story this season. But the overall outlook is not great.
Billy Reinhardt@BillyReinhardt
Devin Booker really needs to press the trade request button and get out of Phoenix. Fun and surprising year from the Suns but there’s no upward mobility to real championship contention for the rest of the 2020s given their outgoing picks. Booker is a really great player who turns 30 in October & it feels like he should be more relevant on the NBA’s main stage.
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@NateDuncanNBA The Thunder are effective but completely unwatchable. 🤮
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Seeing some people trying to defend Dort by saying he had his back turned and didn't know where Booker was. Nah. Had his left arm on and him and felt him release backdoor, knew he was beaten, and tripped him.
Nate Duncan@NateDuncanNBA
Another Lu Dort trip! This is getting totally out of control. One of these incidents there might be some plausible deniability but they are just adding up too much.
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Another Lu Dort trip! This is getting totally out of control. One of these incidents there might be some plausible deniability but they are just adding up too much.
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Clint Nelson retweetledi
In Mere Christianity, CS Lewis has an awesome opening riff about how most people know the difference between right and wrong, but they justify acting immorally by appealing to "special exception." They know they shouldn't hit a friend, but what if that friend was being so mean? They know they shouldn't steal a seat a bus, but what if that person got up and created a moment's confusion and then the seat was up for grabs? Etc.
When I read this section, I thought a lot about contemporary politics and the way that people justify their politics, not by appealing to higher principles, but rather by appealing to "special exception" to argue that their admitted indecency is justifiable in context.
A lot of MAGA vice is justified by special exception. Trump's defenders rarely defend his crookedness directly. They don't say "it's wonderful to use trade policy to enrich the Oval Office, it's really awesome." They say: Well, look, it doesn't really matter, because the left is so dangerous, Biden maybe did something similar 3 years ago, Democrats would do the same in power, and so forth.
I heard something similar in that NYT conversation everybody's talking about. You even see it in the headline: ‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’ Why, hello, special exception. When you start arguing that stealing food and French paintings is justifiable in the context of political protest in an age of prevailing distrust, you're similarly not arguing *for* any kind of a universal principle. Nobody actually wants 300 million people stealing fruit from the grocery store. Nobody actually wants every Louvre visitor trying to rip a Manet off the walls. These virtues don't scale. (Because they're not virtuous!)
Sap that I am, I want us to get to a place where politics is about fighting for what is right and decent, not about justifying what sort of indecent behavior might be somewhat understandable or technically justifiable given the other side's vice or the prevailing levels of indecency. The point is to build the kind of goodness that scales.
nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opi…
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Ja will be traded for salary relief and either 3 SRPs or one protected FRP.
GrindHouse Grizzlies (Spaces)@SpacesGrizzlies
A really good scenario for the Grizz would be Grizz Land top 4 pick Kings land at 6 and trade for Ja with that pick Cam Aj Peterson Wilson top 4 Wagler 6 Wagler Peterson or Coward AJ or Coward or GG Cam or Wilson or Santi Edey #Grindcity
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@NateDuncanNBA Games like this give me excitement about watching Hardy coach a team for real.
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Just speaking for myself of course, Mark Jones was very difficult to listen to and I am glad that someone else will be in that spot. I am sure that some people enjoyed his stylings.
David Locke@DLocke09
Huge loss for NBA fans. Mark calls a brilliant game. Understanding of hoops, cadence, vocab, huge moments. He is truly on of the best. Best compliment I can give his call is I regularly download his games and send them to my daughter who is a aspiring play by play announcer
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4 years ago almost to the day the Jazz played the Thunder. This is who the Thunder played
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@ShamsCharania How long will it take after the season ends for this man to be traded?
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The Bucks have told NBA investigators that Giannis Antetokounmpo declined the opportunity to play 3-on-3 scrimmages as part of return protocol from a mid-March knee injury, per ESPN sources. Antetokounmpo told the league he is healthy enough to resume action.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
Sources: NBA investigating Bucks after Giannis says he's healthy - via @ESPN App espn.com/nba/story/_/id…
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@davidjsmith1232 @getsit It also has zero chance of happening. Bookmark this whatever. Zero chance.
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Yang will be one of the five best centers in the league one day
David J. Smith@davidjsmith1232
They had that much time contacting and watching him and still drafted him that early? Hansen is putting up 2.3 PPG on 31% shooting. Olivia was an assistant coach for the Jazz for two seasons under Quin Snyder.
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@NateDuncanNBA Why not “unflatten” the odds but put a time limit (2 years?) on lottery availability. Max of 2 years in the bottom 4, if you are in the lottery after that you are automatically bumped to end of the lottery. Could minimize the # of tanking teams (and tanking games in April).
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The reaction I've seen to NBA's tanking proposals hasn't been positive. Personally I think the proposal with the flattened lottery odds would be a substantial improvement from the current system.
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