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@davidjsmith1232 Would love for Richie to be Jazzman

Richie Saunders was asked at Cougar Club which NBA teams he feels he'd fit with. He said any team that has confidence in him and has a good system. Someone yelled out, "The Utah Jazz!" and Richie smiled and said he would be happy to play in SLC. He was also asked if NBA teams have reached out to him. He first clarified that everything goes through his agent, but that several teams have told him the injury does not change how they feel about or view him. I think Richie is a culture guy and would really add to any team.

@aggiecache Get ready to learn Gonzaga buddy

Surely they won a conference championship with a player like that

@RunninHoopsPod @Joshua_Newman Hoop Dreams easily

Not to steal @Joshua_Newman's thunder here, but along the lines of best basketball movies...how about the best basketball documentaries? - The Fab Five - I Hate Christian Laettner - Without Bias What else here?

@SBN_Ricky @johnrivers131 I don’t think it’s about punishing teams that did what’s in the best interest for their franchise. I think it’s about fixing a problem the nba brought upon itself/

The Wizards and Jazz made trades to take themselves out of the top of the draft next year. The Nets don't own their pick. A team like the Kings was never trying to tank. This feels like it punishes the wrong teams

@LauriMarkBurner @redraiderman1 You can have the past. I’d rather have the present and the future

@redraiderman1 59-32 is the football series, also Utah is a much more accomplished basketball program as well. A couple of weird years for sure but Utah is still big bro by a wide margin

Why is BYU better than Utah at everything? 😂

@WillyDiBa7 @ProfessionalZip Horrible take

@ProfessionalZip 7th in the conference is absolutely asinine. Shouldn’t let anybody in that’s worse than 4th in their conference.

UGA wasn’t even near the bubble btw, and they are an AWFUL team. How many SLU’s of the world deserve to be in????

@That_Y_Lyfe @SpideYstow @rtmccombs None of those guys besides maybe Hubbard will be available. Rob wright’s better and bigger than Hubbard tho.

@ColtonBattery @SpideYstow @rtmccombs Easy. I’ll name a lot more than one and I’ll name two Freshman. Acuff and Flemings Bruce Thornton (Ohio State) Jaden Bradley (Arizona) Christian Anderson (Texas Tech) Tamon Lipsey (Iowa State) Tahaad Pettiford (Auburn) Josh Hubbard (Mississippi State) 

Kevin Young in the postgame presser stressed shooting when building next season’s roster. Mentioned needing to get shooters around Rob Wright. I expect that will be a top priority in the transfer portal.

@That_Y_Lyfe @SpideYstow @rtmccombs Name one

@ColtonBattery @SpideYstow @rtmccombs He’s mid. There are bigger, faster, and better passing PGs out there.

@LeiterIsKing A 6’9-6’10 derozan would have won several MVPs

This is DeMar DeRozan and that’s okay

@KGrahamContent It hurts but it’s not the worst thing in the world when your teams floor is a 6 seed. That used to be the ceiling.

Losing in the first round with the best player in college basketball you're paying millions for is inexcusable and a complete failure of a season. BYU/Kevin Young really needs to assess this "NBA" model they have put in place. Sure Dybantsa is NBA ready but it didn't do much for the program winning wise did it?

@SpideYstow @rtmccombs I don’t think it’s worth rolling the dice in the portal when you have an underclassmen who’s an all conference player in the toughest conference in America. Makes total sense that Rob’s gonna be another cornerstone next year.

@ColtonBattery @rtmccombs BYU paid this guy the second most money on the roster and you don’t think we can get a different PG that can make All Big 12 3rd team? Lmao.

@SpideYstow @rtmccombs All big 12 point guards aren’t exactly easy to come by I don’t think

@rtmccombs How bout we let Rob bag chase and we get a PG that can defend?

@Blutman27 You can on direct tv

You should have the option to toggle this on/off 👍

Another year of asking to take the top ticker off the screen so it can stop spoiling scores

@camden_hess @Drew1931 Nothing wrong with some honesty. This doesn’t bother me one bit

@ColtonBattery @Drew1931 Yes. There are a ton of better ways to answer this question.

Least favorite Jazz player since…?

@RoyalCoug Wisconsin earned it. A couple of the best wins in the country.

BYU is a 6 seed Wisconsin is a 5 seed

@jackson5payne You just gotta foul up 3

Championship games for 1-bid leagues always deliver. Incredible cinema every time. MARCH!!!

@UrbanDempsy @WorldWideWob Saying the jazz should be fined for always being mismanaged is what I’m calling out Just a stupid comment. Also the east has always been pretty bad so ecf appearances don’t hold much weight to me, I mean Trae young has made it.

@ColtonBattery @WorldWideWob Wouldn’t you rather make the conference finals consistently and finals twice than being irrelevant for 26 years?

And this right here, what just happened in Indiana, is why making an example of the Jazz was a short-sighted decision/slippery slope. 1) Zubac returns to action from extended time off, plays heavy 1H minutes. Looks good scoring 8 PTS (4-6 FG). 2) Nembhard drops 23 PTS (!) in the 1H in just 17 mins. They both disappear at halftime, and dont play a single 2H second in what was a respectably close game for a majority of it. Pacers (a team with losing incentive) lose. Sound familiar? The franchise comms team will likely issue an injury management explanation to avoid the eye of Secaucus Sauron/refute the imminent tanking allegations. Is it possible both players got sore in the locker room/hurt in the first half? Sure, I guess. The point here is that by fining the Jazz for conduct detrimental to the league, NOT (⬅️) a Player Participation Policy violation, your games are now going to be under the microscope in the event this type of starter rotation activity occurs again. You can’t just fine one franchise and hang their reputation from a tree to scare the other citizens from replicating the same behavior. That selective enforcement is what put you in the spotlight originally, because Jaren Jackson Jr./Lauri Markkanen ended up either getting surgery or having a legitimate hip injury keeping them out for the foreseeable future. Nembhard/Zubac may end up experiencing something similar to JJJ/Markkanen, they may not, but the inconsistent enforcement WITHOUT knowing their personal medical records is reflective of a business that only steps in when the seat gets hot. The Jazz ended up winning some of those games they were so highly scrutinized for. The Pacers lost tonight. This alone does not justify penalizing the Pacers, because Micah Potter was trying to win just as much as Brice Sensabaugh was for Utah. Players dont tank. If you’re not going to fine the Pacers for this tonight, then just give the Jazz governors their $500,000 back, because this hypocrisy is what’s damaging the league reputation more than the integrity of the game.

@UrbanDempsy @WorldWideWob Even with the pacers finals appearance, they still have a worse record than the jazz this decade. Surprising I know.

@ColtonBattery @WorldWideWob How many finals you been in since Jordan?

@tallgolfguy_ @JeffDLowe @Return_Of_RB Cal Baptist and UVU both

@JeffDLowe @Return_Of_RB And Cal Baptist is joining the Big West next year so only gonna get better

Cally Bap vs Utah Valley round 4 UC Irvine vs Hawaii round 3 Late night Championship Saturday … What more could you want ?????