"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[MarkGrace]

Would love to see what Gobert is doing this game.

[smokymountainrain]

Would love to see what Gobert is doing this game.

Finishes with 18, 9 and 3. Damn.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

[smokymountainrain]

Jordan got Gobert pretty good too last night, but man, Gobert looks to be ahead of where I think most people expected him to be right now.

[smokymountainrain]

Full Gobert highlights of the Laker game. This is video is just spectacular. If it doesn't put a smile on ones face, nothing will. Guy loves to dunk.

[MarkGrace]

That clip is awesome. Kid's arms are just insane.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Looks like we can safely put Gobert ahead of Sene and Thabeet. Up next: Chuck Nevitt.

The Twittersphere was alive again last night with talk about how different Gobert looks than he did at the NBA combine. The Jazz coaches mentioned how much better he looked once he got to SLC for his draft workout, that he had really improved during his individual workouts with other teams. And now we see him finishing up the preseason looking like he belongs on an NBA court.

The 2013 NBA draft will be the year we remember as Dennis Lindsey going all RC Buford on the league and finding his Tony Parker/Manu Ginobili. Clearly that is where Gobert and Neto are headed.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

That last dunk is nuts, a big lanky 7 footer rolling, catching the pass, and then wrong footing the dunk smoothly

[smokymountainrain]

That last dunk is nuts, a big lanky 7 footer rolling, catching the pass, and then wrong footing the dunk smoothly

That one was nice, especially catching a pretty poor pass, but my favorite was the one handed hammer off the pass from Clark.

[Sizzle]

@DJJazzyJody: Utah Jazz have cut Brian Cook, Dominic McGuire, Justin Holiday, Lester Hudson and Scott Machado.

No real shockers there.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

@DJJazzyJody: Utah Jazz have cut Brian Cook, Dominic McGuire, Justin Holiday, Lester Hudson and Scott Machado.

No real shockers there.

The shocker is that they bothered keeping Harris around. To me, he looked worse than the rest of the preseason bodies. I assume it is because Evans is hurt, but man Harris looked atrocious almost every moment he was on the court.

[The_Douger]

This is the most excited I've been for the Jazz since we traded Deron.

I hope they really do let the young guys play and develop together.

[MarkGrace]

Aaron Falk @tribjazz 6h
Rudy Gobert, 16 points, 9 boards and "continues to impress" Corbin. "I can't say enough how pleased I am with the progress he's making."

This sounds like something Man Boobs says right before the guy never plays again.

[smokymountainrain]

This sounds like something Man Boobs says right before the guy never plays again.

Seriously, a quote like that has been the kiss of death for Burks.

[MarkGrace]

Jazz, Gordon Hayward far apart in extension talks
By Adrian Wojnarowski
25 minutes ago
Yahoo Sports
As the deadline for Class of 2010 contract extensions looms at midnight on Friday, the Utah Jazz and forward Gordon Hayward remain far apart in discussions, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Talks are expected to pick up this week, but there's nothing resembling even the baseline for an agreement in place, sources told Yahoo.


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Gordon Hayward, right, averaged 14.1 points for the Jazz last season. (AP)
Discussions could push all the way to the final hours of the Oct. 31 deadline.
The Jazz have re-signed Derrick Favors to a four-year, $47 million-plus extension and have been in talks with Hayward's agent, Mark Bartelstein, on a proposed deal. So far, there's been little progress or momentum, but many of these deals need the pressure of a deadline to get sides to move.

The Jazz will have the right to match an offer sheet on Hayward in restricted free agency next summer and need to weigh how much more it could cost the franchise to ultimately retain him should he hit the open market.

Two teams with ample salary-cap space have head coaches – Boston's Brad Stevens and Phoenix's Jeff Hornacek – who have history with Hayward and think highly of his talent. Stevens coached Hayward at Butler University, and Hornacek was a Jazz assistant coach before taking over the Suns.

Hayward could get an early termination option and trade kicker as part of an offer sheet next summer, factors beyond his salary that would make it more appealing for the Jazz to find a way to get a deal done before restricted free agency.

Nevertheless, Utah executives Kevin O'Connor and Dennis Lindsey are unlikely to make a deal out of fear of a rival overpaying Hayward on the market. Hayward remains a valued commodity for the Jazz, a player the franchise expects to be a centerpiece for years to come. The question is always, at what price?

For teams with salary-cap space, the belief is typically that they have to pay a player above his market value to have a chance at a team refusing to match an offer sheet – or offering the opportunity to move him in a sign-and-trade deal.

Hayward, 23, averaged 14.1 points and 3.1 rebounds last season. His stats could suffer this season with the Jazz so limited at the point guard position. Rookie Trey Burke will be sidelined for several weeks with a broken finger, and Utah plans to use a combination of John Lucas III and freshly signed Jamaal Tinsley.

Through five preseason games, Hayward has averaged 18 points and five assists.

For Hayward to turn down a four-year deal worth $40 million-plus, he'd risk the possibility of an injury this season that could impact his earning power as a restricted free agent in July 2014.

Hayward was the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--ja...202627935.html

Didn't think we'd see this.