Utah Jazz Head Coach Will Hardy has enjoyable with among the gamers because the Utah Jazz play in a scrimmage recreation at Vivint Enviornment in Salt Lake Metropolis on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
The Utah Jazz held an open scrimmage on Saturday at Vivint Enviornment.
Free to followers, it was a principally unserious affair — some gamers hit the courtroom in sweats or carrying jewellery — however it was a pleasant alternative for the followers to get to know the brand new faces on this Jazz roster and have some enjoyable.
Even though this was the Jazz gamers going through Jazz gamers and the stakes had been as little as they could possibly be, there have been a couple of nuggets of curiosity.
Right here’s what I noticed:
Jared Butler had an ideal day
Out of the entire Jazz’s gamers, I used to be most impressed with Jared Butler on Saturday.
Butler has had some tough outings as of late. He performed in principally rubbish minutes final season and was by no means given a lot alternative outdoors of small stretches. Additionally, his Summer time League efficiency in July left lots to be desired, to say the least. He has appeared nervous and anxious and infrequently uncomfortable or rushed.
However on Saturday, Butler appeared settled and assured. Perhaps it was as a result of the stakes had been low and that he’s used to enjoying with and in opposition to everybody that was on the courtroom and perhaps he's simply changing into extra assured.
Regardless of the explanation, Butler appeared savvy on either side of the ball, shot nicely, had some stunning pinpoint passes and by no means appeared like he was uncontrolled.
That is the model of Butler that was anticipated when he was drafted out of Baylor. If Butler continues to be on the workforce when the season begins, that is the model of him that the Jazz hope to see extra of.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker the facilitator
All through Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s brief profession, he’s been recognized for giving a ton of effort on the defensive finish, being a fast and artful creator and offensively aggressive (albeit typically ill-advised).
However he’s been working much more this offseason on being a facilitator and creating for his teammates, and I feel there may be some clear proof that he’s changing into a greater passer.
Head coach Will Hardy has made it recognized that he desires the ball to maneuver lots and is asking for extra passing from the entire guards, and it’s thrilling to see that’s already being taken to coronary heart, even earlier than the beginning of the common season.
The inexperienced mild conundrum
Jordan Clarkson has all the time been the man who can go get a bucket and just about has a inexperienced mild to shoot the ball and take what pictures are open to him every time he desires.
However there are fairly a couple of guys on this Jazz workforce who appear to be they're making an attempt to be that man.
On one hand, should you’ve bought Clarkson, Talen Horton-Tucker and Collin Sexton all taking pictures every time they need and a bunch of younger guys enjoying for his or her contracts, that might result in some fairly dangerous basketball, which is form of what you need from the Jazz proper now (the race to get Victor Wembanyama is on).
Then again, should you’re making an attempt to develop another gamers to be facilitators and play inside an offensive system and transfer the ball however it stops each time Sexton or Horton-Tucker contact it, that could possibly be an issue.
Odds and ends
- The brand new courtroom with the big black J-note and the black and yellow lettering really appears very nice. Additionally, Vivint Enviornment is outfitted with new massive screens and visible aids across the health club which make issues appear actually contemporary and new.
- The rookies needed to sing in entrance of the gang, and after some encouragement, they sang Child Shark, and it was adorably hilarious. Good enjoyable throughout.
Led by Walker Kessler, rookies sang Child Shark to the gang after the open scrimmage. pic.twitter.com/SUUjYF2m76
— Sarah Todd (@NBASarah) October 8, 2022
- Saben Lee had some highlight-worthy dunks that had been extraordinarily enjoyable for the followers. Though it’s laborious to think about that Lee might be on the roster as soon as opening day is upon us, it was good to see that he’s an athletic man who really has some methods within the bag.