Called Bank Sports: All Things Utah Jazz Basketball

The Utah Jazz held media day this week while on a three-day trip in Las Vegas to do some preseason training. We talk about Hassan Whiteside's comments as well as Bojan Bogdanovic and Rudy Gay's injuries. 

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Last week we ranked the West and the Utah Jazz were on top, so this week we decided to rank the teams in the East. There are a lot of teams in the East that are expecting a lot of improvement this season while at the same time a lot of the contenders last year are looking to contend again so it was really tough to rank these teams. Let us know in the comments what you think of our rankings and where we went wrong.  

1. Bucks 2. Nets 3. Heat 4. 76ers 5. Hawks 6. Celtics 7. Knicks 8. Bulls 9. Hornets 10. Pacers 11. Raptors 12. Wizards 13. Cavs 14. Pistons 15. Magic  

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The Jazz were the first seed last year, but will they be able to keep the first seed for the second year in a row? The Western Conference is complicated to predict because a lot of teams that would normally be title contenders have injured stars coming into the season and other teams like the Lakers have had nagging injuries to some of their best players.   Let us know how you think the playoff seeding will end up this season.  #NBA #UtahJazz #WesternConference

There wasn't a ton going on with the Jazz but we still found things to talk about which also lead us to talk about what is going on with Ben Simmons and how that may impact the Utah Jazz and the NBA Western Conference.

Okay, I get it. After all of Jazz nation got hyped about a championship last year just to get let down with a second-round exit in the playoffs everyone is probably super skeptical. But when you look at everything realistically and not just on paper, the Jazz are legit title contenders. If anything goes wrong for any other title contender then the Jazz may be frontrunners and the only player with recent injury history on the Jazz is Mike Conley. So with some load management, I wouldn't be shocked to see the Jazz lifting up the Larry O'Brien trophy in the next 12 months.   

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The NBA schedule has been released and current projections say that the Jazz have one of if the easiest schedule when you take back to backs and road trips into account. The Jazz also have a Christmas day game, so we might get a new Christmas jersey! Nate is also back so we got to hear his thoughts on the free agency signings and some of our very early predictions for the Jazz this year.   Don't forget to like and subscribe to our channel. It means a ton!  Thumbnail credit: Rick Bowmer-Associated Press  #UtahJazz #RudyGay #TakeNote

The Jazz made more moves this free agency than I was expecting. Join me for this solo episode going over my thoughts on the Utah Jazz offseason moves so far. Including signing Mike Conley, Rudy Gay, and Hassan Whiteside along with the Eric Paschal trade.   Also, we finally have our winner of the tiebreaker for the playoffs bracket competition so congrats to C Chivers!  #UtahJazz #RudyGay #NBA

A lot has happened with the Utah Jazz over the past week. The Jazz got a steal at the 40th overall pick with Jared Butler out of Baylor and they traded Derrick Favors to free up some luxury tax space. 😢 There was also some leaked information about what contract the Jazz are planning on offering Mike Conley with a 3 year $75 Million initial offer so the Jazz realize the importance of bringing Conley back.

The Bucks beat the odds and won the NBA championship as a small market team. The Bucks have had playoff disappointments in past years just like the Jazz. So what should the Jazz takeaway from the Bucks winning an NBA championship and should that be used as a championship blueprint for small market NBA teams to follow?

Mike Conley is an unrestricted free agent, meaning that he is free to sign with any team in the NBA as long as they have cap space. I'm personally hoping that Conley signs with the Jazz but that's for a different video. If Mike Conley decides to leave the Jazz he'll likely want to sign with a team that is contending for a championship. The problem is that many of these teams won't have the necessary cap room to sign Mike Conley. That's where the sign and trade comes in. Conley can ask the Jazz to sign up just to trade him to the team that he actually wants to play for. In this video, we look at several potential sign and trade packages if Mike Conley decides to go that route. Realistically there could be trades with the Clippers, Lakers, Blazers, 76ers, and Celtics.