David Hardisty: Amen Thompson will play tonight in Utah but Steven Adams is out.
Utah Jazz Rumors
Vinny Benedetto: Another day of Nuggets injury reporting. Jamal Murray is questionable for Friday’s game vs. Utah with R hamstring tightness. Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter Jr. and Christian Braun are probable. Interesting MPJ’s back is what’s listed – he said hamstring last night. pic.x.com/AW1TLelf9E
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Will Hardy after Jazz blowout loss to Grizzlies: 'I thought we played like a team for a half, and then it looked like a pickup game at Lifetime Fitness'
“I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I’m a young coach. I’m still figuring a lot out. It’s my 15th year in the NBA, and I’ve seen a lot of players make it and I’ve seen a lot of guys behave in a way that if they could go back in time, they’d take it back. I thought we played like a team for about a half, and then it looked like a pickup game at Lifetime Fitness, where we just all met 10 seconds ago, and we’re all just kind of out here trying to get a workout.”
“I thought early in the game, the team on both sides of the ball was very active, connected, unselfish, and the second quarter, you know, we had some pockets where our play wasn’t perfect, but — the second half was unrecognizable in almost every way. There’s moments where stubbornness is cute and there’s moments where stubbornness is embarrassing. At some point, every person needs to look in the mirror and understand what’s being asked of them and try to do it to the best of their ability, at the highest level of intensity that they can.”
“I’m a very competitive person, and there are moments where I feel like I’m having to restrain the core of who I am, because there seems to be an unwillingness, at times, to understand that this is not something that you can take for granted. The NBA will stop for no one, and our program will stop for nobody. There needs to be accountability of self first. And everybody on our team needs to understand that opportunity should not be taken lightly, and a lot of our young players are getting the chance to play in games to wear a Utah Jazz jersey and to represent themselves, and ultimately, we all have to answer for our performances.”
There are very few times where I’ve been disappointed in our group, and tonight I’ll drive home disappointed. But we have to all wake up tomorrow and get back to work. And it is one game. It is one half. I understand that, and I’ll get some sleep and wake up tomorrow with perspective. But during the game, perspective’s for the birds. The lights are on, you’re competing. You’re representing an organization, representing a fan base, our community. That was just unacceptable.”
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