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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - NBA: Free Agency, Steph Curry And More

  02-07-2017 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  
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• Tony Bradley Practice // 7.2.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2ueYxKs #UtahJazzSL https://t.co/KSaWF4SNsF

  02-07-2017 23:15 via twitter.com
  
  Tony Bradley Practice // 7.2.17Watch: on.nba.com/2ueYxKs#UtahJazzSL https://t.co/KSaWF4SNsF
  
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• Tyrone Wallace Practice // 7.2.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2uz9TZ1 #UtahJazzSL https://t.co/cD1OgAV52L

  02-07-2017 23:13 via twitter.com
  
  Tyrone Wallace Practice // 7.2.17Watch: on.nba.com/2uz9TZ1#UtahJazzSL https://t.co/cD1OgAV52L
  
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• Alex Jensen Practice // 7.2.17 Watch: on.nba.com/2t6KJmS #UtahJazzSL https://t.co/ta8G8M6Obs

  02-07-2017 23:12 via twitter.com
  
  Alex Jensen Practice // 7.2.17Watch: on.nba.com/2t6KJmS#UtahJazzSL https://t.co/ta8G8M6Obs
  
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• [USA Today] - Gordon Hayward's free-agency tour continues at Fenway Park with Celtics visit

  02-07-2017 23:03 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... e same screen. Hayward is expected to meet with his incumbent team, the Utah Jazz, on Monday. — Chris Durbin (@_chrisdurbin) Meanwhile, Dion Waiters was takin ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - What point guards are left in NBA free agency, and where will they go?

  02-07-2017 22:45 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... free agency began, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Ricky Rubio to the Utah Jazz, and then when the floodgates opened, they signed Jeff Teague to replace him ...
  
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• [Fox Sports] - The Latest: Day 2: Gordon Hayward visits Fenway Park

  02-07-2017 22:02 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... e same screen. Hayward is expected to meet with his incumbent team, the Utah Jazz, on Monday. Meanwhile, Dion Waiters was taking meetings in Los Angeles – wit ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz Notes: Hayward Sweepstakes, Emoji Battles, Media Bias, Oh My!

  02-07-2017 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... offs last season, I’d say both of their arguments are rather moot. Sure, the Jazz have a ways to go, too, but there’s certainly an argument to be made that th ...
  
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• [KSL] - Jazz notes: Hayward meets with Celtics at Fenway Park, Rudy Gobert emoji tweets

  02-07-2017 21:41 via sportspyder.com
  
  ..."Ty Wallace has been good. I think he's improved quite a bit," Jazz summer league head coach Alex Jensen said. "The D-League helped, and he's be ...
  
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• Utah Jazz Notes: Hayward Sweepstakes, Emoji Battles, Media Bias, Oh My!

  02-07-2017 21:20
  
  The free agency decision of Utah Jazz All-Star Gordon Hayward has created quite a stir across the league in a number of ways. Despite the monotony of knowing for essentially the entirety of the 2016-17 NBA season which two teams would end up in the NBA Finals (Thanks Kevin Durant), at least the 2017 offseason has […]
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Report: Gordon Hayward to meet with Utah Jazz in San Diego

  02-07-2017 21:19 via sportspyder.com
  ... ld assume that the Utah Jazz will also have , , and other key Utah Jazz players available in San Diego to court the All-Star Small Forward’s service ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert starts an emoji war over Gordon Hayward’s free agency

  02-07-2017 21:01
  
  NBA players are familiar with battling on the court, but in a huge offseason and free agency period for the NBA, the battle has spilled over into an emoji war.As prized Utah Jazz free agent Gordon Hayward visits teams like the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, Jazz center Rudy Gobert is understandably working to retain his teammate and hold the Jazz’s core together.Gobert, an already creative social media user, stepped up his Twitter game Saturday night, tweeting a series of emojis that inclu
  
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• Utah Jazz: Nigel Williams-Goss found what he was looking for at Gonzaga — a way to get to the NBA

  02-07-2017 20:51
  
  Jazz second-round draft pick Nigel Williams-Goss always had a plan. He would play a few years of college ball at the University of Washington, then declare for the NBA draft if his game was as ready as he thought it would be.
  Then the plan changed.
  Seeking more basketball sheen and a program with a higher national profile, Williams-Goss transferred and landed 275 miles east of UW, at Gonzaga University, a mid-major school that had a history of making the NCAA Tournament every year but could neve
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Rudy Gobert shuts down French soccer player rooting for Gordon Hayward to sign with Celtics

  02-07-2017 20:48 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...Twitter. A day after he got NBA fans all riled up with just six emojis, the Jazz center was back on Twitter doing what he does best: Rejecting shots. Soccer...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert starts an emoji war over Gordon Hayward’s free agency

  02-07-2017 20:11 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...the Jazz's core together. Gobert, an already creative social media user, stepped up h ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Rudy Gobert starts an emoji war over Gordon Hayward’s free agency

  02-07-2017 19:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...the Jazz's core together. Gobert, an already creative social media user, stepped up h ...
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Still confident after Gordon Hayward’s Miami meeting

  02-07-2017 19:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... Draft picks in franchise history 6/23 - Utah Jazz: 2017 NBA Draft grades Whiteside isn’t the player Rudy Gobert is, while Joe...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: Ball Don't Lie] - What point guards are left in NBA free agency, and where will they go?

  02-07-2017 19:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... free agency began, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Ricky Rubio to the Utah Jazz, and then when the floodgates opened, they signed Jeff Teague to replace him ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Jazz: Nigel Williams-Goss found what he was looking for at Gonzaga — a way to get to the NBA

  02-07-2017 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... t Home Arena, family and friends living in the state and a relationship with Jazz legend John Stockton, who put in a plug to Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey for the Go ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Summer League has plenty of reasons to watch

  02-07-2017 19:00 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... have a more tenuous grip on their roster spot, much less their role. For the Jazz, there's a lot of eyes on Dante Exum, who will be expected to take on more l ...
  
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• Utah Summer League has plenty of reasons to watch

  02-07-2017 18:47
  
  Looking for the next big thing in the NBA? Stop checking your phone check out Utah Summer League.
  There’s a very good chance that this summer’s six-game slate between four teams will have a future star, given that there’s three lottery picks from the 2017 draft, and several others from previous drafts playing on the hardcourt this week at the Huntsman Center. While free agency and blockbuster trades have dominated the headlines, the Summer League could represent the future of p
  
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• [Fanrag Sports] - Re-signing Joe Ingles a vital part of free agency for Jazz

  02-07-2017 18:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... Ingles and trading for point guard Ricky Rubio were significant parts of the Jazz’s plan to assemble a roster that appeals to Hayward.” Such acquisitions are...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Should the Utah Jazz pursue Andrew Bogut in free agency?

  02-07-2017 16:58 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... eit crucial, minutes. There’s several reasons why he’d be a good fit for the Jazz aside from his basketball talent, such as having played his college ball at...
  
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• Should the Utah Jazz pursue Andrew Bogut in free agency?

  02-07-2017 16:45
  
  There’s certainly some risks involved, but Andrew Bogut could end up being a very cost-effective free agent addition that the Utah Jazz could pursue. The Utah Jazz have made no shortage of moves as they inch ever closer to finding out the results of their main objective this offseason – retaining All-Star Gordon Hayward. After trading […]
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Warriors reach agreements with Andre Iguodala, David West

  02-07-2017 16:19 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...Curry celebrates during overtime in an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. One of the NBA's biggest bargains until now, Curry is abo ...
  
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• [Sporting News] - Rudy Gobert tries using emojis to sway Gordon Hayward to stay with Jazz

  02-07-2017 16:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... ing out all the stops to persuade free agent Gordon Hayward to stay with the Jazz. The 27-year-old Utah center subtweeted Hayward — one of the biggest free ag ...
  
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• [Uproxx: Dime Magazine] - The Jazz May Have Improved Their Odds Of Keeping Gordon Hayward By Re-Signing One Of His Closest Friends

  02-07-2017 16:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...to be a perfect fit for playing with Hayward. And then there’s the move the Jazz made on Saturday, when they re-signed Joe Ingles. ...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Five best available free agents: Hayward sweepstakes intensifies; Lowry staying? - CBSSports.com

  02-07-2017 15:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... ourning. The meetings set off an emoji war. Meanwhile, it's notable that the Jazz agreed with Joe Ingles to a four-year, $52 million deal. Ingles shares an ag ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Boston's Isaiah Thomas, Utah's Rudy Gobert attempt to woo Gordon Hayward with emoji

  02-07-2017 15:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... ji-speak, Gobert contends that the Heat are trash; the Celtics are poop; the Jazz are champs.) Well, Celtics guard Isiah Thomas, who will reportedly be presen ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - What if? LeBron James and the 2017-18 Utah Jazz

  02-07-2017 14:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...en route to the Conference Finals, but the Jazz struggle a bit to put away Kawhi Leonard and the Spurs. In the end, though,...
  
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• What if? LeBron James and the 2017-18 Utah Jazz

  02-07-2017 14:13
  
  In an alternate reality, the Utah Jazz have a dream season when Gordon Hayward and LeBron James join forces. LeBron James wakes up June 15th with night sweats. His forehead is throbbing. He can’t breathe. His heart is beating at a million miles a minute. He just keeps reliving Game 3 over and over again […]
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• [USA Today: Hoops Hype] - NBA summer league rosters: Who's playing where

  02-07-2017 13:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... te Murray, James Robinson, Derrick White and Shayne Whittington. Where: Utah Jazz Summer League and Vegas Summer League. TORONTO Who: OG Anunoby, Troy Caupain ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Ingles agrees to 4-year deal with Jazz

  02-07-2017 10:34 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...was first reported by ESPN. Ingles was a restricted free agent, meaning the Jazz could match any offer he received. But there was no need to test the market. ...
  
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• Rudy Gobert, Isaiah Thomas, Hassan Whiteside get in emoji fight over Gordon Hayward

  02-07-2017 08:31
  
  Emojis and NBA free agency collided once again Saturday night, and this time the Utah Jazz were at the center of it.All-Star forward Gordon Hayward on Saturday met with the Miami Heat, and he's scheduled to hear free agency pitches from the Boston Celtics and Jazz in the coming days.At 8:20 p.m. Mountain Time Saturday, Utah center Rudy Gobert sent a tweet of just emojis that communicated exactly how he feels about Hayward's free agency, with the palm tree representative of Miami, the clover mean
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Rudy Gobert, Isaiah Thomas, Hassan Whiteside get in emoji fight over Gordon Hayward

  02-07-2017 08:23 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... , and he's scheduled to hear free agency pitches from the Boston Celtics and Jazz in the coming days. At 8:20 p.m. Mountain Time Saturday, Utah center Rudy Go ...
  
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• Monson: Rubio and Ingles are in, so what do the Jazz do now?

  02-07-2017 06:45
  
  As the plot edges toward its conclusion in the story of the summer in Utah — Will Gordon Hayward stay or will he go? — the options for the Jazz in either direction fall somewhere between intriguing and frightening.
  And then, there’s also the philosophical questions that are bound to arise, considering if Hayward checks out, one of the centerpieces of their rebuild will have left them in a fix, damaging the draft-first, slow-and-steady, step-by-step process that a smaller-market
  
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• Jazz draft pick Donovan Mitchell stays grounded off the court, flies high on it

  02-07-2017 06:45
  
  The crowd of college coaches huddled inside the gym of the New England boarding school. They were bleary-eyed from recruiting, but soon perked up as a slim, long-armed guard began his warmup with dunk after dunk after dunk.
  “There were 10 to 12 coaches on the baseline asking, ‘Who the hell was that?’” said Jason Smith, head coach of the Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.
  Donovan Mitchell has a way of introducing himself like that. It was those warmup dunks, and others, th
  
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• [The Score] - Gobert starts Twitter emoji war by suggesting Jazz better than Celtics, Heat

  02-07-2017 06:33 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...by suggesting Jazz better than Celtics, Heat by 15m ago Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports / Action ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Monson: Rubio and Ingles are in, so what do the Jazz do now?

  02-07-2017 06:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... , depends on whether the Jazz can remain healthier than they did this past season, and whether Dante Exum...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz make big move: Joe Ingles agrees to $52 million contract

  02-07-2017 06:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...with an offer sheet from another team. "We are really happy for Joe and the Jazz," Bartelstein said. "The Jazz stepped up big time, and to see Joe rewarded f ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jazz draft pick Donovan Mitchell stays grounded off the court, flies high on it

  02-07-2017 06:28 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... g his peers. He stands out not just because he's a freakish athlete the Utah Jazz drafted to be an elite defender, but because of a personality that shines th ...
  
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• [Larry Brown Sports] - NBA players in hilarious emoji battle over Gordon Hayward

  02-07-2017 06:26 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... eturn to the Jazz where they’re an up-and-coming team. Whiteside, whose Heat had the first fre ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Report: Joe Ingles reaches deal to remain with Utah Jazz

  02-07-2017 06:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... Report: Joe Ingles reaches deal to remain with Utah Jazz Search Search Report: Joe Ingles reaches deal to remain with Utah Jazz Kurt...
  
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• Jazz make big move: Joe Ingles agrees to $52 million contract

  02-07-2017 06:16
  
  Three years ago, Joe Ingles came to the Utah Jazz, acquired from the scrap heap. He was cut by the Los Angeles Clippers, with coach Doc Rivers choosing to keep Jared Cunningham. And when the Jazz acquired him, it was assumed he was on the roster because of his relationship with then-rookie Dante Exum.Three years later, Ingles is perhaps Utah’s most important role player. On Saturday, the Jazz made sure he’ll get paid like it.Ingles — a restricted free agent — has finalize
  
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• [USA Today] - Rudy Gobert angers fans with just 6 emojis

  02-07-2017 05:56 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... of Gobert's mentions look like: Fans (+ Isaiah Thomas) pointing out that THE JAZZ HAVE NO TROPHIES. ????☘️????????????????????‍♂️— Isaiah Thomas (@Isaiah_Thom ...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Even with Hayward, Jazz might not be better

  02-07-2017 05:52 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... bert’s rim-wrecking. Whether a Rubio-for-Hill scenario actually improves the Jazz is debatable. But next year, in the Jazz’s dreams, Hayward will still be in...
  
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• Joe Ingles agrees to 4-year, $52 million contract to stay with Jazz

  02-07-2017 05:50
  
  Three years ago, Joe Ingles came to the Utah Jazz, acquired from the scrap heap. He was just cut by the Los Angeles Clippers, with coach Doc Rivers choosing to keep Jared Cunningham. And when the Jazz acquired him, it was assumed he was on the roster because of his relationship with then-rookie Dante Exum.Three years later, Ingles is perhaps Utah’s most important role player. On Saturday, the Jazz made sure he’ll get paid like it.Ingles — a restricted free agent — has fin
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: Ball Don't Lie] - Jazz bring back Joe Ingles, set stage for meeting with Gordon Hayward

  02-07-2017 05:31 via sportspyder.com
  
  ... ial media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tumblr] The concern, if you’re a Jazz fan, is that Ingles’ career-best 3-point shooting last season was the except ...
  
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• [USA Today: For The Win] - Rudy Gobert angers Heat and Celtics fans with just 6 emojis

  02-07-2017 05:27 via sportspyder.com
  
  ...a small fraction of Gobert’s mentions look like: Fans pointing out that THE JAZZ HAVE NO TROPHIES. ?3x? ?x17? ?? — Bernardo Galvão (@bernardogalvao) July 2,...
  
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• Even with Hayward, Jazz might not be better

  02-07-2017 05:25
  
  SALT LAKE CITY — As if the Jazz didn’t have enough on their minds, with free agent Gordon Hayward making the rounds this weekend, that’s not their only problem.It’s what other people are doing, too.As Satchel Paige said, “Don’t look back; someone might be gaining on you.”Don’t look ahead, either. It might get depressing.Wednesday, the Houston Rockets traded for Chris Paul, a future Hall of Fame point guard. He joins a team that already has MVP runn
  
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