The NBA All-Star Weekend gives the top players the opportunity to renew and build friendships – and also the chance to make their teams better by “recruiting” other players. It’s something the NBA calls “tampering,” and it’s against league rules.
After the 2019 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo took to Twitter about the possibility of competing in the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest. If that is the case, Jazz guard and Dunk Contest Champion Donovan Mitchell wants in.
Everything seems to be getting better and better for the Utah Jazz at the All-Star break. The team is getting healthier, they're is 14-6 since the start of 201, and the schedule gets much easier the rest of the way.
The Utah Jazz had 40 All-Star Game selections in since moving to Salt Lake in 1979. 11 different Utah Jazzmen have represented the team on the same hardwood as the game’s best.
The state of Utah will add more locals to the All-Star Saturday Night festivities that will go down with some of the best performers in the completions.
The last time the Utah Jazz could legitimately say they had bonafide superstars was when John Stockton and Karl Malone were running the pick and roll while going to back-to-back NBA Finals.
Exactly 30 years ago, the 1989 NBA All-Star Game in Houston was one to remember for Utah Jazz fans. The Jazz sent a team-record three representatives to the game, tying the Cleveland Cavaliers for most players in the game.
Now that the Utah Jazz have decided to stick it out with the current team after no deal was made at the trade deadline, the focus is now on winning as many games as possible.
The NBA trade deadline came and went with the Utah Jazz not making a single move. Effort was not the issue as the Jazz were trying to make a move, with the most notable name being Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, Jr.
After many reports of potential trades that involve the Utah Jazz and in particular, Ricky Rubio. The Jazz did not make a trade before the 1 p.m. deadline on Thursday.