Tony Jones
Utah Jazz and NBA Writer at The Athletic
Covering the Jazz, Nuggets and the NBA for The Athletic, hoops addict, doting father...Akron born, Brooklyn/Philly raised...NABJ sports..#RIP to my bro Brad
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2 days ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones
Austin Ainge met with the media for the first time since being announced at the president of basketball operations for the Utah Jazz. One of the questions Ainge was asked about was if the Jazz would continue to manipulate playing time in an effort to tank for draft position. Ainge was concise, but clear in his answer. "You won’t see that this year," Ainge said. Over the last three seasons, Utah has pivoted towards draft position at various points in the season.
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1 week ago |
nba.com | Tony Jones
Editor’s Note: Read more NBA coverage from The Athletic here. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA or its teams. * * *MINNEAPOLIS — With the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award already in tow, and a pivotal Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on the docket, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t overreact to the importance of it all. A Game 3 in which he looked like anything but an MVP could have turned into a significant speed bump for him and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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2 weeks ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick
Sources with the Denver Nuggets told The Athletic after Game 7 that the landscape of the NBA has changed around their core over the past few years. The Nuggets had been chasing top-heavy superteams, but now teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves have a mix of stars and also depth. The Nuggets already had a thin rotation and that was accentuated by injuries to Michael Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon during the playoffs.
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2 weeks ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick
In addition to dealing with the regular aftermath of their season coming to an end, the Denver Nuggets have some important decisions to make within the team's leadership. Both Ben Tenzer and David Adelman are in interim roles as general manager and head coach, respectively. Tenzer will reportedly be given a chance to become the team's permanent general manager. He took over for Calvin Booth, when the former GM was fired late in the regular season.
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2 weeks ago |
basketball.realgm.com | Tony Jones |Sam Amick
In addition to dealing with the regular aftermath of their season coming to an end, the Denver Nuggets have some important decisions to make within the team's leadership. Both Ben Tenzer and David Adelman are in interim roles as general manager and head coach, respectively. Tenzer will reportedly be given a chance to become the team's permanent GM. He took over for Calvin Booth, when the former GM was fired late in the regular season.
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I think Draymond is an all-time great defender, and I never pretended otherwise. You won't get any argument from me in terms of how good he is on that side of the ball
@Tjonesonthenba So you wouldn't argue with him being top-7 all-time, behind only hall-of-famers, with him being #1 in his generation? I have him higher, but your assessment isn't disrespectful. I'm with Kerr - he's the best I've ever seen.
I would say 3-5 is the same tier of player....maybe that extends into 6 or 7
@Tjonesonthenba Am I crazy to think the talent gap from 3-5 really isn’t enough to stress over? I was just ticked about the Mavs and Spurs being the ones that jumped into those top two slots
You aren't talented enough. That's probably what's stopping you, individually
If NBA reporters are allowed to talk like this without repercussions for showing any sort of bias, I wonder what's stopping any of the small-time team-based analysts/journalists from getting jobs in the industry?
