The Utah Jazz lead the NBA in a handful of categories. Most 3-pointers, just like they did last season. Most points per game. Most …
The Utah Jazz lead the NBA in a handful of categories. Most 3-pointers, just like they did last season. Most points per game. Most rebounds per game. They’re also last in use of the word „protocols.“ It’s not accurate — yet — to say every team in the NBA has had a coronavirus problem this season. No Jazz player has been on the league’s health and safety protocols list yet this season, making Utah the only team yet to lose a player to a virus-related issue. That’s particularly impressive considering what’s happening. Right now,27 of the league’s 30 teams are currently waiting for at least one player to come off the list, with some of those teams waiting for way more than one player to be cleared. „I don’t feel any particular pride,“ Jazz coach Quin Snyder said when asked about being the last team standing in the protocols race. „I think we’ve been fortunate. We’ve tried to be smart about a lot of things. A lot of teams have done that, just in terms of raising a level of awareness. I think we’ve been fortunate. I also think it’s kind of a knock-on-wood situation on some level.“ He doesn’t really think the run of luck will last. Snyder knows it’s an „inevitability“ that the Jazz will join the rest of the NBA. The numbers around the league indicate that day is coming sooner than later.
