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THE APARTMENTS – Derrick Favors and the Utah Jazz, Josh Okogie and the Timberwolves win their openings . . . Thaddeus Young missed the Chicago Bulls preseason and opener with a leg infection.

This week’s #ProJackets report has more breaking news, stories, and social media posts about previous Jackets and their activities over the past week.

Josh Okogie started with a small striker and scored 12 points (4-9 FG, 1-4 3Pt) with four rebounds and two assists in 32 minutes in Wednesday’s win against Detroit in the season opener for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Okogie played the second most minutes on the team and was in the game for the most important final minutes of the game. The guard / wing who thinks defensively should always be present in the line-up of a team that is otherwise in need of defense. He needs to improve his posts on offense to keep his playing time up so his performance and shooting have been encouraging after a positive preseason.

Okogie started for the Wolves in both preseason games and scored eight points (3-5 FG, 2-3 3pt FG) in 18 minutes after beating Dallas.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: In this distance run, coach Ryan Saunders revealed who he thought his top five were of the night. To wrap up the final five minutes, Saunders drove with Rubio, D’Angelo Russell, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Okogie and Malik Beasley, turning a 95-95 game into a 10-point win with 5:15. Read more

From KSLSports. com: Derrick Favors played on methodical, defensively driven Utah jazz teams for years. As the league approached a small ball style, jazz countered with Favors and Rudy Gobert as two major setbacks. Favors was only a season away from the squad, but how have things changed?.

« It’s definitely a different style of play since I was here two years ago, » said Favors. “People who get a lot of threes, people who attack the color and can take open shots. … It’s a different feeling. ”

From the Salt Lake Tribune: Inserting Favors in the Middle of a Group That Will Be No.. 1 of the league. 1 offensive rating, according to Clarkson, acquisition appears to be a key part of this new recipe for progress.

« With Fav it just opens up a lot of things. As far as I know, with Quin’s crazy mind, we could start any game with other players, ”said Joe Ingles. “It could be a matchup thing – how obvious the Lakers are starting out big, so Fav might start these games, but not [against] other teams that are playing small. I definitely think it gives us more options with Fav. ”

From The Athletic: If three preseason games are an indicator, the grind-it-out Utah Jazz is gone. Gone is the offense of coach Quin Snyder, who played a sizable amount of possessions against a dwindling shot clock. Gone is a pace of play that resembles an NFL team playing the ball.

In its place is a sleek new style that is urgedly possessed, evoking 3-point looks with serenity and an offense that has the ability to snowball and over its opponent at any point in a game roll.

From Heavy. com: Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young was listed as a starter the day before the team’s December. 11 preseason opener against the Houston Rockets.

That morning he woke up expecting in the first game of his 14th. Year to play in the league. But when he spoke to reporters, a numb feeling struck his left leg. When Young arrived at the United Center, he said his leg was further swollen and causing significant pain – even from the numbness. A group of doctors identified his disease as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a staph infection that once threatened Grant Hill’s career.

Young, who is not yet on the field, was acquitted for the first time for physical activity in December. 21st. How Young developed the infection is currently unknown.

While Young was declared inactive before the Bulls’ first preseason game, the Bulls striker warmed up on the United Center course a few hours before the tip. Then his leg went numb and swollen.

Young, who is about to start his 14th. NBA season is up, had good things to say about new head coach Billy Donovan during camp: “He has a great track record with his players and has done a great job so far, what he needs of us. We had a meeting (early in camp) and he took the time to really sit down as a team and tell us, “These are the things we have to do to win basketball games, and these are the things We have to do to fight this thing through. « I think he has done a great job so far. « . ’’

From the Olympic Channel: Chris Bosh was part of the US men’s basketball team in Beijing in 2008 and was nicknamed « Redeem Team ». .

With a young LeBron James, a seasoned Kobe Bryant and a hungry Carmelo Anthony, this talented squad was hired to win gold after the Athens disappointment in 2004.

Chris Bosh is No.. 8 top scorer in NBA history among left-handers? The Georgia Tech Hall of Famer scored 17 in its 13-year career. 189 points and reached 49 points. 4 percent of his shots from the ground. Bosh won consecutive NBA championships alongside Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. Bosh was a threat from below, but mostly did damage from the center. His left-handed jump shot took him to 11 NBA All-Star Games and the All-Rookie Team in 2004.

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