What needs to change for the Jazz this summer is the roster. Thankfully for the Jazz, despite the aforementioned, Snyder is still one of the best coaches in the league and a team can very well win with him at the helm.
Reportedly, though, Snyder’s job is safe if he wants to return so all that will probably remain in the realm of possibility, at least for now. This team’s identity needs to change top-to-bottom, and a coaching change might just be enough to jumpstart this process. Snyder has clearly been unable to develop a winning culture when it matters for Utah, and he doesn’t look connected enough with Donovan Mitchell to solve some tendencies of his that continuously hurt the team (more on this later). The Jazz have a clear mentality problem, and leadership is the most to blame for that. Should the Jazz move on from him? That might help. All in all, as great a coach as he is, Snyder got completely outcoached by Kidd during these games. and Hassan Whiteside over Eric Paschall, who gave the Jazz some much-needed switchability on defense and a wildcard element on offense, was detrimental to Utah being very predictable and Dallas shutting them down. His insistence on playing Royce O’Neale over Danuel House Jr. The defense, due in part to a lack of personnel, looked terrible at times, with the Mavs getting pretty much any shot they wanted outside the three-point line (although, to be fair, there were also times when the Jazz executed their rotations perfectly, especially in Games 4 and 6 in which they looked the most hungry for the win).
The offense looked stagnant, essentially forcing Mitchell and Jordan Clarkson to hunt iso possessions and try to hero-ball their way to getting hard-earned buckets.
Quin Snyder has been an elite coach during his tenure in Utah, but during this series against Dallas he played a big part in his team’s elimination. Will, or should, they go with their young franchise SG in Donovan Mitchell or bank on defense and make Rudy Gobert their top guy?īefore we answer that, let’s take a look at everyone surrounding them.
To figure out their next moves, they need to identify what went wrong and decide who of their two best players they will stick to. After a series of post-season failures, this summer looks to be eventful for Utah. The Utah Jazz went out early in the playoffs yet again, and they did it in the most Jazz fashion possible: blowing a double-digit lead and missing a wide open game winner in the last possession of Game 6.