February 25, 2012; Orlando FL, USA; Jeremy Evans of the Utah Jazz hangs on the rim after dunking two balls over teammate Gordon Hayward during the 2012 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest at the Amway Center. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE
The Utah Jazz finished up the week with a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder (they were down by about 10 at the half, and ended up rolling over us in the second half), but leave with a 3 and 2 record. What the Jazz also leave with is a better understanding of who these players are, under the microscope.
Some of them are veterans, others rookies -- still others pros looking to make it in the NBA, or stick with the NBA. I think some of them, by their play, deserve invites to training camp. That said, an invite into training camp doesn't mean they'll have a fair shot to make the team. (After all, we are kinda top heavy)
A longer recap of the week to come up, but please check out the "he is actually there" reporting by Evan Dunlap. He's the main man at the sister Orlando Magic SBN site.
All that said . . . which single player impressed you the most over the past week?
Poll
Who impressed you the most?
Blake Ahearn (three point shooting and high turn overs) (11 votes)
Alec Burks (scoring, swagger) (296 votes)
DeMarre Carroll (starter last year, veteran, dreds) (2 votes)
Jeremy Evans (joined the team LATE, defense and dunks) (45 votes)
Enes Kanter (rebounds, put backs, destroyer of all you can eat menus) (42 votes)
Kevin Murphy (has range, and can score in a number of ways) (27 votes)
Michael Stockton (solid defense, good genes, makes FTs) (62 votes)
John Millsap (Paul's older brother, unselfish play) (0 votes)
Justin Knox (does a lot of work in the paint, good hands) (6 votes)
Deron "Smash" Washington (crazy hair, makes shots, fouls) (10 votes)
Salah Mejrl (All Summer League Crazy Name Team) (9 votes)
Someone else . . . (there are 6 others) (3 votes)
513 total votes
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