You may remember when we did this last time we were in the middle of the NBA Lockout. Now things are going at the speed of light. Free agency continues unabated, teams are taking shame all around the league – and the players are sweating in training camp. Jazz fans, bloggers, and tweeps are in the middle of training camp as well. For this session we’re going to use less players as last time, and hopefully make it shorter, and sweeter. Today’s Jam Session features:

• Brothers Mike (@RxMike12) and Brett (@BJCSeven)
• Neil (@Neildos (y’know, @UpprBowlJazzFan))
• Sean (@Scrantonicity33)
• Doug (@Bluemoon_76)
• Zach, our resident (@Bittermormon)
• and Diana (@DianaAllen)

Listen to us Jam (er, read us Jamming?) about the lockout, what we missed, and the amnesty clause, after the jump.

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As the leaves change colors, and most of my football teams usually eliminate themselves from contention, I – like a great number of other Jazz fans, I’m sure—annually turn my attention back to the NBA. This is the time of the year where players should be holding informal team workouts, and training camps are supposed to start. This isn’t one of those years though. That doesn’t mean that we fans have a right to slack off and come into training camp (whenever it is) in Eddie Curry shape.

This month I fired off a few quick questions to an esteemed group of Jazz fans. They are none other than:

• The big boss man himself, Basketball John (Twitter: @SLCDunk ; SB*Nation: Basketball John; SLC Dunk)
• Clark (Twitter: @JazzingItUp ; SB*Nation: clarkpojo)
• Clint Peterson (Twitter: @Clintonite33 ; SB*Nation: Clintonite33; TheUtahJazzBlog; and ShootHoops)
• Diana Allen (Twitter: @DianaAllen ; SB*Nation: DianaAllen; Utah Jazz 360)
• Special guest Jody Genessy (Twitter: @DJJazzyJody ; Jody’s Jazz Blog at the Deseret News)
• The irreplaceable Moni (Twitter: @Monilogue; SB*Nation: Moni; Living and Dying by the Jazz)
• Spencer Ryan Hall (Twitter: @SaltCityHoops; ESPN Truehoop affiliate Salt City Hoops)
• Sujal Shah (Twitter: @Utesfan89; SB*Nation: UtesFan89)
• Yucca Man (Twitter: @YuccaManHoops; SB*Nation: Yucca Man)
• … and myself, Amar (Twitter: @AllThatAmar) ; SB*Nation: AllThatJazzBasketball)

Hopefully, each month we can have fun with this. This doesn’t mean everyone in today’s round table has to be on the hook for something every few weeks; we can play around with this and make this a truly progressive fan (doesn’t matter if you blog, are paid to blog, or just watch at home) dialogue. We already know the big money guys read our little blog (Hi Christi Yates, executive assistant to Kevin O’Connor!) , it’s a great way for them to keep tabs on the pulse of the Jazz die-hard fan (for free, Greg Miller). Over three hundred words of preamble is long enough, on to the round table!

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