The Official 2020/21 NBA Thread

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The Utah Jazz are planning an ambitious initiative to offer a college scholarship for each victory the team records this season. On the Woj Podcast with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Jazz owner Ryan Smith touched on the goal which has yet to be officially announced by the team. “One of the things that we’re doing is for every Jazz win this year, we’re offering a four-year scholarship to an underrepresented or minority kid who can now go to college.”


The program would be the first of its kind by an NBA team to award scholarships based on the team’s nightly performance. “It’s not only to give folks money who wouldn’t have had a chance,” Smith said. “A lot of people don’t know how to get the process going of getting into college.” Smith told Wojnarowski that the organization plans to approach different universities looking for multiple scholarship opportunities for prospective students who may otherwise not have had the ability to go to college

“We will go to universities and say, ‘Hey, we want five or six scholarships, guaranteed, we’re going to bring kids who have never had a chance to do this into your university’”, Smith said. “And we’re going to help cover the cost, will you accept them?” The initiative has served as a motivator for the Jazz players themselves, as both Joe Ingles and Donovan Mitchell followed up with Smith on the plan after a preseason win. “They were asking, ‘Okay, we had a preseason win, does that count as one?’” Smith said. “And I’m like, ‘Yeah, that counts. A win is a win. In reality, we’re just trying to drive change.”

– via KSL Sports

Jazz To Sponsor College Scholarship For Each Win

The Utah Jazz plan to announce an initiative where they will sponsor a four-year college scholarship for each win by the team this season.

kslsports.com

 

[southsil4lil]

Grizzlies are fucking up....I wouldn't rush him back and I would be trying to get one more lottery pick to go with Ja and JJJ

 

[O.G.]

Kyrie just don't wanna play until KD comes back. He ain't slick.

 

[toheeb27]

@Gene Parmesan were u a Heat fan at this point or u jumped on the bandwagon after?

 

[O.G.]

 

[Suckio Andretti]

@Gene Parmesan were u a Heat fan at this point or u jumped on the bandwagon after?

I hope you have a great day

 

[Suckio Andretti]

Any decent C would’ve shot that

 

[O.G.]

Any decent C would’ve shot that

I thought he has been working on his 3 point shot the last couple of offseasons? Take the J big goofy ass nigga.

 

[Suckio Andretti]

I thought he has been working on his 3 point shot the last couple of offseasons? Take the J big goofy ass nigga.

Yeah I’m confused because if it was a three I think he woulda shot it. Unless he only feels that way in the corner... but still

 

[Suckio Andretti]

 

[Dwayne]

Ain’t that suppose to be a 3 second call

 

[WilberDMillz]

The defender has to be within a certain distance for the count to start. Jonas was damn near under the basket lol

 

[O.G.]

The defender has to be within a certain distance for the count to start. Jonas was damn near under the basket lol

Any defensive player, who is positioned in the 16-foot lane or the area extending 4 feet past the lane endline, must be actively guarding an opponent within three seconds. Actively guarding means being within arm's length of an offensive player and in a guarding position.

 

[southsil4lil]

 

[WilberDMillz]

Any defensive player, who is positioned in the 16-foot lane or the area extending 4 feet past the lane endline, must be actively guarding an opponent within three seconds. Actively guarding means being within arm's length of an offensive player and in a guarding position.

My bad, I though yall was talking about Drummond just holding the ball.

 

[O.G.]

My bad, I though yall was talking about Drummond just holding the ball.

All good. At first, I thought Dwayne was too until i took a second look.

 

[southsil4lil]

 

[Chi-Town B]

Trae pulled a Kobe and shot way less after probably being called a ball hog

 

[FIRE BOBBY SLOWIK]

Collins better play his role and stfu