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The Downbeat #1708: The Culture Of The Utah Jazz

It is difficult to deny that something special is happening in the Utah Jazz organization right now. They finished the end of last season on a hot streak. The pieces started to fall into place. The roster is young and the coach fit the model that Dennis Lindsey was had been trying to create. But all the successes, Rudy's rise, Gordon Hayward's ascension into a Tier 1 player, Alec Burks returning from injury, Derrick Favors being a rock in the post, Rodney Hood's late season improvement, Joe Ingles actually being a legit NBA role player, and drafting Dante Exum, those are just occurrences.