After a season in which the Jazz surprised the league over the second half of the year, going 29-6, the front office decided to run it back with largely the same roster. All in all, 20 players have arrived in Salt Lake City for Media Day on Monday and training camp Tuesday. And of the 17 players likely to make the team’s final roster, 15 were on the team to end the season last year.
Most of the roster has been in Salt Lake City for weeks, playing with teammates in “open gym” sessions. These are informal workouts and games, but they’ve proved to be important in building the cohesion and chemistry that the Jazz rely on to score.