While Snyder may not attribute any more importance than usual to the Utah Jazz’s (9-11) game against the Denver Nuggets (11-8), it’s a little different elsewhere. The Jazz are being splashed across ESPN networks and the website ahead of their first major nationally televised game, which doesn’t count a game that aired on NBA TV earlier in the season.
It also means a little more to the families of the players, Rodney Hood said, when his family and friends in Mississippi can watch him play.
“We don’t get a lot of them,” he said. “It’s good for people from your hometown to get a chance to see you play instead of following you on the computer.