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The Case for Gaming
Originally published on The Players’ Tribune. “Hello?” “No, Halo.” “Halo?” “Yeah. It’s a video game.” Coach Stevens was confused. I was really nervous. There are a number of reasons a high school...
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Back From The Break
The All-Star break is over, and all of us here in Utah were really excited to get back to basketball, and finish what we started this season. I did take a nice little break over All-Star weekend, and...
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LOOKING BACK
Since the end of the season, I’ve had some time to unwind and decompress. I have to admit, it’s hard to not be playing right now. Instead, I’m just sitting at home and seeing the playoffs everywhere on...
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LOOKING FORWARD
I entered this offseason excited for what’s ahead and over these last couple weeks I’ve been getting ready to get to work doing the other part of my job as a player in this league, the part fans don’t...
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FINDING BALANCE
It’s been quite the offseason for me and my family already, with still more yet to come as we wind toward another basketball season. Right now, I’m on Team No Sleep, but I’m still doing really well....
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THE NEXT STEP
As we get ready to tip off the 2016-17 NBA season, there’s a buzz around Salt Lake City that hasn’t been here in five or six years, probably since the Jerry Sloan days. The community is really excited...
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STATE OF THE JAZZ
I hope everyone enjoyed a happy holiday season, and is ready for a great new year. It was exciting to be home for Christmas Day, with it falling before a road trip this season, instead of during one as...
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BECOMING AN ALL-STAR
The day I learned I had made my first NBA All-Star Team, I honestly wasn’t thinking about it too much. We had a game that night, and I was focused on keeping my same routine. I had taken a nap, and...
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PLAYING WITH PRIDE
We’re hitting the home stretch of the season now, with just 10 games left before the playoffs. I’m really proud of where we stand. We’ve had some ups and downs of late, but we do a good job of not...
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The Finals
One of the most highly-anticipated NBA Finals in recent memory is about to get underway, and it’s a series I’m definitely looking forward to watching—not only as a player, but as a fan of the game....
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Back to Basketball
It was a wild summer—definitely the craziest offseason of my career—and I’m definitely relieved that it’s over, and that it’s nearly time to play basketball again. In a lot of ways, the first part of...
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In an Instant
I had run that play countless times. Last year with the Utah Jazz, it was one of our signature plays. I’d get an alley-oop from Joe Ingles almost once a game off it. This time, it was a drawn-out play...
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Improving Every Day
As I continue the long, arduous process of rehab, I’ve found that it’s important to keep things simple. The theme for me right now is, “Be better today than I was yesterday.” I’m trying to make these...
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The Rehab Grind
It’s been a few weeks since my last blog entry. I’m deep in the rehab process now, just grinding. Every morning is basically the same. Massage work. Balance work. Lift. Low Load circuit. Conditioning....
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The Long Road Back
I’m happy to report I’ve made some solid progress in my recovery the last couple months. The most encouraging thing for me right now is that I’m accomplishing things that I wasn’t able to do before....
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Believer
It’s been a little while since I checked in, so I figured—what better time than with my guys bound for the Eastern Conference Finals? It’s been quite a ride, and we’re not done yet. More on that in a...
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Won’t Be Long Now
As most of you probably know, I recently had surgery to remove the plate and screws that were put in my ankle after I broke it in the opener. It’s not something we were expecting to be a part of this...
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The Fortnite King
After I had to go in for surgery in May (don’t worry I’m fine now), I was kind of back to square one for a bit in terms of the rehab. Stuck in a boot, not very mobile. But that did give me a chance to...
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Daddy’s Always Happy
As you may or may not have heard over the summer, I’m going to be the father of a girl come January, the third girl in our family. If you did happen to hear about it, it was probably because you saw a...
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Can’t Wait
Here we are. Training Camp 2018 is upon us. It feels like it’s taken forever to get back to this point, where I can put on the green and white and play with my teammates again, kind of for the first...
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