That was essentially the goal of the Jazz’s first practice on Tuesday as training camp began in earnest: make sure that the Jazz established an identity that will serve them well throughout the long NBA season. So, head coach Quin Snyder started to set those markers.
“Last year we went into the season wanting to know more of who we are,” Snyder said. “Now, its more of ‘who do we want to be?'”
That’s not to say that the Jazz are going to be very different schematically from last season: through the process of exploration in 2017-18, they found that they could be an elite defensive team.