Utah Jazz (Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports)
One uplifting display might work to correct the Utah Jazz’s gloomy outlook.
Ernie Johnson was dead wrong. See, when setting the stage for a Monday evening interview with two of the three Sixth Man of the Year finalists in second-unit Utah Jazz star attractions Joe Ingles and Jordan Clarkson, the NBA on TNT host said that “the timing on this is not ideal given what happened 24 hours ago.”
Incorrect.
Rather, the ensuing surprise — a franchise-first SMOY trophy that came out of the blue to Clarkson — seemed to provide exactly the type of good-vibes-only fuel that the squad and its fanbase so desperately need at this juncture.