Tag: Quin Snyder

While holding virtual group workouts …

While holding virtual group workouts and regular team meetings via Zoom does the trick on some days, there are other days in which head coach Quin Snyder has decided the team needs a little bit more of a boost. “He’s been able to keep the engagement and the connectivity of the team even though the team is separate right now,” Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey said on Tuesday. “It’s a good time for our players to listen to Quin as the leader of the group. Quin’s had cute ideas like the cookbook and we had (Sen.) Mitt Romney speak to the team a few days earlier. That was amazing.”

The Jazz on Saturday launched a new …

The Jazz on Saturday launched a new video series they’ve titled “Quarantine Cookbook,” which will feature members of the team making all kinds of recipes with the help of team chef Anthony Zamora while they’re staying home during the coronavirus pandemic. First up in the series was Snyder making an ice cream pie recipe he said his mom made for him and his brothers on their birthdays growing up.

The Jazz, utilizing Zoom, have been …

The Jazz, utilizing Zoom, have been conducting weekly team meetings with head coach Quin Snyder, in addition to virtual group workouts, and team challenges. “We’ve had like fun little dribbling challenges that one of the coaches started per week and we crown a winner,” Conley said. “Just trying to keep guys engaged as much as possible in hopes that we can get back to playing soon.” Conley has also been trying to stay engaged with his teammates in more recreational ways, playing Call of Duty with Royce O’Neale and Donovan Mitchell and playing Monopoly with Ed Davis.

Jazz confident about restarting the season

What is Coach Quin Snyder telling the team? Mike Conley: We’re feeling more and more confident that something could happen where we’re able to play again. There are just so many things logistically to work out and so many things with COVID-19 itself that are unknown. But we’re optimistic. Q: Where is that optimism coming from? A: We’ve had calls with the NBPA and NBA. It seems like there are things that are coming together. It makes it feel as if a plan is slowly coming in place and we’re headed in the right direction.

As an organization, the Jazz were as …

As an organization, the Jazz were as vigilant as anyone in regards to coronavirus awareness than most to that point, and perhaps more than most. Head coach Quin Snyder and the front office had top healthcare officials in Utah meet with players and coaches over multiple meetings in an effort to educate, sources tell The Athletic. The team itself had been taking what they thought were preventative measures, even if the players themselves had been a bit slow to. And the league had already restricted locker room access to essential personnel on game nights.

Fortunately, an OKC official was close …

Fortunately, an OKC official was close enough to Donnie Strack, the Thunder’s Vice President of Human and Player Performance, to get his attention. Get the refs, Strack was told. Tell them to stop the tipoff. As Strack ran onto the court, Rob Hennigan, OKC’s VP of Insight and Foresight, started corralling the Thunder’s players and coaches. He then joined the huddle near midcourt with Strack and the referees – crew chief Pat Fraher, Mark Lindsay and Ben Taylor. The officials soon called over the respective head coaches, Quin Snyder and Billy Donovan. Seconds later, they contacted the NBA, through its Digital Operations Center, where the league monitors every game played. Usually, the biggest issue on a given night at the DOC is to help referees determine whether or not to instant replay. This was different.