Jazz owner Ryan Smith publicly backed head coach Will Hardy and president of basketball operations Austin Ainge on KSL's "Scotty G. & The Coach" podcast, before Friday's 112-100 loss to Dallas dropped Utah to 1-8. Smith pointed to injuries to Jusuf Nurkic and Jaren Jackson Jr. and named Keyonte George, Darryn Peterson and Ace Bailey as the young core.
"Will's our guy. Austin's our guy. Like we're not changing anything." — Ryan Smith
"We're definitely looking (at) this as a two, three, four year, and our goal is to win the championship." — Ryan Smith
Fantasy angleA development year in Utah keeps the minutes flowing to George, Peterson and Bailey.
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