The Accolades
The Utah Jazz have never been in the limelight of the NBA as far as awards, and it takes years of quality work to get a little recognition for our players. However, the purple mountain era does have some hardware to show off.
Karl Malone won both of his MVP awards when the Jazz were rocking the purple mountain-themed jerseys.
This year Mitchell is a dark horse for that award, according to Bleacher Report.
Through the first 14 games, the 1996-97 Jazz were 12-2. They went on to win 64 games as the first seed in the West.
The current Jazz are 9-5, and shooting for 64 wins seems like a long shot for anyone in the NBA this year. They are still only projected to win 48 games this year according to Basketball Reference, but that number should go up once the schedule induces less travel on the players.
Stockton and Malone were All-Stars. Could Gobert and Mitchell both play in the Sunday night special this February? We are yet to see that happen, but that would be great for both players.
Jeff Hornacek won two 3-point shootouts in the purple-mountain era, and Russell was a participant in 2001. No Jazzman has participated since then, but perhaps Bogdanovic could be the one to snap that streak.