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Utah Jazz players share why they are thankful

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - OCTOBER 04: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz smiles during the meet the team event at vivint.SmartHome Arena on October 04, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - OCTOBER 04: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz smiles during the meet the team event at vivint.SmartHome Arena on October 04, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Utah Jazz found themselves celebrating Thanksgiving in the middle of a long and difficult five-game road trip. Yet, after two straight losses and away from home and family, many players still took the time to share what they were grateful for while spending the holiday together as a team.

If you ask any child what their favorite holiday is, nine times out of ten you will probably get an answer close to Christmas or Halloween, maybe Easter. You would be hard pressed to find a kid (or even an adult, for that matter) that would say that their number one favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I’m just as guilty as anyone. I must admit I have more St. Patrick’s Day decor than I do for Turkey Day.

Despite where it might land on our list of favorites, I believe Thanksgiving is increasingly one of the most important holidays for us as individuals and as a nation (both U.S. and Jazz).

As human beings in 2019, it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day grind – to lose perspective of greater things. When done right, celebrating Thanksgiving is an annual reminder to appreciate the things we all-too-often overlook. It is an exercise in thinking positively and putting all things into perspective, and (unlike my physical exercise as of late) this is an exercise we should all practice more than once a year.

Rudy Gobert and Royce O’Neale seem to agree…

https://twitter.com/rudygobert27/status/1200206904464748544?s=21

https://twitter.com/BucketsONeale00/status/1200151382856282121

And it’s never a bad time to be grateful for good food!!

Even former Jazzman Jae Crowder – who always tweets in all caps – had sound advice for us all as well.

With Christmas lights going up in October and Black Friday consumerism slowly making Thanksgiving look more and more like “Black Thursday,” I am particularly thankful that our favorite players set a good example for the rest of us.

By stopping to give thanks for things both big and small – despite being away from family, having dropped a couple of recent games, with three more to go before they get to come home – it’s a good reminder to put life into perspective and that there is always something to be grateful for.

Feel free to follow their example and share what you are grateful for below in the comments!

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