Quin Snyder is all about defense in first week of camp: Quin Snyder won't do anything extreme, like starting a training camp practice without a basketball. He admits that isn't his nature, and feels such a gesture is counter-productive. At the same time, defense is of paramount importance to the Utah Jazz coach. It may not be everything he has his team focusing on during camp two-a-days this week, but it's a big chunk. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

Rodney Hood finds a mentor in his childhood hero — Joe Johnson: As a child, Rodney Hood was too afraid to ask his favorite player for an autograph when he happened to run into him one day. Instead, it was his mother who had to speak up for her shy child and make the introduction that ended with an NBA all-star posing for a photo with a young Hood. These days, however, that same all-star will be making sure the bashful boy from the photo knows he shouldn't be afraid to ask him for anything. -- The Salt Lake Tribune

Team chemistry a big issue as training camp progresses: As you’d expect this early in training camp, the Utah Jazz have begun installing different offensive and defensive concepts they’ll be using during the 2016-17 season. And while that’s obviously important to integrate those schemes and sets, it’s even a bigger deal for the team to establish a solid chemistry with the introduction of veterans Joe Johnson, George Hill and Boris Diaw, along with re-introducing Dante Exum and Alec Burks into the mix. -- Deseret News