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After beating the Clippers in preseason action Monday night, the Jazz were back at their practice facility today. Coach Quin Snyder used the session to watch more film than usual."We're a very young team, but the way we've been working, we're trying to balance," he said. "Guys are giving effort. We want to keep them fresh. We want to keep them healthy as much as anteing. We've worked hard. Today was more of a mental day."Keeping players fresh is key if they're to be coached. Or so said Clippers boss Doc Rivers before last night's game."When guys are tired it's tough," he said. "But when they're mentally tired, they're done. That means it's over. So we try to keep them as fresh as they can. It's a long journey, just the 82 games. And if you're going to play more than that, you have to go into the playoffs healthy hopefully and definitely fresh."• Alec Burks sat out last night with a bruised left shoulder. The guard went through non-contact drills today. At the end of practice, Burks appeared to have an ice pack or wrap on his shoulder, under a T-shirt sleeve. Carrick Felix, who also has a shoulder injury, went through non-contact drills, too.• Bovada.lv just released odds for post-season awards.LeBron James is 5/6 to win the MVP award, with Kevin Durant, out for an extended period with a foot injury, is listed at 4/1.Snyder is a 225-to-1 bet to win Coach of the Year. Derrick Favors is 65-to-1 to win the rebounding title.Milwaukee's Jabari Parker is the favorite to win Rookie of the Year.Jazz rookie Dante Exum's odds are set at 18-to-1.• Those odds on Exum shouldn't bee too surprising. The Jazz have repeatedly stressed that the Aussie will need time, years likely, to develop.He certainly showed his youth at times Monday night.And Snyder expected to see as much."He's 19 and didn't play last year. Think about in another sport. Like you're a pitcher and you come into the Major Leagues at 19, having not played for an entire year, and then being thrown in the mix against Chris Paul," the coach said. "What he's doing right now, we just need to be patient. That doesn't mean turnover are acceptable, but this is a growth process for him for sure."Said veteran guard Dahntay Jones: "For a 19-year-old who has watched the NBA game his whole life and has to come in against Chris Paul in second game, it's going to be shell shock for anybody. I think he got out there and competed and he played very well under the circumstances. He's still learning the offense. He's still learning how to be an NBA point guard. He got some bumps and bruises, but for the most part he was resilient and bounced back. He played extremely hard."• Jones, who is fighting for a spot on the roster, has also come away impressed by point guard Trey Burke's growth from his rookie to his sophomore year."I sat with Trey last night," Jones said. "He asked me what NBA point guards I liked. I was like, 'I like Trey Burke.' I honestly do. His composure right now, he's being a real point guard. He's learning from his mistakes on the fly. He's facilitating. He's taking open shots, but he's getting his teammates in the game. He's taken leaps and bounds since last year."• The Jazz fly to L.A. tomorrow for preseason games with the Lakers and Clippers.— Aaron Falk