With Jerrry Sloan and Deron Williams no longer with the team, new Jazz head coach Tyrone Corbin is still trying to put his stamp on a team stuck between the past and the future.

“We have to find our identity,” was how point guard Earl Watson put it.

“We’re disjointed right now. Things just are not clicking well,” Raja Bell said. “And from that standpoint, from the chemistry — offensively, defensively, energy — it’s probably the worst we’ve played all year.”

The Jazz were supposed to be tougher this season. The rotation was set up to be deeper. The pick-and-roll was going to pop again. Defense that had long been a weak point was intended to be stronger, and first-year players eventually would seamlessly blend in with vets.

“We don’t have that luxury of bailouts like we did before,” C.J. Miles said. “No disrespect to anybody on this team, but D-Will bailed us out a lot.”