538 has us as 4th best.
the projections had at only 13% chance (jan 23 projections) at making the playoffs before we went streaking, we now sit at 89% chance to make the playoffs.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-nba-predictions/
Who cares. He will never be a significant contributor for our team. Olivier Hanlan played better than NWG in SL years ago and he's not even on our radar. The same will happen to NWG.
All-Time Top 12 Players by basketball-reference.com (as determined by total win shares generated during regular season)
01 Karl Malone (230.3 WS)
02 John Stockton (207.7 WS)
03 Adrian Dantley (76.3 WS)
04 Andrei Kirilenko (68.2 WS)
05 Jeff Hornacek (51.8 WS)
06 Paul Millsap (48.1 WS)
07 Deron...
He actually reminds me of former Jazz man Jarron Collins. Not a high flyer, but rebounds and defends well. Looks like he can finish around the rim better than Collins. He'll obviously make the roster and will probably compete for minutes with Withey for backup PF/C minutes.
Obviously Lindsey thought Trey Burke had "Jazz DNA" and was a good fit for the team/organization. It was under his regime that we traded up to draft him.
Though I still agree we need to go after players with "Jazz DNA"
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