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2016-17 Hype Train Playoff Chase!!!

Cappy_Smurf said:
Wait, wuh?

I thought you were a rabid Hinkie hater? I thought I remembered a disagreement you and I had about the job he was doing in Philly. Anyway, there's no doubt Hinkie did some great work there, and if/when Utah is back in a position that they need to build from the ground up, I'd have no problem giving him full control. Much of what he did in Philly has been blown out of proportion anyway. Injury after injury and really it was only Embiid that they really drafted knowing his injury would prolong their tank.
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Must not have been me. I didn't like the Embiid pick at #3, but I got the reasoning behind it. I also don't like it when teams deliberately tank, especially for an extended period of time, but I had no problem with "the process". If anything, I wanted the Jazz to take a relatively similar approach back in 2013. I advocated drafting young players with raw talent and making them play early and often, and then filling the roster out with hungry fringe guys to encourage a lot of competition for minutes. I was onboard with trading Kanter and Burks before both had their value wrecked by stupidity and injury. I felt like he sometimes made too many trades and gave up on players too quickly. . . but in hindsight, many of his trades were great moves. I do feel like they gamed the lottery system, but they did it within the rules and it seems to be working out for them.
 
kiri.de.carlos said:
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I like that it's mostly West teams

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I like that Rudy is front and center ahead of everyone else. At least they got that part right.
 
Per twitter:

Curry is "doubtful" for the Warriors game on Saturday v the Pelicans. Knee contusion. Jazz play them on Monday.
 
Stoked said:
Per twitter:

Curry is "doubtful" for the Warriors game on Saturday v the Pelicans. Knee contusion. Jazz play them on Monday.
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So basically he's resting so he can be ready for the Jazz game.
 
With the win tonight the Jazz clinched the division. Jazz will go into the playoffs as either the 4th or 5th seed.

In that race the magic number was 4. With this Jazz win that number is now 3.

Tomorrow's games:

Jazz @ Blazers
Clippers @ Spurs
 
Stoked said:
With the win tonight the Jazz clinched the division. Jazz will go into the playoffs as either the 4th or 5th seed.

In that race the magic number was 4. With this Jazz win that number is now 3.

Tomorrow's games:

Jazz @ Blazers
Clippers @ Spurs
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Is the division winner a head-to-head tiebreaker? If so OKC could still win tonight and still be in the race.
 
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