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Ok, I was thinking about the Jazz playoff chances as of late, and how realistic they actually are. Currently their are 4 teams I would highlight as having chances at the 7 & 8 seed.

Those teams are:
Utah (22-22)
Phoenix (22-22)
Denver (25-20)
Houston (24-21)

Utah's remaining schedule has 22 games left, with 10 on the road and 12 at home. 12 of those games are against teams with a record of .500 or better. Additionally 6 of those games are the tail-end of a back-to-back (including the upcoming games against the Lakers).

Phoenix's remaining schedule has 22 games left, with 13 on the road and 9 at home. 15 of those games are against teams with a record of .500 or better. Additionally 6 of those games are the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Denver's remaining schedule has 21 games left, with 13 on the road and 8 at home. Only 9 of those games are against teams with a record of .500 or better. Additionally 4 of those games are the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Houston's remaining schedule has 21 games left, with 11 at home and 10 on the road. Only 11 of those games are against teams with a record of .500 or better. Additionally 7 of those games are the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Utah has 2 games left against Phoenix, both at home. 1 game against the Rockets, at Houston. 1 game against Denver, at home.
 
Looking at that, I can guess that Phoenix won't make it. Their schedule is brutal. Denver probably will, they have the easiest schedule. Houston is the team I see dropping out, so I could see us getting an 8th seed at best.
 
I want our lottery pick. I think it makes a Big Al or Harris trade more palatable for teams. In return for a good player with a longer contract, they're getting a lottery choice PLUS a serviceable, albeit overpaid player with just a year left.

Expiring contracts ain't what they used to be, not with the amnesty clause allowing teams to dump one of their bad contracts to create cap space.
 
GlassEater said:
I want our lottery pick. I think it makes a Big Al or Harris trade more palatable for teams. In return for a good player with a longer contract, they're getting a lottery choice PLUS a serviceable, albeit overpaid player with just a year left.

Expiring contracts ain't what they used to be, not with the amnesty clause allowing teams to dump one of their bad contracts to create cap space.
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The amnesty clause was a one year thing I believe?
 
I don't see Denver dropping out. They protect their home floor well, and Karl is an experienced coach that will get them through.

I actually really like Houston's roster. Bringing in Camby should help. I guess it all depends how how they make it through the back-to-backs.

If the jazz are to make it to the playoffs, then they'll have to be MUCH better down the stretch of close games, and they need to win at least 4 of those road games. That's a pretty tall order when you consider everything we've seen this year from the players and the coach.

Agreed, I don't see PHX making it.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
The amnesty clause was a one year thing I believe?
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I don't think so. I think every team has the ability to amnesty one player under contract at the time of the CBA. Am I wrong?

Also, I'm still a little pissed that they didn't make the amnesty a tradable commodity. We were in good shape entering this CBA, so the best benefit the amnesty could have had for us would have been the ability to trade it.
 
Each team permitted to waive 1 player prior to any season of the CBA (only for contracts in place at the inception of the CBA) and have 100% of the player's salary removed from team salary for Cap and Tax purposes.
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I think that means they can only waive contracts that where made before the CBA was agreed upon. They can't make new contracts and waive them.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I think that means they can only waive contracts that where made before the CBA was agreed upon. They can't make new contracts and waive them.
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but the language here doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't amnesty someone next year (or the year after) who was on contract at the time of the CBA. I wouldn't surprise me if you are right, but the language here doesn't prove it.
 
NAOS said:
but the language here doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't amnesty someone next year (or the year after) who was on contract at the time of the CBA. I wouldn't surprise me if you are right, but the language here doesn't prove it.
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I think it clearly states that if a player was under contract before the creation of the CBA, they are eligible to be amnestied. If they were after, they are not.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I think it clearly states that if a player was under contract before the creation of the CBA, they are eligible to be amnestied. If they were after, they are not.
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I agree, it clearly states that. It doesn't clearly state when they have to be amnestied if they are amnestied.
 
NAOS said:
I agree, it clearly states that. It doesn't clearly state when they have to be amnestied if they are amnestied.
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It does clearly state that the player can be amnestied prior to ANY season. Each team can only use the provision one time, but it certainly isn't a "one year thing".
 
GVC said:
It does clearly state that the player can be amnestied prior to ANY season. Each team can only use the provision one time, but it certainly isn't a "one year thing".
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thank you. That's what I thought.
 
Amnesty isn't a one year thing but it is a two year thing. Like use it either last offseason or this one. Not 100% but I swear I remember this from offseason discussiojs
 
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