Positivity Thread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Looking at the future of the West--you've got the Warriors, Spurs, Clippers and OKC. OKC might lose Durant and/or Westbrook within 2 years. Dallas is on crutches. Houston is on the verge of being broken up. Memphis is aging and is probably going to lose Conley. The Jazz should be top 5 pretty safely. Utah might actually be a pretty attractive destination for a FA wing scorer...though the Clippers are probably a more attractive destination. It wouldn't take too much for the Jazz to be a top-3 or 4 team in the WC for the next several years.

Lyles and Exum still have upside, and the rest of the team is well enough put together that the Jazz can focus on adding perimeter talent. If Hood is going to be a 35% 3-pt shooter, he should probably come off the bench in a Jamal Crawford-type role.

 

[Jazz and Utes]

Just as long as the Warriors blows up next year when the Jazz have their unprotected first round draft pick.

The only significant risk I see is the western conference finals versus the Spurs or the Thunder if they pull it together and get past the Spurs. I don't see anyone in the East beating them.

Lol they're going to be right back where they're at right now and potentially even better if they land KD. I don't see them losing to an eastern conference either

 

[fishonjazz]

Jazz have played better in back-2-backs than games with 2+ days rest.

Sweet

 

[fishonjazz]

-- hope they come out and play hard but loose.

This is the positivity thread. You hope they lose?


Oops, you said loose. Lol
Was about to tell you to gtfo.

 

[akirac73]

I'm positively getting drunk tonight

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I'm positively getting drunk tonight

If I got drunk I'd probably burn down a playground (empty of course).

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Sweet

*Except when Favors is gimped and Gobert gets injured*

 

[NAOS]

I'm being serious here. I'm offering up this silver-lining:

If this team is going to get anywhere in the future, it'll be because of internal development. And I'd imagine it's pretty motivating when you shoot like **** (Rodney), have your second competitive "season" cut short bitterly (Gobert, in Eurobasket and in the NBA). And Exum will have a lot to prove. **** is on-the-line next year. It's definitely time to Prove It. The "young team" thing will be officially over-played. I want to see a team full of guys who want to go out and bury people.

And, Linds, can we get less of a cakk, pls?? I'll settle for the acquisition of a proven bench scorer. Someone who can give you 16 a night and lift the bench (not Burks, not Mack, not Lyles). Get the next Crawford.

 

[Douchebag K]

I'm being serious here. I'm offering up this silver-lining:

If this team is going to get anywhere in the future, it'll be because of internal development. And I'd imagine it's pretty motivating when you shoot like **** (Rodney), have your second competitive "season" cut short bitterly (Gobert, in Eurobasket and in the NBA). And Exum will have a lot to prove. **** is on-the-line next year. It's definitely time to Prove It. The "young team" thing will be officially over-played. I want to see a team full of guys who want to go out and bury people.

And, Linds, can we get less of a cakk, pls?? I'll settle for the acquisition of a proven bench scorer. Someone who can give you 16 a night and lift the bench (not Burks, not Mack, not Lyles). Get the next Crawford.

I completely agree with your assessment 100% Trade/sign for one proven scorer preferably a shooter, see what Exum offers, get everyone on the court healthy and if there isn't a big jump next season then make a big adjustment.

 

[Batman]

I completely agree with your assessment 100% Trade/sign for one proven scorer preferably a shooter, see what Exum offers, get everyone on the court healthy and if there isn't a big jump next season then make a big adjustment.

Funny when Corbin was coach everyone said he played the vets too much and we need to get rid of the vets. Now everyone is saying DL needs to bring in some vets and Quin needs to play them a lot.

 

[Revolution 9]

As ****ty as we all feel, once Houston gets swept out of the first round, and the draft comes closer...

We'll feel a lot better about missing the playoffs.

 

[Batman]

I'm being serious here. I'm offering up this silver-lining:

If this team is going to get anywhere in the future, it'll be because of internal development. And I'd imagine it's pretty motivating when you shoot like **** (Rodney), have your second competitive "season" cut short bitterly (Gobert, in Eurobasket and in the NBA). And Exum will have a lot to prove. **** is on-the-line next year. It's definitely time to Prove It. The "young team" thing will be officially over-played. I want to see a team full of guys who want to go out and bury people.

And, Linds, can we get less of a cakk, pls?? I'll settle for the acquisition of a proven bench scorer. Someone who can give you 16 a night and lift the bench (not Burks, not Mack, not Lyles). Get the next Crawford.

Crawford was actually god awful this last year from an efficiency standpoint.

 

[RJF]

As ****ty as we all feel, once Houston gets swept out of the first round, and the draft comes closer...

We'll feel a lot better about missing the playoffs.

I hope GS blows them out by 20+ every game! Dumpster fire doesn't deserve playoffs.

 

[jjscap]

all NBA teams sorted by Ws, displaying the DIFF column

 

[mellow]

I just ran the draft simulator on tankathon.com. The Jazz won the 1st pick, it dropped the lakers out of the top three. The Jazz will only have a 0.006 chance at the #1 pick, but it is still possible.

 

[zman1527]

As ****ty as we all feel, once Houston gets swept out of the first round, and the draft comes closer...

We'll feel a lot better about missing the playoffs.

Nope. Especially with the way they played last night.

 

[Dr. Jones]

who you callin' bitches?

 

[Mission Accomplished]

Positivity is poo

 

[karl malone]

Regardless of what happens with the playoffs, there are still plenty of positives that have come from this season:

-Despite all of the injuries, this team still beat CLE & was a play or 2 away from beating GSW & SAS

-The team preformed well enough despite playing nowhere near 100% to hopefully cause Hayward to chaulk this season up as a Mulligan & base his upcoming UFA decision on the results of next year

-Hood & Lyles both showed serious potential to become high-end offensive options

-Although he may need to work on his in-game adjustments & game management, Snyder showed the ability to keep the team engaged & consistently battling for the most part

-The injury to Exum, as unfortunate as it was, allowed Neto to emerge & Mack to be acquired (both of whom have solid back up potential)

-Possibly most important of all, even if they don't make the playoffs, this team got a taste of playing meaningful games down the stretch, which will be invaluable while doing so again next year

This season was undoubtedly frustrating but let's not overlook the positives, as difficult as they may be to see at this point in time. This team has one of the brightest futures in the league & (hopefully) with the re-signing of Hayward, return to health, & an addition or two, the Jazz are still on a trajectory to becoming one of the better teams in the league. No question about it, there is still work to be done to become a truly championship caliber team, but we are certainly on the right track.

 

[karl malone]

all NBA teams sorted by Ws, displaying the DIFF column

Great post. Amazing that this team had the 10th best point differential despite it's injuries & lack of experience. Eventually this team will learn how to better translate that to wins.