I am very optimistic about the Jazz and think they are being under estimated. Here is how I see the Jazz in comparison to last year.
Gobert will be significantly better than last year and will pick up much of Hayward's slack as the new primary emphasis on offense
Favors will be significantly better than last year due to improved health and will also pick up much of Hayward's slack
Rubio will be significantly better than Hill due to reliability and durability. He will play basically even as the starting point but will 25 to 30 more games than Hill thus also replacing most of Mack minutes.
Ingles will be about the same as last year if not slightly improved due to Rubio's facilitation.
Johnson will be about the same as last year but overall slightly better because we have figured out his role and have small forwards to cover so he does not have to play out of position.
Hood will be slightly better due to Rubil being a better facilitator. Hopefully he is more healthy but with Thabo was can better absorb injury here.
Sefolosha will be as good as Hayward defensively and will pick up about half his points with way less utilization
Burks will be significantly better than last year and will pick up much of Hayward's slack. People are going to be surprised
Mitchell will match or be better than Exum in his role last year.
Udoh is WAAAAAY better than either Diaw or Withey
Neto will be about the same and be adequate as a limited minutes backup
Bradley Jerebko, Oneal and are irrelevant this year but better than Lyles, Withey and Bolomboy
All that being said we could still have a worse record this year because we may not have improved as much as the rest of the west. I am predicting 48 wins. Our schedule is brutal not playing 4 games against 4 of the worst teams. That is 4 likely wins that we will have to fight hard to get 2 or 3.
Gobert will be significantly better than last year and will pick up much of Hayward's slack as the new primary emphasis on offense
Favors will be significantly better than last year due to improved health and will also pick up much of Hayward's slack
Rubio will be significantly better than Hill due to reliability and durability. He will play basically even as the starting point but will 25 to 30 more games than Hill thus also replacing most of Mack minutes.
Ingles will be about the same as last year if not slightly improved due to Rubio's facilitation.
Johnson will be about the same as last year but overall slightly better because we have figured out his role and have small forwards to cover so he does not have to play out of position.
Hood will be slightly better due to Rubil being a better facilitator. Hopefully he is more healthy but with Thabo was can better absorb injury here.
Sefolosha will be as good as Hayward defensively and will pick up about half his points with way less utilization
Burks will be significantly better than last year and will pick up much of Hayward's slack. People are going to be surprised
Mitchell will match or be better than Exum in his role last year.
Udoh is WAAAAAY better than either Diaw or Withey
Neto will be about the same and be adequate as a limited minutes backup
Bradley Jerebko, Oneal and are irrelevant this year but better than Lyles, Withey and Bolomboy
All that being said we could still have a worse record this year because we may not have improved as much as the rest of the west. I am predicting 48 wins. Our schedule is brutal not playing 4 games against 4 of the worst teams. That is 4 likely wins that we will have to fight hard to get 2 or 3.
