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What are the minimal accomplishments needed this season to satisfy you?

Cunning Linguist said:
These are simply my rock bottom minimum that I'd be content with. I fully expect 75 wins and a ring doe.
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You must get this habit from your wife. Yeah, she wants to expect great things, like maybe you lasting 20 minutes, but she knows she has to prepare for the bitter reality of going 30 seconds.
 
King Cy said:
You must get this habit from your wife. Yeah, she wants to expect great things, like maybe you lasting 20 minutes, but she knows she has to prepare for the bitter reality of going 30 seconds.
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Honestly, it's prob the other way around. She prob wishes for 30 seconds and for it to be done and instead gets me 20 minutes or so.
 
Win 45 games and at least one in the playoffs. I really want 50 and win a series, but I'll be satisfied if we get 45 and win one game


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Rgiss said:
Win 45 games and at least one in the playoffs. I really want 50 and win a series, but I'll be satisfied if we get 45 and win one game


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This is depressing and I'm not sure we will welcome you aboard the hype train.
 
49 wins. Anything less will be disappointing to me unless we win a playoff series.
 
Barring injuries, I want to see the Jazz get to the 2nd round and make a solid competitive push in that round, even if they are ousted 4-1.
 
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Some of you have pretty high basement expectations for this team. The most minimally satisfied outcome for me would be getting the 8th seed.
 
dipship31 said:
Some of you have pretty high basement expectations for this team. The most minimally satisfied outcome for me would be getting the 8th seed.
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To me, this minimal improvement, given our huge roster upgrades, is unacceptable. At that rate, we could maybe eventually won an NBA title with this core by 2024.
 
2017) First round series win this season--win a game in second round
2018) First round series win with second round loss in seven games OR second round series win (WCF sweep would be fine in this case)
2019) First and second round series' wins w/ two or three wins in WCF
2020) NBA Finals win

That's the timeline about which I'm thinking.

Hayward will be 30. Favors 28. Gobert 27. Hood 27. Exum 24. That's a pretty seasoned group that will have had a lot of time together to grow and get to that point yet not old and worn down. They'd be right in their primes. By this point, Kevin Durant and his bad feet will be 31 with a ton of NBA miles on them. Curry will be 32 and who knows how his ankles will be. If they even have those two AND Thompson AND Green, who knows. And I'm not worried abut the Spurs or anyone else tbh. We can stick together and grow and win it all in 2020.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
2017) First round series win this season--win a game in second round
2018) First round series win with second round loss in seven games OR second round series win (WCF sweep would be fine in this case)
2019) First and second round series' wins w/ two or three wins in WCF
2020) NBA Finals win

That's the timeline about which I'm thinking.

Hayward will be 30. Favors 28. Gobert 27. Hood 27. Exum 24. That's a pretty seasoned group that will have had a lot of time together to grow and get to that point yet not old and worn down. They'd be right in their primes. By this point, Kevin Durant and his bad feet will be 31 with a ton of NBA miles on them. Curry will be 32 and who knows how his ankles will be. If they even have those two AND Thompson AND Green, who knows. And I'm not worried abut the Spurs or anyone else tbh. We can stick together and grow and win it all in 2020.
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Two possible roadblocks with that timeline
1) We will be paying so much in luxury tax before 2020 it's insane.
2) Someone in that core you mentioned better become a star player because if not we'll never reach that Finals.
 
SCS said:
Two possible roadblocks with that timeline
1) We will be paying so much in luxury tax before 2020 it's insane.
2) Someone in that core you mentioned better become a star player because if not we'll never reach that Finals.
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1) This is an obvious concern. I'm hoping we can retain all five since only 12 teams can offer a max next summer and many might to their own guys. We could therefore perhaps retain Hayward at a bit cheaper than originally thought. Perhaps we then wait 'til the summer after, when presumably even fewer teams have max money to offer (because they'll piss it away in 2017) and re-sign Gobert and Favors at, again, a cheaper price than originally thought simply because so many teams are over the cap.
2) I'm not concerned. To me, Exum does not have to become a star but simply very, very good ala Hayward. If we win it with this core, it'll be due to solid team ball and elite defense, both of which I think we can really show this year.
 
-No specific win total. I just want to see the team (finally) be healthy enough that we walk away from next season knowing what we have instead of uttering the phrase "If we could just stay healthy..." yet again.

-1st round playoff win. Assuming we have a relatively healthy year, this is a deep, talented team. Getting out of the 1st round should be expected, and oh by the way, winning a playoff series and hopefully being competitive in the 2nd round probably is as important as ANYTHING when it comes to convincing Hayward to stay in Utah long term.

-Maybe I'm dreaming of the good old days, but here's a big expectation I have: Restore the home court advantage to SLC. Kinda hard to do when you're a fringe playoff team but as this team grows deeper and more experienced, I'd like to see a mentality from players and fans alike that nobody's getting outta SLC alive. Again, I feel a lot of that will come back when this team becomes a 50-55 win team, but I sorely miss the attitude from players and fans that we are the best home court in the NBA. Golden State and OKC have long passed us by during our rebuild era but is it too much to ask that we reclaim our throne?
 
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jazzman12 said:
-No specific win total. I just want to see the team (finally) be healthy enough that we walk away from next season knowing what we have instead of uttering the phrase "If we could just stay healthy..." yet again.

-1st round playoff win. Assuming we have a relatively healthy year, this is a deep, talented team. Getting out of the 1st round should be expected, and oh by the way, winning a playoff series and hopefully being competitive in the 2nd round probably is as important as ANYTHING when it comes to convincing Hayward to stay in Utah long term.

-Maybe I'm dreaming of the good old days, but here's a big expectation I have: Restore the home court advantage to SLC. Kinda hard to do when you're a fringe playoff team but as this team grows deeper and more experienced, I'd like to see a mentality from players and fans alike that nobody's getting outta SLC alive. Again, I feel a lot of that will come back when this team becomes a 50-55 win team, but I sorely miss the attitude from players and fans alike that we are the best home court in the NBA. Golden State and OKC have long passed us by during our rebuild era but is it too much to ask that we reclaim our throne?
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Really good post. I love the first paragraph
 
For me the minimal accomplishment is 6th seed and competitive in our first round match up.

I am hoping for HCA in the 1st round and a series win after a 50-55 win season.
 
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