Jazz jumped 2 spots in the nba powerrankings! number 9 now

[Jamezz]

Hey Holdmy Ballz, I care.

I like your style.

 

[spycam1]

Warriors defensive rating is only 2 points lower than ours, but they play 10 point higher pace.

Ridiculous.

That losing culture though

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[DutchJazzer]

Why do people put so much stock into crap like this? Who cares?

ok sorry mods please delete thread!

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Lol. NBA.com thinks hood is a bench player.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

and from number 13 to number 11 on the espn power rankings

Playing that stubbornly slow pace and typically sticky D, combined with a fairly favorable early schedule, has the Jazz looking like the tough out most expected. They don't have Gordon Hayward going yet, though, so consider that a priority as Utah undertakes a pretty challenging four-game swing through the East this week.

Fairly favorable early schedule my eye!!! 8 of the first 10 on the road including 4 likely playoff teams from the East?

 

[silesian]

Warriors defensive rating is only 2 points lower than ours, but they play 10 point higher pace.

Ridiculous.

I agree they are ridiculous.

Not sure I understand your point since pace is irrelevant to the defensive rating. It is based on 100 possession basis.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I agree they are ridiculous.

Not sure I understand your point since pace is irrelevant to the defensive rating. It is based on 100 possession basis.

Generally it's harder to defend with when your team pushes pace.

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[silesian]

Fairly favorable early schedule my eye!!! 8 of the first 10 on the road including 4 likely playoff teams from the East?

I'd guess they are ranking based on the 6 games so far and not the next 4.

And I'd say they are correct. Have not played a top team. Schedule strength is 27th based on sagarin.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That losing culture though

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Well they did fire the coach who was their during the tank...

 

[silesian]

Generally it's harder to defend with when your team pushes pace.

But good defense also leads to fast breaks/ pace.

There is no correlation between pace and defensive ranking per possession. Look at last year, the fastest 5 in pace had an average defensive ranking of 13. The slowest 5 in pace had an average defensive ranking of 17.

If you are into stats, a scatter plot shows complete randomness. A regression gives a slope with a p value of 0.4 (no correlation).

 

[BabyPeterzz]

All eyes on Utah over this 4 game stretch.

 

[♪alt13]

7. Jazz (4-2, LW 13). They have the second best net rating in the league, a sign that this power ranking may have them too low — and that they can sustain the fast early start. Remember that this team picked up Derrick Favors in the Deron Williams trade — Favors has been fantastic for them this season, that move looks brilliant now.

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/11/09/pbts-nba-power-rankings-hawks-pistons-impressing-early/