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Major love from BR power rankings

They put the Jazz at #4, behind the Warriors, the Cavs and the Spurs.

[FONT=&quot]This just feels right.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]When healthy last year—which we'll define as "having Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert on the floor together"—the Utah Jazz were awesome. That foursome only took the court in 45 games, but posted a net rating of plus-5.0 points per 100 possessions, regardless of who the fifth body was.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That would have been good enough to rank sixth in the league.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Obviously, a team's net rating builds in all of its lineups. But with any luck (and Utah certainly deserves some on the injury front), this year's Jazz should be able to get that group onto the court much more often. Better still, veterans George Hill, Boris Diaw and Joe Johnson will bolster the rotation with depth Utah hasn't had in years.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Toss in the development of Trey Lyles, the return of Dante Exum, and a hopefully healthy season from Alec Burks, and you've got a roster capable of demolishing last year's total of 40 wins.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We've expected a Jazz breakout in each of the last two seasons.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]This is the year we get it.[/FONT]
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Sounds good. Jazz need to get back to being the #1 defense in the league. Focus on that, and the wins will come. Don't try to be something they're not. This team is capable of grinding teams to death if they want to.
 
tonstermits said:
Reading the comments on there was a little painful
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Not painful at all. Ammo. it'll be fun watching them all melt down when Utah rolls into their arena and holds their team to 85 points.

It'll be fun to watch when Utah is in the thick of the home court advantage race at the end of the season.

No one pays attention to Utah so they don't see what's going on. Lot's of fans of other teams are about to be caught unawares.
 
MDAV28 said:
4th is jumping the gun a little bit
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Stoked said:
Not painful at all. Ammo. it'll be fun watching them all melt down when Utah rolls into their arena and holds their team to 85 points.

It'll be fun to watch when Utah is in the thick of the home court advantage race at the end of the season.

No one pays attention to Utah so they don't see what's going on. Lot's of fans of other teams are about to be caught unawares.
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I think the majority of Jazz fans are just as guilty of underestimating this team. Utah was about to take a big step forward before Exum's injury, and most fans have since blown off that stretch after the Kanter trade as a fluke. Nice to see so many articles from people who understand that Utah's woes last year were due to injuries, instead of assuming we just weren't as good as that stretch of bball from the season before would indicate.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
I think the majority of Jazz fans are just as guilty of underestimating this team. Utah was about to take a big step forward before Exum's injury, and most fans have since blown off that stretch after the Kanter trade as a fluke. Nice to see so many articles from people who understand that Utah's woes last year were due to injuries, instead of assuming we just weren't as good as that stretch of bball from the season before would indicate.
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Yup, Jazz got healthy and DL addressed 2-3 times over every single need this team had. He annihilated this off season.

Vets leadership - check
PG play - check
Bench depth - check
Outside shooting - check
Spacing - check
Jettison dead weight - check
Maintain long term cap flexibility - check
Maintain adequate picks the next several years - check
Maintain chemistry - check

At this point the only two somewhat legit arguments IMO are:

1. DL didn't act last year
2. That he didn't get more/act sooner for some assets/players

Both those are also very debated.
 
4th....wut.

nope. we're not there yet.

we chocked vs some really trash teams last season. we need to prove it.
 
yamers said:
4th....wut.

nope. we're not there yet.

we chocked vs some really trash teams last season. we need to prove it.
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Yep, we choked hard down the stretch of some important games.

Anyone watch game 7 of the finals between the Cavs and Dubs? How was the offense down the stretch? Choking under pressure happens, even to the best of the best. I don't think it necessarily means Utah isn't good enough to be among the best teams in the west this year.
 
Might be overly optimistic but outside of GSW, who's clearly the team to beat, & SAS/CLE, who are likely the only teams that have somewhat of a chance to do so, we're definitely in that next tier. Whether we're at the top of it is certainly debatable as we still have a ton to prove but it's hard not to be excited about this team's potential. Can't wait to see how it plays out.
 
All we need to do is hold the opposing team under 90 points, right? We do that we are golden. . .
 
I like our chances of anyone in the third tier, and if we're at the top of that tier, that's 4th.

I just mentioned this in another thread, but what a relief it is to not have any major holes or players that I'm embarrassed of. The Jazz are a team to be proud of right now and I think that will get reinforced this season.
 
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