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Better than last year's team?

Yes we will. The west has lost Amare and probably Carmella any day now, leaving Phoenix and Denver in rebuilding mode. Then we have SA and Dallas slightly declining due to aging superstars. Portland and LA more or less stayed the same. Thunder of course is the main problem hopefully we'll have a healthy AK to slow down Durant.
 
....I don't think all the new faces will have that big of a negative impact on the Jazz. We've improved defensively with the subtractions of Boozer and Memo....and we've improved offensively, if for no other reason than we have "smarter" ball players who I feel confident will pick up the Jazz system pretty quick! We still have a very good core of carry over players with Deron, Miles, Klinko.....and our subs have been with us awhile, too. This Jazz team will win 50+ games just by throwing the ball out on the court.....and staying healthy!
 
carolinajazz said:
....I don't think all the new faces will have that big of a negative impact on the Jazz. We've improved defensively with the subtractions of Boozer and Memo....and we've improved offensively, if for no other reason than we have "smarter" ball players who I feel confident will pick up the Jazz system pretty quick! We still have a very good core of carry over players with Deron, Miles, Klinko.....and our subs have been with us awhile, too. This Jazz team will win 50+ games just by throwing the ball out on the court.....and staying healthy!
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Know something we dont know about Memo. Hopefully he will be back for over half the season. A healthy Memo still could play a big part in a championship run especially against the Lakers where we will need all the size we can get.
 
Jazz4ever said:
Portland and LA more or less stayed the same. .
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LA didnt quite stay the same. They have bolstered their bench by adding Blake, Barnes and Ratliff to play alongside Odom and Brown. That was their only weakness last year and they fixed it.
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With the Jazz, you have to give it about a month or two before judging them. They have added some new
faces but there also a lot of question marks. How fast Deron and Al mesh together will determine how slow of astart we have. Miles, Millsap and AK all have a big part to play to keep this team afloat early in the season.
 
Talent-wise, we look much better. If everything falls this weeekend as forecast, we'd look like this:

PG Williams, Watson, Price
SG Bell, Ross (from NJ for AK), Thompson
SF Miles, Hayward, Evans
PF Millsap, Jefferson, Diaw (from Char for AK)
C Jefferson, Elson, Okur, Fesenko

IMO, that's much better than last season's team:

PG Williams, Price, Gaines
SG Matthews, Korver, Jeffers
SF Miles, Kirilenko
PF Boozer, Millsap
C Okur, Fesenko, Koufas
 
One guy who should be pulling for this Carmelo trade to happen is Fesenko. If AK goes, that means the Jazz would be in a better position to pay more $$$ for Fes. I actually hope Houston makes him an offer just to get him his new contract over and done with.
On Okur, at his age, coming back full strength will be a challenge. He wasn't any great leaper to start with... And that looming scenario of a hobbling Memo will obviously up Fes's value to the Jazz...
 
PG Williams, Watson, Price
SG Bell, Miles
SF Kirilenko, Hayward, Evans
PF Millsap, Okur, AK
C Jefferson, Okur, Fesenko, Elson

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Waaaay better than last year.
 
Well, if we trade AK, we may have chemistry issues for at least the early part of the season: six core players (if you consider Maynor in that category and I would) will be gone from last year. Having AK would help with the new players because he knows the system, arguably better than anyone on the team, or at least equally with Deron.
 
write4u said:
Well, if we trade AK, we may have chemistry issues for at least the early part of the season: six core players (if you consider Maynor in that category and I would) will be gone from last year. Having AK would help with the new players because he knows the system, arguably better than anyone on the team, or at least equally with Deron.
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I totally agree with the chemistry issue. It seems a lot of people doin't understand what Kirilenko brings to the Jazz other than his big contract.
I mean, so what if the Jazz have to pay out one more year of that contract, and pay some LT royalties.

I've said it before, if the Millers are ever going to be serious in contending for a championship, they have to be willing to pay.
It's a sad way that the league works, but that's how it works nowdays.
 
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