Hoopsworld hates the Jazz

[Stifle Tower]

If that article turns out to be accurate, then ****ing wonderful.

I don't see us below Phoenix. But honestly, if we wound up with Wiggins, I wouldn't care if GS won a championship and gave us the #30 pick.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Early prediction for me is 33-49, which won't be last in the west. Jazz will still be good at home. 22-19.

I see our situation as fairly comparable to Portland last year. We won't have a dynamic ROY like Liillard, but we also won't have a major weakness at the 5. Benches are similar: very weak. Portland won 33 games last season. I could see the Jazz winning 20-22 games at home and 11-13 on the road. I'm hoping for worse so we end up with a top-7 pick and not in the 9-12 range.

 

[The Midnight]

Jazz were 18-23 at home the year they went 26-56. They're a better team than that one, provided a healthy season. Five more home wins and two more road wins than that team really doesn't seem optimistic to me.

I don't think we can say we're a better team straight off the bat.

- I remembered Al bailing us out numerous times at the end of several games last season??

- When Al's shots weren't falling, Millsap was bailing us out too...

- This year we'll be relying solely on Favors & Kanter who are unknown quantity at this stage against legit starting bigs in the West...

- Burke at the point is also very shaky IMO... Mo bailed us out many times last season plus it took Kemba 2 seasons before he became a legit starter..

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In conclusions, while we'll learning how to jog, other teams would already be running...

 

[Fishsticks]

Jazz were 18-23 at home the year they went 26-56. They're a better team than that one, provided a healthy season. Five more home wins and two more road wins than that team really doesn't seem optimistic to me.

That team was coached by jackpotting sloan

 

[Fishsticks]

Maybe. I'm just saying orange is the first person to agree that there's a reasonable chance that we're worse than Phoenix.

I'll bite as well. We are going to be bad.

 

[A-Train (old)]

If we're not going to be the 15th team in the West, we will be the 14th team.

 

[Doublea]

Can you imagine, what if both our picks were in the lottery next year and then we moved up to the 1 and 2 spots because of the ping pong balls. Wouldn't that just be crazy awesome!?

 

[A-Train (old)]

Can you imagine, what if both our picks were in the lottery next year and then we moved up to the 1 and 2 spots because of the ping pong balls. Wouldn't that just be crazy awesome!?

It would be poetic justice.

 

[The Midnight]

Can you imagine, what if both our picks were in the lottery next year and then we moved up to the 1 and 2 spots because of the ping pong balls. Wouldn't that just be crazy awesome!?

And Harrison Barnes got sick of playing behind Iggy & Thompson and asked for trade..... LOL

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No way we are worst than the Suns or Kings.

 

[The Midnight]

No way we are worst than the Suns or Kings.

The Kings have quietly put together a nice / balanced roster:

- Signed Landry, he alone should add 5 more wins to the total from last year.

- Vasguez running the point is gonna give them some stability and togetherness

- McLemore is no slouch.. I think add at least 2-3 games to the win total

- Losing Tyreke, I don't think he was a big factor last year anyway...

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The Kings have quietly put together a nice / balanced roster:

- Signed Landry, he alone should add 5 more wins to the total from last year.

- Vasguez running the point is gonna give them some stability and togetherness

- McLemore is no slouch.. I think add at least 2-3 games to the win total

- Losing Tyreke, I don't think he was a big factor last year anyway...

They still have a hanging cloud of dysfunction that is Cousins though.