If the Jazz are better than expected it's because...

[SoberasHotRod]

Other: Because Kessler turned in to Jokic

 

[fishonjazz]

Other: Because Kessler turned in to Jokic

That 3 was BEAUTIFUL

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[The Fresh Prince]

I dont think the journeyman center is going to suddenly blowup into a game changer.

I think that was sarcasm

 

[NAOS_pt2]

Just throwing this thought/question out there:

- What is the probability that Keyonte is our leader in ppg this year?

sub-question: if he gets close to leading the team in ppg, then what will his TS% be? (In other words, we he be a tank commander)?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Because Will Hardy has grown a spine and plays EJ Harkless 25 MPG

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Will has all our guys playing hard on defense. Can't say Quin Snyder ever really achieved that.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Just throwing this thought/question out there:

- What is the probability that Keyonte is our leader in ppg this year?

If he's getting big minutes and touches as the starting lead guard, he can average close to 20 ppg, but he won't score more than Lauri. Scoring leaders will probably be:
1) Lauri
2) Keyonte
3) Brice / Ace

 

[NAOS_pt2]

Will has all our guys playing hard on defense. Can't say Quin Snyder ever really achieved that.

nah, the early Snyder years had plenty of good, hard-playing defense.

 

[KqWIN]

Will has all our guys playing hard on defense. Can't say Quin Snyder ever really achieved that.

What in the world?????

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

That 3 was BEAUTIFUL

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That 3 and the followup block and fast break dunk was a GIANT F U Austin.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Will has all our guys playing hard on defense. Can't say Quin Snyder ever really achieved that.

You can say that about every pre Conley/Bogey trade Snyder team

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

That 3 and the followup block and fast break dunk was a GIANT F U Austin.

FUAA is a fine acronym to shout out every time Walker does something special this year.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Someone should get him a FUAA shirt with a walker silhouette blocking someone out to the 3 point line with a proper turtle neck EXTENSION.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

The turtle neck extension is for Austin Ainge's gullet of course, m i right HH?

 

[KqWIN]

Well, I’d say we’re going to win more than the O/U suggests, but my answer to this is different. I’m a strong believer that it’s depth that wins in the regular season. So if we win more than expected (or a lot more than O/U) it’s because we have lots of small improvements across the roster vs one guy propelling us there. Even if Key, for example, had a breakout season we could still suck badly if no one else improves and/or we give a lot of minutes to negative players. But having a roster with a lot of real players on it can win some games. There are a lot of guys just on the edge of being solid rotations guys imo. Key, Brice, Flip etc. You add those guys onto to the existing vets and you might have a decent headcount for real NBA players. To be a very bad team like we were last year you need lots of minutes from the worst guys in the league.

It’s happening, we’re kinda deep.

 

[str8line]

Will has all our guys playing hard on defense. Can't say Quin Snyder ever really achieved that.

Quin Snyder year one had us playing #1 defense in the league for a while. Gotta hold the young-uns accountable.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Right now I would go with improved passing from our bigs.

 

[HermanG]

Right now I would go with improved passing from our bigs.

Or Will Hardy is being allowed to work his magic once again. Like in 2022-23 and 2023-24 before the tires were blown.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The Jazz have a unique roster with a ton of size and a ton of shooting. I think that uniqueness might make the Jazz a tough play for some teams.

Teams who will be better against us are the ones who can really pressure our ball-handlers, something the Clippers had negative ability to do.

 

[Coach Ellis]

I would put the most likely/most impactful options in this order:

- Keyonte having a 3rd year jump and making our guard rotation much improved
- 48 minutes of NBA level center rotation could have a huge impact on our defense.
- Lauri having an all star year and just having the type of gravity that makes everyone better for 70+ games. We strategically lost a lot of games against tanking teams last year by sitting Lauri. If he is playing against all of our tanking competition we could have more wins.
- I don't think it's extremely likely, but if Ace has the type of on/off impact he did at Rutgers, we could be much better than expected.
- Other - we get lucky/unlucky with playing opposing teams on off nights/with injuries. Last year we lost a crazy amount of games at home, and maybe we get our home court advantage back.

As others have stated, we would need a combination of a lot of things to win too many games. It will be very interesting if we get to March and we are at risk of losing our pick.

This whole post is basically what happened last night. Let’s see if it’s a trend or if it was an anomaly.