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Jazz Officially elminated from playoffs

NEED MAOR VETS.
HOPE JEFFERSON PLAYS 48 MINUTES TONIGHT.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP HIM MORE!!!!!!!!


youth talent and potential are overrated
 
This is now a pristine opportunity to catch all the lottery teams off guard and move up in the standings to be the "best of the rest," if you will. Kind of like a quasi championship amongst the other teams, except without a banner -- just a lot of bragging rights. We're going to need a healthy Williams for this push. Maybe pick up a good vet role player who gets waved or bought out.
 
@Dutch
You might be right. Utah needs to see if RJ and Marvin can continue their stellar play for the remainder of the season. Jazz could give 4/$40M contract to RJ and let Hayward sign elsewhere. Marvin re-signs for MLE-level money so he can continue to play more than Enes. On a positive note, Burks is given the starting SG job. This is negated by the Jazz winning 8 of their remaining games and reaching for McDermott at #9. Upon hearing all the boos at the ESA during the draft party, Lindsey does his best KOC impersonation and tells us how pleased we'll be with the pick.
 
Since the Booz/Memo/Dwill/Sloan era, how many times have we made the playoffs? Missed?

I thought we were trying to not develop a "losing culture?"
 
The Thriller said:
Since the Booz/Memo/Dwill/Sloan era, how many times have we made the playoffs? Missed?

I thought we were trying to not develop a "losing culture?"
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We've been "close enough" to the playoffs each season except this one.



And though there is sarcasm in the "close enough" reference, the Jazz are in no danger of developing a losing culture.
2010-11: Jazz were 39-43, reeling after the Sloan/Deron debacle. Complete pass on that one.
2011-12: Made the playoffs at 36-30.
2012-13: Finished 43-39 last year, just missing.

Three seasons at a combined 6 games over .500.

This year clearly a youth movement designed to get Utah some kind of lottery pick. And probably would have been in the 12-14 range had Hayward not had such a bad season and had Burke and Favors not had some injuries along the way. Otherwise, I see the Jazz capable of being, pardon me using the phrase again, "close enough" to a .500 team.
 
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Core4 said:
We've been "close enough" to the playoffs each season except this one.



And though there is sarcasm in the "close enough" reference, the Jazz are in no danger of developing a losing culture.
2010-11: Jazz were 39-43, reeling after the Sloan/Deron debacle. Complete pass on that one.
2011-12: Made the playoffs at 36-30.
2012-13: Finished 43-39 last year, just missing.

Three seasons at a combined 6 games over .500.

This year clearly a youth movement designed to get Utah some kind of lottery pick. And probably would have been in the 12-14 range had Hayward not had such a bad season and had Burke and Favors not had some injuries along the way. Otherwise, I see the Jazz capable of being, pardon me using the phrase again, "close enough" to a .500 team.
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Missing the playoffs isn't developing a losing culture?
 
The Thriller said:
Since the Booz/Memo/Dwill/Sloan era, how many times have we made the playoffs? Missed?

I thought we were trying to not develop a "losing culture?"
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it happens. Bulls had a period of ****tyness following the jordan years and then they landed a homerun with a couple draft picks....sadly drose has been hurt, but they still have a decent team with a GOOD COACH.
 
The Thriller said:
Missing the playoffs isn't developing a losing culture?
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Not when you are over .500 and battling for the playoffs as was the case last season. Jazz are not Sacramento or Philadelphia or Detroit, or many other teams which have had season after season of losing records: that is what develops a losing culture. A season above .500 does not qualify as losing. And certainly a one-year foray into rebuilding is not long enough for a ""culture" to develop, especially when it's the young players themselves that had been clamoring for playing time. In fact, it's a wake-up call for the young guys. They're not nearly as good as they thought they were. Some will work harder in the off-season to improve because they struggled against other NBA starters. Some may not care. And it will be DL's job to evaluate next season who should stay and who should go.
 
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