What's new
By:
Filters

Sippin' the Kool-Aid

Jack Strop

Jack Strop

Well-Known Member
One member of the media has apparently had too much kool-aid or green jello. He picks Utah to win the title over Toronto.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...ime-mvp-and-the-decline-of-russell-westbrook/

1. The Utah Jazz will win the NBA title.

Let's begin with the boldest of the bold. You just can't get any more bold than this. But if the Jazz -- specifically Rudy Gobert -- are healthy and resemble the team that ended last year's regular season on a 29-6 romp, with the NBA's best defense (by far), then this isn't outside the realm of possibility even in a world where the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets reside in the same conference. It would take Donovan Mitchell to make the All-Star team and be in the MVP conversation, and Ricky Rubio to build on his shooting efficiency from last season. Dante Exum would need to stay healthy, and Jae Crowder would need to turn back the clock a couple years. But it could happen. The Jazz are one of the best-run organizations in the sport.
Click to expand...

8. Three young players will be first-time All-Stars: Donovan Mitchell, Nikola Jokic and Myles Turner.


If Mitchell progresses at the same rate he did in his rookie season, he'll make the second-year jump the Jazz are expecting from him this season. That would make him a shoo-in All-Star if he were in the East. He'll have to be that much better in the West, where an already incredible slate of A-list stars has been joined by LeBron James. Still, Mitchell will post impressive numbers (and the Jazz will have an impressive record) and make the All-Star squad. It'll be just as difficult for Jokic to make the Western Conference All-Star team, but given the Nuggets' high-flying offense and the confidence Jokic played with the last couple months last season, when he realized the Nuggets were his team, difficult does not mean impossible. In a much easier Eastern Conference, Myles Turner will make the jump many expected from him last season to become an excellent two-way player and an All-Star, shooting in the high 30s from three and averaging 2.5 blocks per game.
Click to expand...

Other predictions are that Westbrook and Draymond start showing signs of decline and SA's playoff streak will finally end. He's certainly bold - and probably crazy - but it's nice to see a believer in the national media.

Likely his last article...I hear those nice young men in their clean white coats are coming to take him away, ha ha.
 
Last edited:
I'd pick both Milwaukee and Toronto wining the East ahead of Philly and Boston. But picking the Jazz to win the West is just too much lol
 
Im converting litecoin to usd to bitcoin to utah over 49.5 wins
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top