While this is true..... being 16-18 while being relatively healthy all year is unacceptable with the team that we have.
We aren't as good as we thought. If we were a true contender, a top 2/3/4 team in the west like most of us expected, we'd be at least around 20-14 right now.
The schedule has been brutal. But I don't want excuses, I want wins.
As a fan you or anyone can want whatever the heck they want. However having realistic expectations a long side those wants is a good idea.
For me the Jazz are about 2 games behind where I thought they would be in my "realistic" going through the schedule as the season was starting. That's not going through picking game by game but looking at a stretch of games and saying they should win 2 out of those 3 type of thing taking into account teams played, travel, days off and what the team they're playing schedule looked like the day or 2 before.
Now that doesn't mean I didn't think they could and should win more, especially once the games started and doesn't mean I have been disappointed how the defense started and in that Mitchell hadn't made another quantum leap we all hoped considering his rookie year. But he would've had to take one in order for the Jazz to have a better record then what they do and to even sniff your record and your VERY lofty expectations.
I hope so. He should be but our schedule really hurts . If you switched our schedule around and had the easiest schedule for the first half and the hardest in the second half we would have 2 all-stars this year and last.
Only one to even have a chance.
Donovan could make it with a good January. Not likely, but not out of the realm of possibility. At guard I'd say Steph, Harden, Russ and Lillard are the only locks.
His efficiency numbers are really bad. Only chance is if he averages like 30 pts on great efficiency, which he won't.
He's currently 11th guard in the west in ppg and 49th in points per possession. So maybe even that 30 pt dream wouldn't get it done.
If he averages 30 pts in January I'd guarantee he'd be an all-star.
He would still not be in the top 5 guards in the West in ppg, and unless he goes for 70% TS% or some ****, he wouldn't be in top 20 in efficiency. So I don't think it would get it done.
But he won't average that anyway. If Ingles averages 50 in Jan, he'd probably be an all star. lol.
I hope so. At quick glance, I see 10 games that we could definitely lose.I went game by game from now until the all star break and I have the jazz going 14-5 which would put our record at 32-25. I think we will be right around 6th in the west by the time the all star break rolls around.
Love the optimism Fish, and I also hope you're right.I went game by game from now until the all star break and I have the jazz going 14-5 which would put our record at 32-25. I think we will be right around 6th in the west by the time the all star break rolls around.
Honestly, he is the only one who deserves to be an all star, even accounting for the schedule.
Probably doesn't play enough minutes to really qualify. How many all stars have there been that play 23 minutes per game?Favors is in the top 15-25 on a lot of the advanced stats. He should be on the bubble.