David Stern
Well-Known Member
Sure, the injuries were terrible, but the Jazz flat out choked this year. I get that they're a young team, but I think everyone expected them to at least take a small step forward. It just didn't happen.
Last year, Hayward took a huge step forward after getting the max contract. This year, he was virtually the same player. That's fine, but I was hoping for some improvement.
Favors was injured for most of the season, but at least showed some improvement early on. He had definitely regressed by the end of the season, probably due to injury.
Gobert is still an elite defensive player, but slightly regressed this year, also probably due to injury.
Hood was insanely inconsistent throughout the year, but improved from year one.
The two highlights of the year were probably getting Mack for almost nothing, and Lyles growing into a potential starter/impact player for the future. He was developed perfectly.
We all knew that this year was toast when Exum got hurt. We knew we had no depth, but at least our team still fought. The bottom half of the West was way down this year though, and all the Jazz had to do to make the playoffs was to beat a Clippers team that was basically throwing the game. To me, the way this team choked when they had a golden opportunity to make the playoffs make this season a failure, but there was definitely some really good things that came from it. I'm not hitting the panic button yet, but making the playoffs next season is a MUST for this rebuild to be successful.
Last year, Hayward took a huge step forward after getting the max contract. This year, he was virtually the same player. That's fine, but I was hoping for some improvement.
Favors was injured for most of the season, but at least showed some improvement early on. He had definitely regressed by the end of the season, probably due to injury.
Gobert is still an elite defensive player, but slightly regressed this year, also probably due to injury.
Hood was insanely inconsistent throughout the year, but improved from year one.
The two highlights of the year were probably getting Mack for almost nothing, and Lyles growing into a potential starter/impact player for the future. He was developed perfectly.
We all knew that this year was toast when Exum got hurt. We knew we had no depth, but at least our team still fought. The bottom half of the West was way down this year though, and all the Jazz had to do to make the playoffs was to beat a Clippers team that was basically throwing the game. To me, the way this team choked when they had a golden opportunity to make the playoffs make this season a failure, but there was definitely some really good things that came from it. I'm not hitting the panic button yet, but making the playoffs next season is a MUST for this rebuild to be successful.
