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Major love from BR power rankings

They put the Jazz at #4, behind the Warriors, the Cavs and the Spurs.

[FONT=&quot]This just feels right.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]When healthy last year—which we'll define as "having Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert on the floor together"—the Utah Jazz were awesome. That foursome only took the court in 45 games, but posted a net rating of plus-5.0 points per 100 possessions, regardless of who the fifth body was.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That would have been good enough to rank sixth in the league.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Obviously, a team's net rating builds in all of its lineups. But with any luck (and Utah certainly deserves some on the injury front), this year's Jazz should be able to get that group onto the court much more often. Better still, veterans George Hill, Boris Diaw and Joe Johnson will bolster the rotation with depth Utah hasn't had in years.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Toss in the development of Trey Lyles, the return of Dante Exum, and a hopefully healthy season from Alec Burks, and you've got a roster capable of demolishing last year's total of 40 wins.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We've expected a Jazz breakout in each of the last two seasons.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]This is the year we get it.[/FONT]
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Sounds good. Jazz need to get back to being the #1 defense in the league. Focus on that, and the wins will come. Don't try to be something they're not. This team is capable of grinding teams to death if they want to.
 
tonstermits said:
Reading the comments on there was a little painful
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Not painful at all. Ammo. it'll be fun watching them all melt down when Utah rolls into their arena and holds their team to 85 points.

It'll be fun to watch when Utah is in the thick of the home court advantage race at the end of the season.

No one pays attention to Utah so they don't see what's going on. Lot's of fans of other teams are about to be caught unawares.
 
MDAV28 said:
4th is jumping the gun a little bit
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Stoked said:
Not painful at all. Ammo. it'll be fun watching them all melt down when Utah rolls into their arena and holds their team to 85 points.

It'll be fun to watch when Utah is in the thick of the home court advantage race at the end of the season.

No one pays attention to Utah so they don't see what's going on. Lot's of fans of other teams are about to be caught unawares.
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I think the majority of Jazz fans are just as guilty of underestimating this team. Utah was about to take a big step forward before Exum's injury, and most fans have since blown off that stretch after the Kanter trade as a fluke. Nice to see so many articles from people who understand that Utah's woes last year were due to injuries, instead of assuming we just weren't as good as that stretch of bball from the season before would indicate.
 
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