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Bill Simmons on the Jazz Today

He knows how butthurt Jazz fans get when he criticizes the team or FO. I'd guess he said all this for that very reason.
 
Dr. Jones said:
Jazz seem to me to have both a lot of upside and depth compared to last year's injury-riddled team.
It's also unproven.

Hard to really make credible definitive statements about the team will be.

Guesses for now.
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I agree.
I think some of the talk of the jazz being top 5 team in the league and top 3 in the west are a bit much.
I really really like the roster.... But they have not done anything yet and the new additions could have chemistry issues and there could be locker room trouble with minutes and whatnot.

I think the jazz will win around 48 games and be anywhere from 4th seed-7th seed.
 
He's never liked the Jazz.

I think the Jazz have a chance at being top 3 out west but I'm betting on a 4th/5th seed myself.

There is only a handful of teams that are clearly better than Utah.
 
fgcamel said:
Meh. I've always thought Simmons to be a very entertaning writer/personality, but I've never considered him to be any more knowledgable than any random fan.

Maybe slightly above that of the facebook commenters.
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Yuup. Unless it's about a large market team, Simmons doesn't have much insight.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Two other noteworthy things he says, he's not sold on Quin Snyder and he seems to think the Jazz won't be good because "tie game two minutes left, who's shooting?"
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This part actually has some merit. If we keep relying on Hayward for the final two minutes like we did last year , we're screwed. And if Quin continues to have Hayward be the primary play maker during these final two minutes, that's a reason to not be sold on him.

But hopefully Hood will be the first option come crunch time, with Hill and Johnson playing a big role. I wish I could include Exum here, but there is too much uncertainty on whether he will reach his potential this season.
 
The only really good thing about Simmons is that he used to employ Zach Lowe. Other than that he was an antidote to the "fan boy"ism of most other NBA commentators. Pissing in Cheerios is his shtick. If he is pissing in YOUR Cheerios, it means you have arrived.

He's kind of a rich man's Cy.
 
Cool, I'd rather have some doubters than an all out dick riding fest.

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I agree though about questioning Snyder. Smart guy and good player development, not sure if a great head coach though.
 
King Cy said:
I agree though about questioning Snyder. Smart guy and good player development, not sure if a great head coach though.
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For me, this is the million dollar question. Will Snyder grow with his team and become a solid in-game coach that can match wits vs other coaches in the playoffs.

If not, he'll be the sacrificial lamb that developed this team, only to see a Rick Carlisle-type swoop in and take them to the next level.
 
Simmons seems a bit out of touch with the NBA... Feel like he used to have better thoughts... I'm talking pre-NBA preview Bill.

His Hayward comments likely stem from the game against the Celtics where Hayward got a shot blocked by Avery Bradley late. My guess is that is one of two games he watched all year. Not blaming him for it, but just saying his comments are just ignorant.

With regard to Quin... he's a good coach that resonates with the players. The in game stuff is just okay right now, but he hasn't had much of a PG or veteran presence to help out. I'm less worried with the X's and O's... we can bring in help for that and he can improve. The other stuff is less teachable imo.
 
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