Getting Traded
Banned
Why should he STFU? He expresses a legit concern. The Jazz' seeding is by no means assured. It is not an unrealistic outcome (and indeed has a good chance of happening) that the Jazz slipp down to the 5th, 6th or 7th seed. I'm concerned about it too, as I'd rather, all else equal, have a higher seed (and 4th in particular) than a lower seed, and home court if we can get it. Sure, the Jazz will have to 'nut up' and win a series, but series' are all about matchups, and the likelihood of winning a series is strongly a function of who you're playing. Who do we match up best against, GS, SA, Houston or LA? Personally, I'd take LA and/or Houston, in fact, I think we'd match up best against Houston, so I don't mind a slip to the 6th seed, but we definitely want to avoid SA in Round 1, I think.
But I think the Spurs fear us. We did beat them handily earlier this year, and come playoff time, we should be a lot stronger, at least a lot healthier than we were then (especially if Favors rounds into form). I think Hill will know how to exploit them, and that is exactly what happened in that game. Hill is better than Parker now. Diaw also will be an asset against them.