LoPo
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I expect that we end our season over .500. I really hope we are in the playoffs.
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Hopefully out of the playoffs.
Jazz need help...at least two players: 1) a PF who can shoot; 2) guard help for Donovan. Mitchell is not Westbrook or Harden. He can't be the PG AND be an efficient scorer. Rubio has some hot streaks, but he's still Bricky. Will Dante be the answer? Not sure. Crowder and Royce are rotational players, but neither appear to be the answer as starters. I think a starter can be had in the lottery. It gets harder to find that type of player in the later teens or 20's.
So, one player via lottery, one player via trade or free agency. Or, more likely I believe, would be a trade of our pick for a player. Wouldn't have wanted to trade a pick in the top-8 or so, which is where the Jazz stood in the initial Mirotic talks, but around 12-14 may be attractive to a rebuilding team looking to trade a vet.
Out of the playoffs? So we can get "help" that won't really help for a couple years? So out of the playoffs next year and the year after, too?
Bye Rudy. Thanks for wasting your time here, but we needed "help" so we wasted your prime years. You're welcome.
I am flabbergasted that some of you believe the Jazz would be better off missing the playoffs at this point.
If you put a gun to my head right now I'd say 9th. The winning streak was fun but I really don't think that's who we are offensively. Anthony Davis is doing historic things, Nuggets have more talent, TWolves are still pretty good, and have a good lead over us. I just don't know who we can jump if we can't even put up 100 points consistently.
We do have an easy schedule, and it's certainly not a done deal. Just my thoughts at this moment. If we rattle off ten straight here then obviously things change.
But the storyline of 'Mitchell sort of hits rookie wall, Jazz can't find enough offense and fall to one too many beatable teams to miss the playoffs' seems about as likely as any.
Let's just remember that before the streak playoffs weren't even a thought but we were still very excited for the future. Looking at this playoff chase as house money is a good way to go I think. Should be fun either way.