On paper, the jazz look worse. This is because most of the stats are offensive. The current Jazz lineup may not have the offensive numbers that they had last year. However, they are much better on the defensive end. Plus Utah appears to have gotten improvement from Miles, Price, Ak and Fes. The real key to the Jazz season will be Jefferson to a large extent. Can he produce in the jazz system? Preseason indicates that he can.
I see the Jazz being in the top 10 defensive teams this year and could be on offense as well. The thunder are missing an inside presence so they will rely on driving the lane and shooting. Effective but not reliable. Nuggets who knows what they will look like, but the added length in utah matches up better with them. Portland, They have a lot of talent, but do they have a team? Spurs could be really scary even with a slowed duncan. Dallas similar to denver. The clippers could be good, but they are the clippers and will find a way to loose. LA is still the team to beat, but if you stop gasol you increase your chances of winning. Make them a one dementional team (kobe).
