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This is the current record of the Jazz. Incidentally, this is the record of the last year's team at the same time. I really did not expect it.

How could it have happened? Arguably, the Jazz have a much better coach this year. Favors, Gobert and Hayward improved by a lot. The injury impact is the same: Burks this season, Burke last year.The only possible downgrade is the replacement of Jefferson and Marvin with Ingles and Booker and I thought it was a wash. Did I not appreciate enough the impact of the Wet Bandit? Was it the veteran leadership of Biedrins? Brandon Rush? Why are we not better than the last year?


P.S. After going 13-26 the last year's Jazz went 3-3. So there is an ample opportunity in the next several days for our team to officially become worse than the last year's squad. Mind-boggling.
 
doubledribble said:
This is the current record of the Jazz. Incidentally, this is the record of the last year's team at the same time. I really did not expect it.

How could it have happened? Arguably, the Jazz have a much better coach this year. Favors, Gobert and Hayward improved by a lot. The injury impact is the same: Burks this season, Burke last year.The only possible downgrade is the replacement of Jefferson and Marvin with Ingles and Booker and I thought it was a wash. Did I not appreciate enough the impact of the Wet Bandit? Was it the veteran leadership of Biedrins? Brandon Rush? Why are we not better than the last year?


P.S. After going 13-26 the last year's Jazz went 3-3. So there is an ample opportunity in the next several days for our team to officially become worse than the last year's squad. Mind-boggling.
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I think that the players are better but teams have more of an idea how to guard this team. I mean, last year was Kanter and Favors first time getting solid minutes, now there is a better scouting report on them and teams know how to prepare against them better.

We also have a stockpile of young/D-league players that we have to rely on more-so this year than last.
 
Two reasons I think. Hood, Ingles, Exum aren't as good as Marvin and R.Jefferson yet. Second Burks never fit into Quin's system, Burks was very good last year.
 
Hard to argue with that. As willing as I was, and still am, for us to be horrible this year while growing and checking out talent, I am surprised we are this bad also. But, I really really will be expecting an uptick of the progress this second half coming up.
 
It's a new coach, a new system, a lot of young players still. Chemistry still being worked on.

Just goes to show that even with all this going on, we don't miss those vets. That's what you should take from this.
 
If I had a nickel for every time comparing two records determined how good a team was I would have a few nickels.
 
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We also have a stockpile of young/D-league players that we have to rely on more-so this year than last.
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That's true, but last year we had a lot of folks who were not the NBA-level players as well. Garrett, Tinsley, Mike Harris, JLIII: all of them are out of the NBA this season. And they played a lot of minutes combined in 2013-14.
 
doubledribble said:
That's true, but last year we had a lot of folks who were not the NBA-level players as well. Garrett, Tinsley, Mike Harris, JLIII: all of them are out of the NBA this season. And they played a lot of minutes combined in 2013-14.
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Have you ever looked at the toughness of the schedule this season? Or maybe the point differential through all of the games? Last season and this season are not the same thing.
 
doubledribble,

welcome to the forum. in your honor.

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It's actually fun and enjoyable to watch them this year. So there's that.
Also, at least this year there feels like there is a plan and some direction. Some hope.
Oh and another thing...I haven't heard Quin say "it's just one game" not even once this year....that alone makes this season more successful.
 
How many games have the Jazz fallen behind due to the bench only to storm back and lose a close game. . . then they have games where the win on a buzzer-beater. This team is built to play close, but not quite, winning basketball. Just wait until they actually decide to load the bench with more than scrubs and stick Gobert in the starting lineup full time. They've been better and more entertaining, even if the record doesn't reflect that. Last year, they were getting blown out of the water. This year, they're playing things much closer, despite having to rely on Jingles and Baby Sap. As much as I truly like both guys, neither should be cracking an NBA rotation like they have been.
 
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