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I wouldnt be shocked if Houston gets off to a bad start and tanks. Think they have a top 10 protected pick swap with OKC, so if they finish 11-14 they are going to pick 27-30
If they finish outside of top 10 and OKC swaps, they can then swap their pick with PHO. But regardless, they would have to move a ton of players to attempt to tank. They are legitimately 14-15 guys deep.
Yeah but they arent that good....
And they are not 14-15 guys deep. What a moronic thing to say.
If both teams were trying to win, Utah would be better than Houston IMO.
Look at their roster and tell me they are not 14-15 deep. We have people saying Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks are ruining our tank lmao.
Houston is in an even worse position than Utah is IMO. They dont have a true #1 option on the roster. They dont even have a championship caliber #2 option like Utah does.
Utah's best two players are better than Houston's best two players, point blank period. I'm taking Sexton/Lauri over FVV/Sengun all day. They are still going to overplay one of the worst players (who gets minutes) in the NBA, Dillon Brooks. Any positive projection for either team requires a lot of imagination of young player suddenly improving. I still am befuddled by some posters on this site who overrate their team so much. They have even more reasons to tank than Utah. We just think they wont because of ownership.
Utah's best two players are better than Houston's best two players, point blank period. I'm taking Sexton/Lauri over FVV/Sengun all day. They are still going to overplay one of the worst players (who gets minutes) in the NBA, Dillon Brooks. Any positive projection for either team requires a lot of imagination of young player suddenly improving. I still am befuddled by some posters on this site who overrate their team so much. They have even more reasons to tank than Utah. We just think they wont because of ownership.
This one goes too far. I can see them not being great because the West is stacked, but they are at least a tier or two above Utah.
HOU's position as a franchise going forward (which is still really great IMO) is not the same thing as their position to tank/win games this upcoming season. With zero imagination of improvement, the Rockets won 41 games last season and had point differential of a 44 win team. They are deep, they've got decent top end players (FVV and Sengun were terrific last season), they've got experienced veteran players, and they've got loads of young talent on roster that could improve. The West is incredibly difficult this year, so no guarantee's they win more games, but I can't imagine them as a team the Jazz should be worried about in a tanking context.
Now a team like SAS....I could see it. A lot of their value is held up in a single player, and Pop sure knows how to tank. I think SAS is clearly a tier above the Jazz but it's not impossible to see them winning less than us as a result of a series of unlikely events.
Now a team like SAS....I could see it. A lot of their value is held up in a single player, and Pop sure knows how to tank. I think SAS is clearly a tier above the Jazz but it's not impossible to see them winning less than us as a result of a series of unlikely events.
Not at all. Lauri is just flat out better than anyone they have. And Dillon Brooks is very very bad. I dont think people realize quite how bad he is. He's like THT on steroids when it comes to the shots he takes. Yes, he does provide some great D, but the offense is truly team-breaking.
If Utah played a 9 tight rotation, they are a clearly superior team.
Dillon Brooks is far worse than Patty Mills or Drew Eubanks.
Comical. Based on your comments, you paid zero attention to how Brooks played last season for HOU. Brooks was a lower usage guy last season. And while you criticize Brooks for chucking, you are the same type of person to turn around and say the Jazz can be better because we have guys like Clarkson.