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Ron Mexico said:
Why the negativity in this thread! This is just setting your expectation low to not get hurt. I don't think JC needs rest days unless he gets hurt. We have shown we can win without Conley now. This team is very very deep, which helps a ton against bad teams. Plus our coach is letting players who are doing well play more. If a starter or guy isn't playing hard, taking a game off against a bad team, or just having bad night or bad matchup he's riding the pine that game.
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What part of my comment made you think I was "being negative" ? Just an observation that most surging teams in the NBA, eventually have to plateau a little bit. Given that this team is winning, they will certainly be looking to rest starters against teams that will not be in the playoffs. I won't be hurt by it if they don't continue this win streak either, because I have no emotional content relative to my fandom. I am just a ****ing basketball junkie that sometimes watches the Jazz and like what they are doing.
 

The Jazz have defied expectations to such a degree that many have wondered if Utah's front office might start trading players purely to push the team down the standings. This roster is simply too good to tank, but that's just fine by Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, who says he is "pleasantly surprised" by how his team has played.

"I like a lot of the players on our team," Ainge told Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated. "But the fact that they've jelled so well so early is fun. There is a lot of movement and a lot of guys moving the ball. That's a fun way to play. And I think they're all enjoying it very much." And as for the speculation that he might be unhappy with his team's success?


"I'm not commenting on other people's comments," says Ainge. "It's assumed that's how I feel? Give me a break. I've been accused of [building teams to lose] before. It's never been true."
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Eddie Zero said:
What part of my comment made you think I was "being negative" ? Just an observation that most surging teams in the NBA, eventually have to plateau a little bit. Given that this team is winning, they will certainly be looking to rest starters against teams that will not be in the playoffs. I won't be hurt by it if they don't continue this win streak either, because I have no emotional content relative to my fandom. I am just a ****ing basketball junkie that sometimes watches the Jazz and like what they are doing.
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Oh gotcha a casual bandwagon fan, welcome. I'm assuming you're a fan of one of the new guys we just picked up?
 
We converted our All-stars into our depth and bench. We have high paid bench guys that are making the other team pay. No other team has as much money into their bench like the Jazz. Plus Lauri has stepped up and matched Donovan's value - multiple times I pushed for a Lauri trade which involved Bogey. Jordan has raised his play. KO, Vando, Kessler, and Lauri has given us quality play at the 4 and 5. It's insane what this team can do. I predicted a winning record after 20 games but what they are doing is on another level.
 
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Ron Mexico said:
Oh gotcha a casual bandwagon fan, welcome. I'm assuming you're a fan of one of the new guys we just picked up?
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No bandwagon fan, as I was here before the season started/ Mostly of the Hardy fan club over anything else. However, I am interested in what Danny does next. Curious if the Jazz can sustain this anomaly like start, of winning more games than anyone else in the league , after a major roster blowup. They really are holding a lot of Aces, with Sexton not even back to himself yet and yet buying in it seems. Then the playmaking of JC, the dunkenstilskin version of the Finnish Hammer .Lets not forget the coaches on the floor in Mike and KO. That is not even utilizing any of the ready to play youth like the Young Och.
 
Bump
Just beat the #1 team in the west twice in a row.
With the clippers losing tonight we move into a 3 way tie for the 6th spot. Tank on.
 
fishonjazz said:
Bump
Just beat the #1 team in the west twice in a row.
With the clippers losing tonight we move into a 3 way tie for the 6th spot. Tank on.
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Kinda cool to see some new teams in there. Sacramento is having a nice year. Memphis and NO both look great despite missing starters. I don’t think the warriors are going to repeat with these young juggernauts surging at the right time.
 
fishonjazz said:
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Just beat the #1 team in the west twice in a row.
With the clippers losing tonight we move into a 3 way tie for the 6th spot. Tank on.
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I mean it’s only proper really! After we win the title, the term tank will be restored to its original meaning as something powerful that can destroy and run over anything. Somebody must’ve confused tank with ****. Wankers are the ones that lay down and get run over.
 
The Thriller said:
Kinda cool to see some new teams in there. Sacramento is having a nice year. Memphis and NO both look great despite missing starters. I don’t think the warriors are going to repeat with these young juggernauts surging at the right time.
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Nobody as unlikely as we were though going in with only a hope and a prayer with a new team of filler players and a coach that prolly couldn’t even grow a beard. :p
 
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