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Are we improved from last year

Are we improved from last year?

  • Yes

    Votes: 32 78.0%

  • No

    Votes: 4 9.8%

  • Same

    Votes: 5 12.2%
  • Total voters
    41
  • Poll closed .
This is how I see it: We have replaced matthews, korver and boozer with bell, hayward, and jefferson. Bell is a question mark, but if he can come back from his injury and be a lockdown defender and hit open 3s, he and matthews are a wash. Hayward has potential to be better than korver, he will be a better defender and I hope he will be able to hit the 3. Jefferson is younger than boozer and has put up numbers when healthy. He now is playing with the best pg in the nba and should be motivated to be on a winning team. He is also bigger than boozer and brings a mean streak. All signs point to him being more valuable than boozer.

Also, the chemistry of this team should be much improved due to boozer being gone. Let's hope there are a couple more moves, but if the season started today, I think we have a great chance to be better.
 
Sean said:
I don't think two extra wins would qualify as much of an improvement. I think ultimately we'll be about as good as we were last year. Hopefully more consistent, and certainly better than where I thought we'd be a week ago. But we're not built to win anything. Which is fine, because I didn't expect that to happen this season anyway.

My guess? We'll finish 4th or 5th, depending on what Denver does.

So...right where we were last season.
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Do you think you'll be throwing batteries onto the court at some point this year?
 
I mean, who is our 2 guard to start this year? All you guys think CJ can't start at 2 and Bell is a bench player, not a starter. I think CJ starts at 2 and AK at 3. Gives the team length and shooting with CJ. This is where it gets interesting.

Bell backs up the 2, Hayward backs up the 3, but who are the back ups to 4 and 5?


Before, Okur was thought to not be ready till January, but I thought some one said he will be ready for the start of the season? Is that true? If true, is Milsap the back up 4 and Fes the back up 5?
 
Yes, No, Same? We'll see. I'm just excited to see some new faces and won't miss the souless one. New people, new story lines, new in game strategies, and after 3 years Sloans substitution pattern will finally change (well atleast new people in the same rotation)

And with Rodger Bell back there might be a fight or atleast some cheapshots and yelling. I can justify paying for tickets again. I am interested, and excited.
 
Even though I think they want to save $ for 2011 free agency, I think the Jazz could use another player or two. Assuming Fes is re signed you still have 3 spots open. I think they should grab a big. Look at the teams last year with bigs, they all had at least 5 while we had Booz,Milsap,Fes,Okur(Hurt in playoffs)

Lakers: Gasol,Bynum,Odom, Mbenga,Powell
Nuggs: Nene,martin,petro,Anderson,Malik Allen
Mavs: Dirk,Damp,Haywood,Tim thomas,Najera
Thunder: Green, Kristic, Ibaka,Collison,Etan Thomas,BJ mullens
Suns: Amare,Lopez,Amundson,Frye,Clark,Collins
Blazers: Camby,Lamarcus,Juwan Howard, dante Cunningham,Jeff Pendergraph
Spurs: Duncan,McDyess,Mahinmi, Blair,Bonner

Point is it wouldn't hurt to add a big like Tolliver,Amundson or a cheap guy from summer league/D league or even a veteran.
 
Going into next season, the team looks about equal to (or slightly better than) the team the last few seasons. Looking forward, the Jazz have tons of flexibility as well, as they have no contracts guaranteed beyond the 2013 offseason (read that again). If it doesn't work out, KOC and the rest of the Jazz FO will have plenty of options and opportunities to (once again) rebuild on the fly. It's actually a pretty exciting time to be a Jazz fan IMO.
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
It all depends on health. Remember last season Miles started off with a thumb injury, then we had AK, then Okur. If we stay healthy, we should be able to improve our win total. Oh, and dont lose to Minnesota twice.
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There certainly is a chance to be more consistent, which should result in a spot or two higher in the standings (maybe more) depending on how other teams progress next season.

I think that's the question. What teams ahead of Utah can the Jazz realistically pass?

We might improve, but improving could just keep us at 4th or 5th in the west.
 
Bell starts for sure, for guarding the opposing team's SG. CJ comes in and plays more minutes though, I think we should try and keep Bells minutes to 25 mpg, so he doesnt get worn out before playoffs.
 
Sean said:
There certainly is a chance to be more consistent, which should result in a spot or two higher in the standings (maybe more) depending on how other teams progress next season.

I think that's the question. What teams ahead of Utah can the Jazz realistically pass?

We might improve, but improving could just keep us at 4th or 5th in the west.
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Pass Denver,Dallas,Suns. Possibility of getting passed by Blazers and Thunder.
 
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