What's new
By:

At this stage of the off-season, where do you think the Jazz finish in the West?

Where do you expect the Jazz to finish in the Western Conference standings?

  • Win the West

    Votes: 4 3.6%

  • Homecourt in the 1st round of the playoffs (2-4 seed)

    Votes: 7 6.3%

  • Playoff team (5 or 6 seed)

    Votes: 32 28.6%

  • Play-in team (7-10 seed)

    Votes: 57 50.9%

  • Bottom-5 team

    Votes: 12 10.7%
  • Total voters
    112
HermanG said:
I am an optimist but Im not often disappointed. Life goes on even if I'm wrong, but being hyped up is worth it.

Maybe you fear being disappointed too much.

Besides, we would have won 40+ last year had we tried our best all the way. No reason to think we are worse now, even if Hardys style is bound to be better scouted.
Click to expand...
If we are taking a win now approach, and leaving rookies on the bench ,being completely out if the Hardy rotation like OA last season and only giving some minutes with low low usage to Sexton as well, instead of starting him,then we still won't win close to 40 games. Use of rooks is expected though so thats more learning and losing imo.
If we start Sexton at the 1 and he does well, I might buy we win 40. If Hendricks plays as well as Kessler did as a rook
 
The Jazz Wonderbra said:
Lakers got way better in FA but these predictions have them around the jazz?

If the clippers are healthy they are really tough and they have a new coach and may get Harden and they are in the play in range?

Every team that has added Chris Paul has improved the following season, but yall have the warriors as the 10th seed? They had Jordan poole on the court after that sucker punch and now he is gone. Less cancer, more vets, less inefficient chucking.

We had a deeper, more veteran team last year in spite of Collins addition. Conley helped a lot but he is gone. .500 ball is optimistic unless Hardy balls out. Play in is possible but I have us in the 9 - 10 range if all teams play injury free.
Click to expand...

How did lakers get way better by adding Prince and Vincent ? I mean they re-signed their own , but I don’t see the needle moving that much
 
jazfan23 said:
How did lakers get way better by adding Prince and Vincent ? I mean they re-signed their own , but I don’t see the needle moving that much
Click to expand...
The Lakers played WAY better after the trades they made at the deadline.

They went deep in the playoffs which helped them gel. And now they added 2 x two way players plus a few flyers including cam reddish. They will be solid and they look way better than us on paper.
 
7-10 I think is best possible scenario. If Brice or Taylor are anything like George, they're going to need a good half season or more to get into NBA ready.
 
The Jazz Wonderbra said:
The Lakers played WAY better after the trades they made at the deadline.

They went deep in the playoffs which helped them gel. And now they added 2 x two way players plus a few flyers including cam reddish. They will be solid and they look way better than us on paper.
Click to expand...


Getting swept , 2 ageing stars

I Wouldn’t refer to reddish as a flyer , couldn’t get off the bench in the end in New York , played some mins in Portland due to tanking

Career 39%fg 32%3pt range …

Vincent i like , but isn’t a huge signing , and Prince is solid at best
 
Realistically, I think 7 to 12 is probably where we hit. We basically held onto our key FAs while getting Collins and, on paper, we drafted some nice rookie depth. The primary issue is the West will still be the conference where nearly everyone has a plausible claim to having that dawg in them.

Teams we are not better than:

• Nuggets - Lost a bit of depth, but still the champ until dethroned.
• Suns - Very much like a Porsche doing 100 mph with four balding tires. Looks snazzy, but one blowout and they're boned.
• Kings - Don't know if they did enough to get over the hump, but they are trying. Have to respect that.
• Grizzlies - I think Smart helps them a ton with the locker room. Otherwise, still talented as heck.
• Lakers - Put it together last year. AD and Bron will always give them a chance if healthy.
• OKC - Way too much talent there to not do something, else someone needs to be fired.

I don't see Portland, Dallas, or the Spurs being outright better than Utah. Houston has so much talent on paper, but unless Udoka can right the ship, that locker room is a fustercluck of a Soap Opera waiting to happen. The rest is simply seeing what the cards have in store. A lot of our success will hinge on PG play, getting Collins back up to snuff, and exploiting just how manly awesome our front court really is. Utah's main advantages will be shooting, size, shooting, potentially fantastic depth, great 2 guard rotations, shooting, and interior and weak-side D. Our defense still may be a point of overall concern, but we definitely won't be hurting for range.
 
jazfan23 said:
Getting swept , 2 ageing stars

I Wouldn’t refer to reddish as a flyer , couldn’t get off the bench in the end in New York , played some mins in Portland due to tanking

Career 39%fg 32%3pt range …

Vincent i like , but isn’t a huge signing , and Prince is solid at best
Click to expand...
- 13th place in the west at the trade deadline.
- Finished 7th in regular season post trades.
- 2nd round in the playoffs.
- Swapped Schroeder for Vincent (a great 2 way player who started for the heat on that magical playoff finals run)
- Swapped Beasley for Prince (a plus)
- Retained all their key contributors
- Cam is their 12th man? Nothing special but rui wasn't either
- Lebron and AD are still really good

Its not hard to see the Lakers as a top 6 seed this year barring injuries. They are better than us on paper.
 
TheStormofWar said:
Realistically, I think 7 to 12 is probably where we hit. We basically held onto our key FAs while getting Collins and, on paper, we drafted some nice rookie depth. The primary issue is the West will still be the conference where nearly everyone has a plausible claim to having that dawg in them.

Teams we are not better than:

• Nuggets - Lost a bit of depth, but still the champ until dethroned.
• Suns - Very much like a Porsche doing 100 mph with four balding tires. Looks snazzy, but one blowout and they're boned.
• Kings - Don't know if they did enough to get over the hump, but they are trying. Have to respect that.
• Grizzlies - I think Smart helps them a ton with the locker room. Otherwise, still talented as heck.
• Lakers - Put it together last year. AD and Bron will always give them a chance if healthy.
• OKC - Way too much talent there to not do something, else someone needs to be fired.

I don't see Portland, Dallas, or the Spurs being outright better than Utah. Houston has so much talent on paper, but unless Udoka can right the ship, that locker room is a fustercluck of a Soap Opera waiting to happen. The rest is simply seeing what the cards have in store. A lot of our success will hinge on PG play, getting Collins back up to snuff, and exploiting just how manly awesome our front court really is. Utah's main advantages will be shooting, size, shooting, potentially fantastic depth, great 2 guard rotations, shooting, and interior and weak-side D. Our defense still may be a point of overall concern, but we definitely won't be hurting for range.
Click to expand...
Clippers were tough (5th seed) without Kawhi and Paul most of the year. I think they have to be on this list.

People are sleeping on the Warriors as well. Chris Paul is a competitor and he is now a role player for them.
 
TheStormofWar said:
Realistically, I think 7 to 12 is probably where we hit. We basically held onto our key FAs while getting Collins and, on paper, we drafted some nice rookie depth. The primary issue is the West will still be the conference where nearly everyone has a plausible claim to having that dawg in them.

Teams we are not better than:

• Nuggets - Lost a bit of depth, but still the champ until dethroned.
• Suns - Very much like a Porsche doing 100 mph with four balding tires. Looks snazzy, but one blowout and they're boned.
• Kings - Don't know if they did enough to get over the hump, but they are trying. Have to respect that.
• Grizzlies - I think Smart helps them a ton with the locker room. Otherwise, still talented as heck.
• Lakers - Put it together last year. AD and Bron will always give them a chance if healthy.
• OKC - Way too much talent there to not do something, else someone needs to be fired.

I don't see Portland, Dallas, or the Spurs being outright better than Utah. Houston has so much talent on paper, but unless Udoka can right the ship, that locker room is a fustercluck of a Soap Opera waiting to happen. The rest is simply seeing what the cards have in store. A lot of our success will hinge on PG play, getting Collins back up to snuff, and exploiting just how manly awesome our front court really is. Utah's main advantages will be shooting, size, shooting, potentially fantastic depth, great 2 guard rotations, shooting, and interior and weak-side D. Our defense still may be a point of overall concern, but we definitely won't be hurting for range.
Click to expand...
sorry but I have to ask, what in the cluck is a fuster? lol
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top