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

[TheStormofWar]

so much fun lol because at the end of the day you aint a man if you don't cuss even if it's just a clucking fuster or two

Just make sure you never get your Grady tangled up in the fustering.

 

[jazzfan1132]

Let's count IT.
Which team have a chance to be worst than UT.

DALLAS - better
DENVER - better
GOLDEN STATE - better
HOUSTON - better
LALAKERS - better
LACLIPPERS - better
MEMPHIS - better
MINNESOTA - better
NEW ORLEAN - better
OKLAHOMA - better
PHOENIX - better
PORTLAND - better
PHOENIX - better
SACRAMENTO - better
SAN ANTONIO - better

It is not Dame time. Danny A. has time he got it because of reboulding.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Suns, Lakers, Clippers and Warriors are getting old and are aging out of contention in the next year or two.

The Kings, Mavericks and Twolves have limited ceilings, unless they can make some resourceful moves.

In future seasons, the Jazz are going to be competing with OKC, the Pels (if they're ever healthy), Memphis and hopefully Denver.

The Spurs, Rockets and Blazers need some time to build up.

The chatter is that the Jazz are interested in swinging for Dame, but I could understand if they want to be more patient than that.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Let's count IT.
Which team have a chance to be worst than UT.

DALLAS - better
DENVER - better
GOLDEN STATE - better
HOUSTON - better
LALAKERS - better
LACLIPPERS - better
MEMPHIS - better
MINNESOTA - better
NEW ORLEAN - better
OKLAHOMA - better
PHOENIX - better
PORTLAND - better
PHOENIX - better
SACRAMENTO - better
SAN ANTONIO - better

It is not Dame time. Danny A. has time he got it because of reboulding.

This year, the Jazz will be better than Houston, San Antonio and Portland. Also, Golden State and the LA Clippers are on the verge of falling apart due to age and limited assets.

Jazz should be about on par with OKC and Dallas, imo.

 

[kabenac]

5-6. We can withstand injury, our defense is improved and we'll score a ton in the paint.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

5-6. We can withstand injury, our defense is improved and we'll score a ton in the paint.

Kessler, Lauri and Collins should be able to really pound the glass. Jazz should be one of the best rebounding teams in the WC.

 

[KqWIN]

I feel like one of the older teams is going to bust and go down in flames….but on paper it’s difficult to say we’re much better than a play in team right now.

 

[JazzFever]

WC Tiers:

1: Denver, SacTown

Denver was the clear best team in the NBA and despite losing a player their key cogs are back and still ascending. Sacramento is also ascending with great young talent and will take the next step.

2: Jazz, PHX, Lakers

Jazz will ride a dominant defense to the top 1/2 of the conference standings, PHX will ride high with their top heavy roster until eventually flaming out, Lakers are deep but not dominant and will have too many missed games by their stars to finish at the very top.

3: Clips, OKC, GSW, Mavs

3 teams with lots of talent but deep flaws of one sort or another. OKC will probably have the best chance to ascend to the next tier.

4: Blazers, Pelicans, Grizz

Ja distraction knocks Grizz down, Blazers may move depending on what assets they get for Dame, Pelicans perennial health concerns tie them down here

5: San Antonio, Houston, Wolves

Texas teams talent infusions won’t be enough to pass the other teams this season, but they’ll stop being automatic schedule wins. Wolves experiment will fail and they’ll have to figure out a new path by the trade deadline.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

- 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.

It all depends on how many games Lebron and AD miss due to injuries and how well Lebron can lead a team at age 38/39.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Houston should be better but they acquired the two worst volume shooters in the league in FVV and Brooks. Add that on top of Jalen Green… I’m not sure they got a whole lot better… they got more professional for sure but I think they really gonna be rough.

 

[HermanG]

I dont get the hype on Suns. Sure their individual scoring talent will probably get them to a top 3 seed but they dont have any elite defenders and their paint presence sort of sucks on both ends.

Beal and Booker overlap too much, and neither one is an elite 3P shooter (Beal used to be, but has been very mediocre over the past 7 years).

Its more reminiscent of KD+Harden+Irving than KD+Steph+Klay.. not to mention they dont have anything close to Draymond.

Fans and media are so easily blinded when you stack enough high PPG guys together. All successful superteams have become successful because they are versatile and usually have at least 1 elite defender (think Rodman, Draymond, Lebron, Duncan).

 

[Ron Mexico]

We're a 4 seed next year. But another solid move could easily push us higher.