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Expected: Keep the monstrous defense and smother teams on the interior. Finish top 5 defense in the league. Marginal improvements offensively... less possessions in final 4 seconds of possessions, higher pace. Attempts at integration of Lyles with mixed results. Finishing position in the West - 7th-9th

Elated: Keep the monstrous defense and smother teams on the interior. Top defense in the league for the full season. Incredible improvements offensively - the offense is free flowing, quick. The countless passes around the perimeter from last year turn into more direct and purposeful attempts at creating open shots. Hood, Burks and Hayward turn into monster wing rotation and two of them shoot around the 40s from 3. Favors continues offensive improvements(better jumpshot, better post game) and becomes a legitimate all-star candidate. Burke gets rid of his hero-complex and distributes the ball to the better players on the team or Neto emerges as useful NBA player. Finishing position in the West - 4th-6th

Disappointed: The defense reverts to previous years and Jazz can't get into the top 10 in D. The worries about the compatibility of Gobert and Favors from before last season turn out to be real, their defense is still good , but they are not enough to cover for Burke and Burks and the team turns into an average-ish defensive unit, while the offensive fit turns out to be horrible and the spacing suffers with Gobert and Favors clogging the paint and Burke keeping chucking. Finishing position in the West - 11th-13th
 
Expected - 7th seed
Elated - 5th seed or higher, Gobert DPOY
Disappointed - Miss playoffs and no awards for any Jazzman.
 
Expected: 45+ wins--Hopefully the playoffs winning this many games is good enough for now.
Elated: Win a playoff series
Disappointed: Having a losing record. If this team has the players to eventually win it all they simply can't have a losing record, even without their best PG.
 
Expect - at least a 6 seed
Elated - championship
Disappointed - significant injury to one of our starters or key reserves, missing the playoffs
 
Expect:
I'm battling with myself over expectations. The incredible defense at the end of last season has me dreaming about playoffs. That said, when I think about how poor the offense was, and how stacked the West is, something in me starts convincing the other parts to lower expectations. In the end, I'm settling on playoffs, but I don't expect anything better than the 7th seed. For that to happen, the defense is going to have to pick up where it left off. So, I guess I expect excellent defense (top 5).

Elated:
Gobert finds reliable offense besides dunks and put-backs, Trey gets better, and the jazz pick up the pace of play to such a degree that the offense looks new. Hayward gets assisted on offense, and Favors takes another step forward with his jumper. The jazz defense is good enough to stay elite even with the increased pace. They're in the hunt for the 4-6 seeds.

Disappointed:
offensive stagnation and finding out the defense isn't what it seemed to be. Injuries. No playoffs.
 
colton said:
Give your expectations for the Jazz for this season, what they'd have to do to get you truly elated, and how bad they'd have to be for you to be disappointed with the season. I'll start:

  • I expect a 7 or 8 seed in the playoffs.
  • I'd be elated if they get home court advantage. Or obviously if they win a playoff series without having home court advantage.
  • I'd be very disappointed if they don't end up with a winning record.

Who's next?
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ditto
 
I expect that Bolerjack and Harpring will be as unfunny as usual.

I'll be elated when we smash Cleaveland.

I'll be disappoint if Rudy goes through the season without at least one ejection for fighting/elbowing/flagrant to someone's face.
 
Based on what I am seeing, I am expecting a very angry forum here at Jazzfanz. I expect a record between 43 and 50 wins and battling for the playoffs. I expect to fall just short. I expect to see continued growth and to be excited about the team, the defense, and direction but the west is still too good, particularly without Exum.

I will be disappointed if we fail to make the playoffs, if Trey Burke does not make significant improvement and our defense levels off to just above average.

I will be elated if the Jazz win a playoff series.
 
stitches said:
Expected: Keep the monstrous defense and smother teams on the interior. Finish top 5 defense in the league. Marginal improvements offensively... less possessions in final 4 seconds of possessions, higher pace. Attempts at integration of Lyles with mixed results. Finishing position in the West - 7th-9th

Elated: Keep the monstrous defense and smother teams on the interior. Top defense in the league for the full season. Incredible improvements offensively - the offense is free flowing, quick. The countless passes around the perimeter from last year turn into more direct and purposeful attempts at creating open shots. Hood, Burks and Hayward turn into monster wing rotation and two of them shoot around the 40s from 3. Favors continues offensive improvements(better jumpshot, better post game) and becomes a legitimate all-star candidate. Burke gets rid of his hero-complex and distributes the ball to the better players on the team or Neto emerges as useful NBA player. Finishing position in the West - 4th-6th

Disappointed: The defense reverts to previous years and Jazz can't get into the top 10 in D. The worries about the compatibility of Gobert and Favors from before last season turn out to be real, their defense is still good , but they are not enough to cover for Burke and Burks and the team turns into an average-ish defensive unit, while the offensive fit turns out to be horrible and the spacing suffers with Gobert and Favors clogging the paint and Burke keeping chucking. Finishing position in the West - 11th-13th
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Your disappointed outlook could be a realistic scenario, hope Jazzfanz is ready. You also forgot Exum whose 6'10" wingspan made life painful for opposing PGs. And little Sap too hounded wings into submission. Watching Pau go for 40 on Rudy, we are reminded defense will only be as good as the weakest link.
 
Here's a table made by RealGM and reddit user KqWIN about expected wins depending on defensive and offensive rating and point differential in the league:

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stitches said:
Here's a table made by RealGM and reddit user KqWIN about expected wins depending on defensive and offensive rating and point differential in the league:

j1dV77m.png
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Where are the team names?

Where does it say how many games each team is projected to win?

I just see lots of numbers and some colors that mean nothing to me
 
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