Feeling Better About This Team

[SoberasHotRod]

Watching House navigate screens so easily compared to our other guards gives me huge amounts of hope. Imagine having that in the Denver series to help slow down Murray. It’s crazy dumb we haven’t found someone on House’s level until now. I remember many folks saying how average/below average he is as a wing… if he’s so generic I’m shocked we didn’t add someone like him years ago.

House has been really good. The only worry I have is we are still in the honey moon phase. He's probably not going to continue to shoot as well as he has. We're probably all overexaggerating his positives and ignoring his negatives a little. Remember when Rudy Gay was the greatest player in Jazz history for a little bit.

 

[homeytennis]

House has been really good. The only worry I have is we are still in the honey moon phase. He's probably not going to continue to shoot as well as he has. We're probably all overexaggerating his positives and ignoring his negatives a little. Remember when Rudy Gay was the greatest player in Jazz history for a little bit.

In his early games he was playing with a dislocated finger. It will heal up and he probably won't be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I'm less worried about Golden State than I probably should be. I think their early success this year was due to an easy schedule and some of their role players having an outlier amount of success. Obviously if they can get Draymond and Klay back and rolling they will be scary.

 

[Ben10]

I'm less worried about Golden State than I probably should be. I think their early success this year was due to an easy schedule and some of their role players having an outlier amount of success. Obviously if they can get Draymond and Klay back and rolling they will be scary.

GS has a really tough schedule to close and Draymond is still a ways from coming back. We are only 3 games back of them in the loss column right now it would be interesting if both us and Memphis can pass them. 2nd round against Memphis?

 

[Jingled]

GS has a really tough schedule to close and Draymond is still a ways from coming back. We are only 3 games back of them in the loss column right now it would be interesting if both us and Memphis can pass them. 2nd round against Memphis?

We're also just two games behind Memphis in the loss column. How crazy would it be if we ended up with two seed.

 

[fishonjazz]

GS has a really tough schedule to close and Draymond is still a ways from coming back. We are only 3 games back of them in the loss column right now it would be interesting if both us and Memphis can pass them. 2nd round against Memphis?

I would love a first round matchup against the mavs and round 2 vs memphis.
T-wolves are actually looking a little scary. I would probably rather play the mavs than them.

 

[Ron Mexico]

As much as Gobert deserves it there is no chance he wins DPOY even if Draymond doesnt play again. I think he will come in 3rd or 4th in voting. Our record isnt good and voters are worn out with him and lets not talk about falling apart in the playoffs where most people incorrectly blamed Gobert for that, even Jazz fans.

Giannis, Jaren Jackson, Bridges, or maybe Embiid will all beat him out.

I hope I wrong though because he is definitely without a doubt the best defensive player in the NBA by a decent margin.

I guess its possible if we go on a huge win streak to end the season and our defense is a big part of that.

 

[Agent#00]

As much as Gobert deserves it there is no chance he wins DPOY even if Draymond doesnt play again. I think he will come in 3rd or 4th in voting. Our record isnt good and voters are worn out with him and lets not talk about falling apart in the playoffs where most people incorrectly blamed Gobert for that, even Jazz fans.

Giannis, Jaren Jackson, Bridges, or maybe Embiid will all beat him out.

I hope I wrong though because he is definitely without a doubt the best defensive player in the NBA by a decent margin.

I guess its possible if we go on a huge win streak to end the season and our defense is a big part of that.

if he can learn a single offensive move(a baby hook or midrange jumpshot, floater) he can win Most Improved Player award and jazz could be championship bound. but I guess it's wishful thinking

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I'm less worried about Golden State than I probably should be. I think their early success this year was due to an easy schedule and some of their role players having an outlier amount of success. Obviously if they can get Draymond and Klay back and rolling they will be scary.

GS has a really tough schedule to close and Draymond is still a ways from coming back. We are only 3 games back of them in the loss column right now it would be interesting if both us and Memphis can pass them. 2nd round against Memphis?

We're also just two games behind Memphis in the loss column. How crazy would it be if we ended up with two seed.

Look guys it’s the hope that kills us. Every time we go on a hot streak we start getting a little too excited… when we lose 4 straight I blame all of you because of your optimism.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Donovan's last 5 games: 32.7 pts/ 3 reb/ 6 ast/ 2 stl

 

[fallenchicken]

Wolves might be my #1preferred matchup besides Lakers or New Orleans or some 9-12 team. Towns just isn't that guy, imo. Maybe Anthony Edwards is, but at this point in his career Mitchell is much better than him. I think it would be a gentleman's sweep like last year's Memphis series. The jazz have an answer for everything the Wolves have, and they don't have the personnel to make Rudy ineffective and kill our guards on the perimeter. We want a matchup where Rudy can be as effective as possible and he would be very effective in that series, no matter how much Edwards would deny it.

Mavs/Wolves first round and Memphis second round would probably be the ideal seeding. Actually, I have this feeling we'd rather play Golden State over Memphis, but that might be overly-reactionary on my part. But this Memphis team is serious, not the same team we beat last year. Jazz would have to go in prepared for war. I'm afraid our guys would get pushed around.

Still, the only teams I really don't want to see until we have to are Phoenix and the Clippers. Any matchup that isn't them I'll feel decent about. Clippers live rent free in our guys's heads. I think that game six loss was one of the worst meltdowns in modern NBA history. It might be the worst loss in franchise history, honestly. It's got to be up there, especially if you think our championship window was just last year, and I have a fear it might've been--if we had won game six we would have won the series. We would have had a chance against Phoenix, and could have beaten the Bucks. We had a massive lead. And then the meltdown happened. And i'm not sure the Jazz will have a pathway of winnable matchups like that this year. I just want nothing to do with them. They were designed in a lab to kill the Jazz, have multiple guys who are our kryptonite. Keep them far away from me.

And Phoenix is far and away the best team in the league. All the games would be close in the fourth quarter, but I think Phoenix has a gear the Jazz don't have. It'll be a rough, nerve-wracking, and possibly frustrating series if it comes to that. Chris Paul and Booker would be working the refs in ways we can not yet imagine. Hope we can save that mess for the Conference Finals.

 

[fallenchicken]

Donovan's last 5 games: 32.7 pts/ 3 reb/ 6 ast/ 2 stl

the trade mitchell people have gone radio silent.