Game #15 New Orleans Pelicans @ Utah Jazz -- Sat. Nov. 28th @ 7pm MST

[Jeffrey32]

Prediction: In the final year of his contract, if the Pelicans still aren't soaring, Davis will request a trade to Utah, Denver, Portland, or Chicago with Utah and Denver being the more likely two.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Prediction: In the final year of his contract, if the Pelicans still aren't soaring, Davis will request a trade to Utah, Denver, Portland, or Chicago with Utah and Denver being the more likely two.

Not sure how you came up with your list, or how Utah got to the top. How would three bigs who see themselves as starters all fit on the same team? Favors to the bench?

 

[NAOS]

Prediction: In the final year of his contract, if the Pelicans still aren't soaring, Davis will request a trade to Utah, Denver, Portland, or Chicago with Utah and Denver being the more likely two.

still smokin dem Jeffreys.

 

[NAOS]

So yeah, the Jazz play out and get the 6th or 7th seed in the West. They push one of the top teams to maybe 5 or 6 games and wonder what to do next. It's nice progress for sure, but you have to wonder how high our ceiling really is if Gobert doesn't develop offense and Exum doesn't make us feel fine about passing on Giannis and CJ McCollum for Trey Burke. Jazz are a move or two away to get up into the upper tier. Otherwise, we might peak like Memphis as a 4/5 seed.

We'd also do well to replace Ingles with a real shooter off the bench.

It's still really early. The jazz could be competing for the 5th or 6th seed this year, which is much better than the guillotine of the 7th or 8th seed. I really don't think Dallas, LAC, or Memphis has proven to be measurably better than us; GS, SAS, and OKC will definitely end up with better records -- the rest is TBD.