The Jazz are actually a fairly veteran team with Jefferson, Millsap, Miles and Harris. Plus Favors and Hayward should improve. I think we're at least a .500 team. Playing Favors and Kanter at PF over Millsap should solve the rebounding problem, and Hayward's shooting consistency and passing should help. The big question is actually whether Devin Harris can run this team and stay healthy, and whether Corbin can coach effectively. But with Jefferson, Favors and Kanter, we have a ton of post scoring and should get our share of rebounds. We'll have to see if the Millsap at SF experiment has any legs and if Jeremy Evans has any game outside of 3 feet from the hoop. I'm hoping Alec Burks can have a Wesley Matthews-like impact as a rookie.
I still see us being on par with teams like Portland in the 6 - 9-seed range in the west.
1 OKC
2 LAL
3 DAL
4 MEM
5 DEN
6 NO (depends on what happens with Chris Paul)
7 POR
8 SAS/UTA
9 UTA/SAS
10 HOU (they're a mess)
11 - 13 GS, LAC, PHX
