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"Jazz are NOT the team to beat in the West" Doc Rivers

Beer said:
Until AD and Lebron have been ruled out for the playoffs the Lakers are still the team to beat.
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I am actually just amazed we are doing as good as we are. I have thought Lakers, Clips , Suns and any big physical team can knock us out if we get any injury and don't shoot 3s well.

We spread their defense, and go inside if it opens enough, and force defenders to come out to defend the 3. But the Lakers can really beat us on any "bad 3 day"

At 45% 3 shooting, we win.
 
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Unfortunately, he's right. The Lakers were already super talented and now they add one of the best centers in the league, a guy averaging 17.5 points and 13.5 rebounds, for just over half a million dollars. It's just not fair. I don't see anyone in the west beating the Lakers in the playoffs if they're healthy. It's almost impossible for small market teams like the Jazz to win a championship in todays NBA and it really sucks.
 
Jazz4ever said:
His old Clipper teams sure had a hard time beating us.
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This is part of it, imo. He is butthurt because of how often we knocked them out of the playoffs when they were supposed to be the up and coming superteam. Cracks me up.
 
babe said:
I am actually just amazed we are doing as good as we are. I have thought Lakers, Clips , Suns and any big physical team can knock us out if we get any injury and don't shoot 3s well.

We spread their defense, and go inside if it opens enough, and force defenders to come out to defend the 3. But the Lakers can really beat us on any "bad 3 day"

At 45% 3 shooting, we win.
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I am surprised as well, but so far the system is proving solid. Quin has got the team fully buying in, and as long as we put forth the effort we have a system that just generates wins. At least in the regular season. Due to the nature of it, with decentralized scoring, so to speak, we are limited almost entirely only by our effort, primarily on defense where we have our one true weakness. But with strong aggression from everyone we can cover that up. It remains to be seen if this system will translate into playoff success but my bet is we will at the very least be a very tough out in the WCF if not the finals directly.
 
He's right. The Jazz are the team to beat in the entire NBA.

I'll point you towards the current standings for verification.
 
Big words for the guy who coached this nearly same Clippers last season and couldn't get them to face the Lakers. For a so much "team to beat", (which they should be considered), he underachieved with them
 
fargon_sneaky_bastage said:
Any competitive analysis coming from the guy who cut THE Joe Ingles means absolutely nothing to me.
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Maybe we should hold him in reverence. Build him an alter next to Joe’s statue. Between him and the Denver front office we have a lot to be thankful for.
 
I would love to see a Joe Ingles statue.

Seriously, if we win the ring this year, who gets a statue? Who deserves one? Mitchell and Gobert at a minimum, right? But what about Ingles for his loyalty? Hmm.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I would love to see a Joe Ingles statue.

Seriously, if we win the ring this year, who gets a statue? Who deserves one? Mitchell and Gobert at a minimum, right? But what about Ingles for his loyalty? Hmm.
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I don't know about a jersey retirement or a statue (though if it's this one, I'm all in), but the Jazz really need a ring of fame for the Ingles and Favors' of the world. Guys who weren't quite HOF caliber players, but meant a ton to the franchise.

Though if they did retire both their numbers, I wouldn't exactly complain.

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Nate505 said:
I don't know about a jersey retirement or a statue (though if it's this one, I'm all in), but the Jazz really need a ring of fame for the Ingles and Favors' of the world. Guys who weren't quite HOF caliber players, but meant a ton to the franchise.

Though if they did retire both their numbers, I wouldn't exactly complain.

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He’s not HOF????? He needs a statue at minimum... I’m thinking more a full building. When his career is over in 2037 after being the only 12 time mvp the building will already be built. He would have been a 15 time mvp but had to pause his playing career to win the war against the invading aliens that threatened civilian... those green bastards will get jingled too!
 
Polls, rankings and Doc's opinion means squat, once the playoff starts everyone has the same record. What is irritating is that some people in the media/players/coaches continue to discount even the possibility of the Jazz coming out of the West. There are plenty of teams in the West that can come out of the West. Denver, Lakers, Clippers, Suns, Blazers and the Jazz could win the West. I would say that Utah has just as much chance and even more than most of those teams. I think this Jazz team have refocused and are just tuning out all the negativity and they are playing Jazz basketball again. The Jazz just need to get Bogie and Clarkson right and I think they have a legitimate shot to win the West.
 
Nate505 said:
I don't know about a jersey retirement or a statue (though if it's this one, I'm all in), but the Jazz really need a ring of fame for the Ingles and Favors' of the world. Guys who weren't quite HOF caliber players, but meant a ton to the franchise.

Though if they did retire both their numbers, I wouldn't exactly complain.

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I would think, depending on final longevity and team success, we would really need to see jersey number retirement for Gobert, Mitchell and Ingles. Not sure if anyone else moves the needle enough. Again, depending on longevity and success you could see Favors and Clarkson retired at some point, but they are real long-shots imo.
 
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