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

His old Clipper teams sure had a hard time beating us.
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.
 
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.
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
 
Any competitive analysis coming from the guy who cut THE Joe Ingles means absolutely nothing to me.
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.
 
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.
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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