Jazz in First Place
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Generally the NW is considered to be one of the weaker divisions. To see 4 of 5 teams with a winning record is honestly more surprising than seeing Utah in first.
The future holds some scintillating basketball, hopefully. If this team can get into a groove they might be pretty special. The way they played most of the time against the Grizzlies was foreshadowing.
Portland has to be the suprise of this young season so far, two 20 ppg guards? Geezus
All but Minny are historically good teams.
♪alt13
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OKC is the only historically good team. Jazz, Blazers, and Nuggets have had much better teams in the past. T'wolves have had slightly better teams(lowest bar in the division).
My point is that last year, only one team in the division even made the playoffs. It's surprising to see near uniform strength as a result.
What?! The Jazz made the playoffs something like 20 years in a row, and only missed 7 times in the past 30 (including the current rebuild). They made it to the finals or conference finals several times. If this isn't the definition of "historically good team", then i don't know what is. Portland has an almost identical history. Denver has more ups and downs, and is just an okay team historically.
I understand what you're talking about now. You interpreted "historically good team" as "one of the best teams in history". I mean it in a "consistently good throughout their history", which is the context that makes sense in response to Sirkickyass.
I see, I thought you were talking about a longer-term perception.
Only been that way the last 3-4 seasons.
Jazz, Blazers, Wolves, Sonics/Thunder and Denver all have long playoff histories that frequently overlap.
