Official Record Prediction Thread

[Jazz Spazz]

I predict we will be 1-0 after our first game.
I'm like the coaching staff, I take things one game at a time.

I've come to eat crow. I was wrong.
I think I was way too optimistic after the fast start in the pre-season.

 

[Kenwood]

I could have sworn I posted my prediction (28-38), but I guess not. You can believe me or not, makes no difference to me.

So far I've been wrong 7 times: 3 times I predicted losses and the Jazz won, 4 times I predicted wins and the Jazz lost. Net result is that I'm off by one game. My All-Star break prediction was 16-16 and they are one game behind that pace, at 15-17.

The really bad news is that if I remain close, they will go 12-22 or 13-21 the rest of the way. That won't be fun to watch, and there will be even more witch hunts on JazzFanz.

 

[The Midnight]

I could have sworn I posted my prediction (28-38), but I guess not. You can believe me or not, makes no difference to me.

So far I've been wrong 7 times: 3 times I predicted losses and the Jazz won, 4 times I predicted wins and the Jazz lost. Net result is that I'm off by one game. My All-Star break prediction was 16-16 and they are one game behind that pace, at 15-17.

The really bad news is that if I remain close, they will go 12-22 or 13-21 the rest of the way. That won't be fun to watch, and there will be even more witch hunts on JazzFanz.

Not unless:

1) Ty starts playing our young guys heavy minutes in that stretch; and
2) We get back our draft pick at the end of the year.

 

[MVP]

My prediction is looking intelligent! (Through 56 games)

So we exactly at the half and we are sitting at 15-18. I doubt they will have more wins in second half of the season so 27-29 wins seems to be spot on.

 

[green]

Does anyone else think 12-15 more wins seems a little high going from here?

 

[bordelais7]

Unfortunately, the prognostication was predicated on playing Portland 66 times. Having reviewed the schedule, I'm revising my earlier buffoonery. Jazz will win at best half of their games, but at worst will be a .500 team.

Ugh. Can I revise my prediction? I'm thinking that the Jazz are nothing more than a middle-of-the-pack, overwhelming average, and mundanely median team. I wouldn't be surprised to not see them fail to miss not hitting the 33 win mark. Conversely, 33 losses seems all too likely.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I predicted a .500 record. Looks like I'll miss. But hey, if only winning 10 more games or so nets the Jazz a top-10 pick, I'm all for it. Let's lose a few more and drop below GS since it appears New Jersey and Sacramento are likely to pass them up soon.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I predicted 24 wins .. hoping to be way wrong.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I predicted 37 wins, nothing a 10 game win streak can't cure right!

 

[Xsy]

Alright.

Xsy's official record prediction:

26-40

Utah would have to lose every game for the rest of the season for my prediction to hold true. XD

 

[Deleted member 848]

Utah would have to lose every game for the rest of the season for my prediction to hold true. XD

Lol.


According to Hollinger, Utah will finish at 36-30 this season, as a 6th seed in the NBA playoffs.


I voted 35-31. I just hope that either of our predictions come true.

 

[Deleted member 848]

late to the party ..

24 - 42

Mister Hollinger agrees with my prediction...

11. Utah Jazz (27-39)

Long-term, I love what the Jazz are doing. Love it, love it, love it. This team is my early favorite to be my go-to late-night League Pass fix.

Here's why: The Jazz are set up to become a major force about three seasons from now. Nobody has caught on to this nationally, but they're positioning themselves to be the next Oklahoma City. Utah has four lottery picks from the past two drafts -- Derrick Favors, Enes Kanter, Gordon Hayward and Alec Burks -- and are likely to have two more (their own and Golden State's) in the 2012 draft. That six-man group will give the Jazz a five-year window to win big in the middle of the decade.
Alas, they're a giant question mark in the interim. Al Jefferson, Devin Harris, Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles are all potent offensively and suspect defensively, although Harris is redeemable. One of the best defensive players in the league when he was in Dallas, Harris has slacked off since then.
Utah went off the rails with that group last season. It's hard to remember now, but the Jazz were once 14 games over .500. With the departures of Jerry Sloan and Deron Williams marking a shift in direction, they had the biggest first- to second-half decline in NBA history, going from 27-14 at the break to 12-29 afterward. In particular, the defense fell off -- the Jazz finished 23rd after ranking in the top 10 early -- and while some events were beyond his control, head coach Tyrone Corbin needs to prove he can motivate his troops to play halfway decent defense.
Utah also has some short-term options. I have to think they'll shop Mehmet Okur at the trade deadline since he's a fifth wheel in the frontcourt rotation and owns an expiring contract; Jefferson, Millsap and Harris all expire in 2013 and also could come into play.
That won't help them this season, obviously, and I think the kids are going to take their lumps. But get your shots in on the Jazz while you can, because in a few seasons they'll be back with a vengeance.

Hehehe.