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I definitely see a 2-5 start at best, with the easy potential of being 1-6 or 0-7.

Oh well, I guess the nice thing about a team full of potential is that every game in the regular season is somewhat interesting (at least at first). I remember when the Jazz were at their peak a regular season game against the Nuggets was usually boring as hell. Hope to see those days again.

Heh, 2 games on NBATV and 1 on ESPN. Not pretty at all there. With the Colts each year I waver on getting Sunday ticket since I usually can catch at least 8 or so of the games without it. With the Jazz League Pass is an absolute must for me.
 
I'm already looking at possibly going to 1-2 of:

11/29 v. Clips
12/27 v. Sixers
01/02 v. Hawks
 
Nate505 said:
I definitely see a 2-5 start at best, with the easy potential of being 1-6 or 0-7.
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For me, the tough start goes far beyond that.

vs. Rockets
@ Mavs
vs. Suns
@ Clippers
vs. Cavs
vs. Mavs
@ Pistons
@ Pacers
@ Hawks
@ Knicks
@ Raptors
vs. Thunder
@ Warriors
vs. Pelicans
vs. Bulls
@ Thunder
vs. Clippers

That's 17 games with nine of them being on the road. The eight that are at home are all against teams that had winning records last year except for the Cavs (good luck) and Pelicans who could be much better and take a mini-leap.

I think we start 6-11 at ABSOLUTE best but if you put a gun to my head, I say we start 5-12. Something as awful as 2-15 wouldn't shock me though.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
For me, the tough start goes far beyond that.

vs. Rockets
@ Mavs
vs. Suns
@ Clippers
vs. Cavs
vs. Mavs
@ Pistons
@ Pacers
@ Hawks
@ Knicks
@ Raptors
vs. Thunder
@ Warriors
vs. Pelicans
vs. Bulls
@ Thunder
vs. Clippers

That's 17 games with nine of them being on the road. The eight that are at home are all against teams that had winning records last year except for the Cavs (good luck) and Pelicans who could be much better and take a mini-leap.

I think we start 6-11 at ABSOLUTE best but if you put a gun to my head, I say we start 5-12. Something as awful as 2-15 wouldn't shock me though.
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no hedging I would say 4-13

I would be pretty impressed with our improvement if we won 6 of those. I think there will still be considerable kinks to work through to start the season. I am excited to see how we do in March. We could have a winning record for that month.
 
heyhey said:
no hedging I would say 4-13

I would be pretty impressed with our improvement if we won 6 of those. I think there will still be considerable kinks to work through to start the season. I am excited to see how we do in March. We could have a winning record for that month.
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Sweet! 4-13! An improvement over last year!
 
heyhey said:
no hedging I would say 4-13

I would be pretty impressed with our improvement if we won 6 of those. I think there will still be considerable kinks to work through to start the season. I am excited to see how we do in March. We could have a winning record for that month.
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I agree about the kinks. A new system (though that didn't hurt Phoenix last year), no vets in RJ and Marvin to keep things a little steady when needed, a very raw Exum and Gobert. If Kanter's thing lingers and he misses some pre-season games, I could even see 2-15 or 3-14.
 
Stoked said:
Sweet! 4-13! An improvement over last year!
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Considering what our PG rotation was for the first 2 weeks last year I can't see how we wouldn't improve. Plus this schedule doesn't seem to be quite the gauntlet that the first 15 were last year, IIRC.
 
heyhey said:
Considering what our PG rotation was for the first 2 weeks last year I can't see how we wouldn't improve. Plus this schedule doesn't seem to be quite the gauntlet that the first 15 were last year, IIRC.
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I don't know about that. The Suns, Cavs, Pistons, Pelicans and Knicks are the only five teams we play during this stretch who didn't make the playoffs last year. Considering the Cavs are a clear playoff team this year and the Suns were well over .500 last year, that's like facing 14 playoff caliber teams and 3 non-playoff caliber teams. Then, when you consider SVG is the new Pistons coach and should have them much improved (given their talent), and the Knicks have an elite player and made the playoffs two years ago and should be improved imo, AND the Pelicans have the one player most of us would covet maybe more than any other 21 and younger, and this stretch looks absolutely God awful.
 
I'd love to start 2-15 but lose a ton of close (4 points or less) games early, slowly starting to win some from there, to finish with just a little bit better record than last year. 28-54 or something like that.
 
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