More slop in the pit is better. They will win some games vs bad teams and lose some, creating a higher bottom.
Bruh what happened to 1st?
He will sit the rest of the season if he's a buck. 6 weeks for re-evaluation puts us in the middle of March. They will be like 7-8 games out of the play in by then... maybe more. Doc does make chicken salad sometimes but dude is checked out and likely not coming back next year either way. He was a great tanker in Boston when they needed him to be.
bucks and grizzlies are two teams ahead of the jazz that they have absolutely have to worry about. mavs as well. as recently as 12/31, the jazz were ahead of the hornets in the standings, who 2-3 weeks later weren't even a concern.
Our baseline is so much higher than teams like Wash/Brooklyn. Sacramento is coached by a total dumbass and has the pouty vets needed to just suck the life out of the end of the season. Pacers may do it but all they have to do is decide to start resting Pascal and they can get really tanky again. NOP likely push past us but it will be close. Unless we completely engage in the grossest stuff imaginable I just don't see it.
Yeah I'd rank it Bucks, Mavs, Grizz of that group in order of worry. Bucks roster without Giannis is disgusting. Mavs likely move Marshall and/or Gafford and likely start pulling more levers with Coop... already started doing it a little. On top of a very hard schedule to close.
Show me what you're referencing
you make good points (iow, on paper you seem to be right), but i looked up the standings on 11/31, 12/15 and 12/31 and the reality is washington, sacto and indiana have gained ground. hence the reason i used the term trajectory. if they continue on this trajectory/pace, they'll be in a good spot.
i probably go bucks, grizz, mavs (with the hope that flagg will be so good down the stretch, he'll will them to a few wins they wouldn't otherwise get.
Not gonna look it up... you had us finishing last in the league fairly recently.
