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The Ringer: Are We Sure That Utah Isn’t the West’s Second-Best Team?

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https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/8/22/17764968/are-we-sure-utah-jazz-second-best-west

It's still the off-season, so......

The Jazz will still opt to grind in the half court instead of playing in transition (25th in pace last season), but Mitchell could easily have the kind of “gravity” that leaves his shooters with enough time to do their taxes in the corner. Lindsey and Snyder have made it clear with recent moves that those shooters have to defend, though. Utah opted to double-down on defense and cast aside one-dimensional shooters like Rodney Hood, Joe Johnson, and Jonas Jerebko to clear the way for livelier 3-and-D players like Royce O’Neale. Grayson Allen might not be Danny Ainge with a 40-inch vertical, and Alec Burks’s breakout postseason performance (25-7-5 per 36 minutes) may have been nothing more than a mirage, but Utah’s bench will no longer be an obvious life preserver for opponents who are struggling to score. At the very least, it will function as an athletic group of try-hards ready to annoy you into submission.

That’s the goal of this Jazz team: How not-fun can we make this for you? Fly into the city, everything is closed. Come to the arena, the fans are right on top of you. Game starts, there’s a defender climbing inside your jersey and a C.O.U.S (Center of Unusual Size) waiting at the rim for you. Shootouts in Houston can be fun. The rock fights in Utah never are.
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Good to see the 5-man units getting some attention. Utah's top 2 are an insane +110 and +126 in a whole lot of minutes. Their weaknesses were the 2nd unit with Jerebko and Favors, and the one with Hood. The first one hasn't been addressed and will be their Achilles Heel again, but the 2nd was. Fix that and the regular season squad gets brutally good.
 
I love the part about Exum. Long and quick as hell with elite speed, is exactly what we need to defend the likes of Harden and Curry. It feels like we can match up to any system the nba wants to throw at the jazz.

Can the season start now?
 
That’s the goal of this Jazz team: How not-fun can we make this for you? Fly into the city, everything is closed. Come to the arena, the fans are right on top of you. Game starts, there’s a defender climbing inside your jersey and a C.O.U.S (Center of Unusual Size) waiting at the rim for you. Shootouts in Houston can be fun. The rock fights in Utah never are.

Awesome
 
That was a spectacular article. I spontaneously, um, let's just say unloaded, several times. I am going to keep that article around for the times when the wife is away at family functions. Better than anything else you can find online. Loved it.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
I love the part about Exum. Long and quick as hell with elite speed, is exactly what we need to defend the likes of Harden and Curry. It feels like we can match up to any system the nba wants to throw at the jazz.

Can the season start now?
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If Exum breaks out, O'Neal continues his climb, and Crowder returns to form we will be the most dangerous team in the league hands-down. A more focused Burks would be the icing on the cake. Wow I cannot wait for the season to start dammit!!!

I forgot our rookie. Give him a moderately good rookie year and things look even better.
 
Everyone is talking about UTA these days. I don't only mean the media. I was sitting with a bunch of guys and they suddenly started talking about the Utah Jazz, their sociopath looking coach, next superstar of the NBA, unreal defense and player development.. Rubio beasting finally and such. And this is Europe..I was astonished they know so much about our team.
 
jjscap said:
Everyone is talking about UTA these days. I don't only mean the media. I was sitting with a bunch of guys and they suddenly started talking about the Utah Jazz, their sociopath looking coach, next superstar of the NBA, unreal defense and player development.. Rubio beasting finally and such. And this is Europe..I was astonished they know so much about our team.
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I wouldn’t be so surprised. Jazz is among the teams that approach the game of basketball in a more fundamental way than others. The reputation today is not a surprise, it is the outcome of a patient rebuild. The only surprise to me is Mitchell still searching for his projected ceiling. May lord of healthiness protect his 8-legged ace on court.
 
This article made me feel even more pride in being a Jazz fan.
 
Several Jazz players take a step forward this season. Rubio, O’Neale, Gobert and Exum for example.

And then Mitchell will explode all over again. I expect to see improvements in his handle, FG%, 3 FG%, apg and defense. He gets an all star and makes Utah a place to be. Players will want to ride the Mitchell express all the way to at least one O’Brien.

DL about to have a brand new problem. 1-3 spots to fill and 7-8 qualified applicants trying to kick the door in for a chance COPS style.

My question is what all stars will the Jazz deem worthy.

Also, Rubio averages 38% from 3 this year.

**** the league. Go Jazz.
 
Goes to show..... trust in DL.
 
fishonjazz said:
That’s the goal of this Jazz team: How not-fun can we make this for you? Fly into the city, everything is closed. Come to the arena, the fans are right on top of you. Game starts, there’s a defender climbing inside your jersey and a C.O.U.S (Center of Unusual Size) waiting at the rim for you. Shootouts in Houston can be fun. The rock fights in Utah never are.

Awesome
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Agreed. The Jazz need go put something along the lines of “Are you sure you’re ready for an ice pick fight?!” In the opposing teams tunnel from the locker room to court. So it’s the last thing they see before they walk into the full force of 19K+ rabid fans.
 
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