The Ringer's Jonathan Tjarks raves about Utah Jazz on Twitter

[fishonjazz]

Gawd-damn, the shot-making abilities of a Hill-Hood-Hayward-Johnson-Favors lineup in the clutch tho.

iirc before the injury last year Burks was one of the most clutch players in the entire nba.
So ya, lots of good go to options at the end of close games for sure.

 

[fishonjazz]

I feel sticky after reading this thread. You guys need to temper your expectations. We are a lot better, but 50+ wins?

48.5

 

[Stoked]

I feel sticky after reading this thread. You guys need to temper your expectations. We are a lot better, but 50+ wins?

It's not like we are out on a limb by ourselves. A lot of sports writers are pegging Utah at 50 wins and other team fans have us 3-6 seeding.

 

[Diehard Casual]

It's not like we are out on a limb by ourselves. A lot of sports writers are pegging Utah at 50 wins and other team fans have us 3-6 seeding.

From Zach Lowe's Free Agency Winners and Losers: "This is a versatile, mammoth team that should win 50 games next season. Seriously, predicting 50 wins for the Jazz is not bold. They are that good."

His whole article is worth a read, he has 5 or 6 paragraphs on the Jazz. https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16992129/rating-won-lost-nba-free-agency-period

 

[karl malone]

I feel sticky after reading this thread. You guys need to temper your expectations. We are a lot better, but 50+ wins?

I don't think a 10 win increase is being overly optimistic at all when we are (potentially) adding a full season of Exum, Hill, J.Johnson, & Diaw, ¾ season of Burks, & ¼ season of Favors/Gobert (not to mention internal development) while only losing Burke, Booker, & (likely) C.Johnson. Come to think of it, a 10 win improvement might actually be somewhat tempered (assuming we are reasonably healthy).

 

[VINYLONE]

Great article.

If the Jazz don't make the playoffs this year, the season will have been a complete disaster. I am very excited.

 

[colton]

Here's Jonathan Tjarks' interview with PK on the radio this morning: https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20160713_071216_Jonathan-Tjarks-WEB.mp3

 

[homeytennis]

Here's Jonathan Tjarks' interview with PK on the radio this morning: https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20160713_071216_Jonathan-Tjarks-WEB.mp3

The kak is about to be baked done.

 

[VINYLONE]

Here's Jonathan Tjarks' interview with PK on the radio this morning: https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20160713_071216_Jonathan-Tjarks-WEB.mp3

Thanks for submitting. Namaste.

 

[green]

Here's Jonathan Tjarks' interview with PK on the radio this morning: https://kfanav.s3.amazonaws.com/20160713_071216_Jonathan-Tjarks-WEB.mp3

That interview was painful. Waste of 5 mins. Both sides were awful. Who can listen to PK? Also, that guy...dude, learn how to talk to people.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That interview was painful. Waste of 5 mins. Both sides were awful. Who can listen to PK? Also, that guy...dude, learn how to talk to people.

Well he is a writer, not a talker.

 

[RandyForRubio]

I feel sticky after reading this thread. You guys need to temper your expectations. We are a lot better, but 50+ wins?

Yessir, absolutely.

I'll even go further....we will be a top 10 team in the league. And there's a chance at us being top 5 too.