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Time For a Vintage Batman Thread: Where Will We Finish in the Standings?

Where will we Finsh in the Standings?

  • 30th (1st pick)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 29th (2nd Pick)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 28th (3rd Pick)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 27th (4th Pick)

    Votes: 3 9.4%
  • 26th (5th Pick)

    Votes: 8 25.0%
  • 25th (6th Pick)

    Votes: 12 37.5%
  • 24th (7th Pick)

    Votes: 5 15.6%
  • 23rd (8th Pick)

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • 22nd (9th Pick)

    Votes: 2 6.3%

  • Total voters
    32

Batman

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When the season started, Jazzfanz were as splintered on how the season would go as Christians were on the nature of God before the council of Nicaea. Some were thinking 3rd worse behind the Suns, Sixers and Celtics, while others shouted otherwise in tactless tones that rang loud in the ears of those on different planes of opinion. Most said we wouldn't win over 30 games while others proclaimed playoffs and 8th seed. Then came November. We stunk up game after game and it was rancid. Something unprecedented in Jazzland. To be so bad. It was ugly. So ugly that if the Jazz had a mother, our play equated to a face not even a mother could love. I'm thinking a female who's face is crossed with Charlie Villanueva, Rosie O'Donnell, and a rat; you get the idea. Our opinion of how the Jazz would fair became united, after 17 games though. Maybe we were never more united and, paradoxically, excited on how bad we were. And the Stars were aligning. However, by the time December rolled around, things began to change. We became a .500 ball club. An Infusion of Marvin Williams and Trey Burke into the Starting line-up transformed us. Instead of the rat faced Rosie Villanueva, we became that girl who rates at about a 5, after everyone's had a few beers. The Winning aroused the indignation of the masses. Still does. When we look back, we see a season that after a month was full of promise, and slowly lost promise as we were flanked and out tanked. As Lenry Bongfellow once said:

"The Depths by shrewd men, reached and kept,
were not attained by sudden dives,
but they while the other GM's had slept,
were toling downward in the night."

Our love for DL has been intermittent because of this and the notion that we are winning too much has become the most dominant thread (no pun intended) on Jazzfanz.

It does seem obvious that the Bucks, Magic and Sixers will finish worse than us in the standings by the end of the year. Where do you think we'll be slotted before the Lottery?
 
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Im picking 5th because I want it to be 5th. Its a lucky number.

We might end up with the 8th or 9th with the way we are going.


Will the Jazz continue to hold Favors out so we can tank, and sit other players as well? Or we will the Jazz FO go full blown retard and ef this up?
 
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We need to sit Derrick Favors and play John Lucas the 3rd 35 minutes a night... Pretty sure that would ensure the 5th pick
 
If you are Favors, dont you sit yourself to help the tank? Hes already paid. I would if I was him.
 
Glad to report that the Kings are about to get the W over the Nuggs. Still need the lakers to win more and the Warriors to lose more doe.
 
I'm predicting 6th. Of the 7 bottom feeders, I think Sactown is the only one we finish worse than. Philly and Milwaukee are on another planet, Orlando is pretty untouchable too, and Boston and LA will be willing to play dirty in ways the Jazz aren't.
 
I will feel good about the tank if we can survive the next few games against fellow tankers. If we can dump tomorrow's game against the celtics that would kick things off quite nicely. Hopefully Favors stays out for a little while longer. Our tank would take a serious hit if kanter and favors could team up. Yikes!

Nah, who am I kidding? Corbin isn't smart enough to play them both at the same time, right?
 
I've already had my bet about this somewhere. I go with the 6th pick in two thousand and fourteen NBA Draft.

(it will be weird when we hear that line from someone else)
 
I said 6th, but I'm fearful we're 8th. New York is creeping up on us, and there not even trying to suck.

We've played ourselves out of (standing wise, could get some ping pong luck) the top tier of Parker, Wiggins, and Embiid.

The dark horse of Exum seems elusive.

Randle or Smart don't excite me much, but they are light-years beyond Aaron Gordon (would be different if he was taller and could hit his FT's), Noah Vonleh, and Dario Saric's pathetic asses.

If one of those top 4 guys don't declare, then we are really screwed.
 
I said 6th, but I'm fearful we're 8th. New York is creeping up on us, and there not even trying to suck.

We've played ourselves out of (standing wise, could get some ping pong luck) the top tier of Parker, Wiggins, and Embiid.

The dark horse of Exum seems elusive.

Randle or Smart don't excite me much, but they are light-years beyond Aaron Gordon (would be different if he was taller and could hit his FT's), Noah Vonleh, and Dario Saric's pathetic asses.

If one of those top 4 guys don't declare, then we are really screwed.

I'm just hoping to get a pick 4-6, that way we still have a pretty good chance at jumping into the top 3. 7th is all right... 8th I would be pretty sad..
 
I'm just hoping to get a pick 4-6, that way we still have a pretty good chance at jumping into the top 3. 7th is all right... 8th I would be pretty sad..
How do you feel about 11th or 12th?
New Orleans and Detroit are also slipping. And it's not inconceivable Utah catches Denver.

Right now, I think 7th might be "best case." Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Orlando, Lakers, Boston and NY are losing and losing often. Utah is about to embark on a very easy road trip with a healthy team. Expect the Jazz to win 3 or 4 of their next 7 games. I see Utah finishing with 28-30 wins.
 
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