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Utah Jazz 2018-19 Championship Bus CHOO CHOO
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Hmm wonder what the password is goin' be?
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Hmm wonder what the password is goin' be?
...idiot!
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Warning! Control the hype:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24944590/zach-lowe-nba-tiers-rankings-best-worst-teams-2018-19
Utah with Ricky Rubio, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert on the floor before Jan. 24: 90 points per 100 possessions, 106 points allowed. Utah with that same trio on the floor after Jan. 24: 113 points per 100 possessions, 95 allowed.
I wonder if any heavy-minutes trio has ever experienced a midseason turnaround -- in either direction -- so severe.
Utah went 29-6 to close the regular season, with the league's stingiest defense in that span by a margin so absurd, you have to run the numbers again and again to make sure it's not an error.
I'm just not sure you can draw a line from there to a 55-win season. As with Tatum, the normal rate of sophomore improvement may not apply to Donovan Mitchell given how spectacular he was in Year 1 -- and the increased attention he will receive from opposing defenses. The league watched Houston short-circuit Utah's offense by switching everything. Expect more teams to try it.
But Mitchell showed in the playoffs he is ready for kitchen sink defense. Gobert played with a bouncier, more confident dynamism on offense upon his midseason return. Rubio's genius passing lifted him. Rubio's jumper will slump again, but he understands now how to operate in Utah's system -- how it produces cleaner looks for him. That system functions through individual slumps.
When Favors is healthy, the double-big look with Gobert has a chance on offense. If it sputters, Utah might be deeper in wings than any team -- providing plenty of small-ball options.
Even if that 29-6 stretch exaggerated this team's ceiling, it is still damn good.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24944590/zach-lowe-nba-tiers-rankings-best-worst-teams-2018-19
Utah with Ricky Rubio, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert on the floor before Jan. 24: 90 points per 100 possessions, 106 points allowed. Utah with that same trio on the floor after Jan. 24: 113 points per 100 possessions, 95 allowed.
I wonder if any heavy-minutes trio has ever experienced a midseason turnaround -- in either direction -- so severe.
Utah went 29-6 to close the regular season, with the league's stingiest defense in that span by a margin so absurd, you have to run the numbers again and again to make sure it's not an error.
I'm just not sure you can draw a line from there to a 55-win season. As with Tatum, the normal rate of sophomore improvement may not apply to Donovan Mitchell given how spectacular he was in Year 1 -- and the increased attention he will receive from opposing defenses. The league watched Houston short-circuit Utah's offense by switching everything. Expect more teams to try it.
But Mitchell showed in the playoffs he is ready for kitchen sink defense. Gobert played with a bouncier, more confident dynamism on offense upon his midseason return. Rubio's genius passing lifted him. Rubio's jumper will slump again, but he understands now how to operate in Utah's system -- how it produces cleaner looks for him. That system functions through individual slumps.
When Favors is healthy, the double-big look with Gobert has a chance on offense. If it sputters, Utah might be deeper in wings than any team -- providing plenty of small-ball options.
Even if that 29-6 stretch exaggerated this team's ceiling, it is still damn good.
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Why does Donovan look like stoop kid from Hey Arnold in the promo?
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