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The Thriller said:
Huh?

Twolves aren’t going to improve. That Towns/Gobert experiment didn’t work. Conley is only older. And did we forget Gobert trying to punch out Slo Mo?
Clippers aren’t going to improve. At this pt, I’d want to play them in the playoffs. Chances are they’ll be missing at least one if not both their stars at the end of the year.
Dallas isn’t going to improve significantly. They have Kyrie, the destroyer of franchises. I don’t care who they draft or sign. There’s one ball on the court and as long as you have Kyrie and Luka fighting over it, their ceiling will be limited.
Golden State might take a step back, they’re only aging. Poole was a very good player.
Lakers aren’t going to improve. And King James is only getting older.
And I actually look for the suns to finally just implode. They hate their center and KD is a walking injury. They have zero depth.

Most of those teams were in the playoffs.

I think it’s Denver and a bunch of other pretty decent teams in the west. But nothing too scary. If I’m the Jazz, my main concerns are injuries. Keep this team healthy? They have the talent to compete with most in the west. I think we’re a lock for the playoffs (Q string injuries).

Hell, had they not shut things down, they’re easily a 7 or 8 seed this past year. And potentially even winning depending on the matchup. I think we would’ve beaten the Clippers and Twolves this year.

Do we have enough to beat Sacramento or Denver in a 7 game? Yeah, I don’t know about that.
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Good post. And you didn't even mention the Ja suspension
 
fishonjazz said:
Good post. And you didn't even mention the Ja suspension
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Oh yep. Forgot about that. That’s another team that’s hardly the Kobe-Gasol-Odom-Bynum Lakers. Memphis, like Phx and Minny, is another team close to imploding. They don’t scare me like they did two years ago. That coach’s chair has gotta be red hot this year. Every one of their stars seems quick triggered (Bane and Jackson) or just an immature idiot (Ja) that you just can’t depend on.

Take away Denver and that 2-9 spot in the west is all interchangeable.
 
David Locke has been saying (and I agree) that if we drafted three players with the intent to play them this season that we are likely a 25-35 win team. Of course this assumes Clarkson is gone.
 
I have no idea what is going to happen this year, but I am excited about the future and think the Western Conference is changing guards. As Thriller mentioned, lots of last year's teams are getting older and have issues. Jazz need to develop their young talent and make a key FA acquisition and they will be competing for the playoffs hopefully and maybe more someday.
 
sip said:
There is a very good chance that we miss the playoffs. I don't think you truly grasp how good the west is. All the teams that made the playoffs last year are still right there and I expect massive improvements from rockets, spurs, mavs and blazers. Not only could we miss the playoffs but we could have a solid season with great player development and still be in the bottom 3 of the west.
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But we haven't got our pick next year.
 
PresidioTrojan said:
Interesting to me to explicitly say they had Hendricks 9, Keyonte 10, and Brice at 18 (can't remember if he actually said that about Hendricks or if I read that on twitter). Basically saying if anyone else had slipped at 9 they would've taken someone else, lol. But whatever. Welcome to all 3!
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His wording on that was confusing. I couldn’t tell if that was their big board rankings or if that was the order they thought they’d be drafted. He said something like they had to identify someone at 9 because that was where they were drafting. That made it sound more like they thought Hendricks would be there at 9 (not necessarily that he was 9th on their big board).
 
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