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[QUOTE]Fringe Star
These are the players who are close to being stars, and have potential to put up star-level numbers many times throughout the season. Any one of these players could break out and have a fantastic year. Some of these players may be young guns with a lot of room left for growth. Putting these players in this tier isn
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[QUOTE]The 2013-14 Indiana Pacers were an elite defensive team that found success despite struggling offensively. Could the 2017-18 Utah Jazz follow that model?[/QUOTE]
The game has changed in 3 years and that was the east so no!
[QUOTE]If the @utahjazz can repeat as a top 5 defense, history says they will finish above .500. Even with a bottom 10 offense.
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Al eastern conference teams. Coincidence? :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]although he
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[QUOTE]Teams with a top five defensive rating and a top 20 offensive rating, make the playoffs.[/QUOTE]
top 20 is very optimistic though. Top 5 D is not guaranteed because their offense will make it tougher on the D.
[QUOTE]Favors and Hood are coming off injury-riddled seasons and want to prove that they can stay healthy and can be stars. [/QUOTE]
Hood will never be a star. 6th man of the year maybe. Favors could be a star in the east
[QUOTE]Dante Exum finally has a full off-season to train, is in the last year of his rookie contract, and wants to prove that he was worth the 5th pick in the draft.[/QUOTE]
needs to prove he belongs in the league first
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[QUOTE]The complete Jazz player ratings for NBA 2K18 shake out as follows
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[QUOTE]Hayward
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[QUOTE]being on a rebuilding team that was suddenly too good to invest developmental minutes. In other words, he has plenty of excuses for looking like a top-five pick only in brief flashes so far.[/QUOTE]
If he really refused to go to the Stars last year than he has no excuse!
[QUOTE]Quin Snyder couldn
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[QUOTE] It would be a shame to see the Jazz trade away any combination of, say, Derrick Favors, Rodney Hood or Dante Exum for a high lottery pick that didn
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[QUOTE]Spain has been winning it
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[QUOTE]Even if he was released, I really hope the Jazz can bring him right back on a 2-way contract.[/QUOTE]
can they do that?
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worse than I could have imagined
Jody Genessy: But this message is hard to write. It
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[QUOTE]activating its transition and early offense.
As a team, the Jazz ranked 29th in steals last season, averaging a full steal less per game (6.7) than the league average. But with Rubio, Sefolosha and Ingles now in the same uniform, the Jazz will be appreciably better in that category because all three players finished in the top 20 for steals last season. What
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[QUOTE]There appears to be a divide among NBA analysts, fans and Vegas about how the Utah Jazz will do this season. Jazz fans (and Utah media) insist Utah will do fine. Advanced
Tony Jones: Going to miss being on the road with the terrific @Jody Genessy
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[QUOTE]With Derrick Favors, Rodney Hood and Dante Exum all set to hit free agency at the end of the season, the Utah Jazz are in for some big decisions.[/QUOTE]
Should be easy decisions. Favors is gone. He would be already if he'd been healthy last year. Exum is gone if he doesn't show he's an NBA player or at least show some progress and hope that one day he will be. Hood is the big one. Someone is going to overpay him when he is really just a 6th man. Hopefully it's not the Jazz making the mistake
[QUOTE]there is a bit of underlying uneasiness facing this season given that the Jazz currently have three key players on their roster