The Utah Jazz are 2-1 on the road trip and playing a very different brand of basketball than they did before the trade deadline. Can this version of the Utah Jazz compete for a play-in spot or a playoff spot?
David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA insider, takes a look at how this team is different and how it will have to try to win basketball games after the all-star break.
The guard play of Collin Sexton and Talen Horton Tucker is considerably different than before and has changed how the Utah Jazz play. Lauri Markkanen is embarking on a different world for the next 20+ games as the go to guy.
There are some reasons that may make it tough for the Jazz to maintain the .500 record the rest of the way and those are discussed as well.
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11 Comments
I’ve watched the Jazz since the Salt Palace, and this is one of the most exciting Jazz teams to watch!
Go Jazz!
Hunger increases when eating, before the season if I have told that there is a chance for playoff spot, people would have laugh at me. But here we are.
Im predicting jazz will make playoffs with wide enough margin to avoid the play in. Lakers will dominate the play in.
Ochai needs to shoot more 3's. He can pick up some slack.
One of the smartest basketball analysis on the internet from Locke every single day.
The last half of the year should be all about development and playing the right way. They’ll lose their share of games, but we’ll see glimpses of what could be.
Lauri will knock down 25 per game as long as team has pros who can run plays. With Walker Kesler and Jordan Clarkson it is hard not to be competative.
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This is the best version of our frontcourt. We just need a Kelly olynyk that is at least league average on defense and our frontcourt will overwhelm teams. As of now they Kessler and Lauri aren't good enough to compensate for two guards and a forward that are all terrible on defense. You can see on the offensive end that playing 3 legit skilled (assuming walker becomes) bigs without losing spacing is nearly unstoppable. I dont have exact numbers but the Lauri Kelly Kessler trio has been scoring a lot of points on super high efficiency. We just need to add enough defense to an unstoppable frontcourt and we have a chance. Try to play small like we did and we will always be pretend contenders
The volume for your podcast is always way low, but today it's barely audible full blast.