2014-15 Predictions

Post #1 » by **MHSL82** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:03 pm

Wins

Floor:
Ceiling:
Guess:

Jazz MVP:
Offense:
Defense:

Best Lineup:

Scoring Leader: Who and How Many
Rebounds:
Assists:
Blocks:
Steals:
TO:

Biggest Surprise:
Buggest Disappointment:

Biggest issue heading into next off-season:

Hayward's Stats and Shooting:

Thoughts on Coach Snyder:

goober · Post #2 » by **goober** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:23 pm

Wins

Floor: 20
Ceiling: 40
Guess: 28

Jazz MVP: all around MVP will be Hayward
Offense: Burks
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: This year the best lineup will be Burke/Burks/Hayward/Kanter/Favors

Scoring Leader: Burks, 19.5
Rebounds: Favors 10.3
Assists: Burke and Exum tied at around 6
Blocks: Gobert with 1.5
Steals: Exum with 1.2
TO: Burks with 3

Biggest Surprise: how smooth our offense will be
Biggest Disappointment: our bench

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: bench

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 15 PPG, 5 APG, 6 RPG, shooting 45% from the field, 36% from the 3

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: will really help our defense

stitches · Post #3 » by **stitches** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:45 pm

Wins

Floor: 22
Ceiling: 35
Guess: 29

Jazz MVP: Hayward
Offense: Burks
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: Burke-Burks-Hayward-Kanter-Favors

Scoring Leader: Burks, 17ppg
Rebounds: Favors 10rbp
Assists: Burke 6.5apg
Blocks: Gobert 1.5bpg
Steals: Hayward 1.3 spg
TO: Burks 2.5

Biggest Surprise: Our 3 point shooting %(above league average)
Biggest Disappointment: Exum(for most people).

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: lack of a star player.

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 16.5ppg, 5apg, 6rpg 46%FG, 37%3pt FG, 82%FT

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: He's detail oriented. The subs at the end of the game against Portland can tell you just how much he thinks about the little things in the game. I think we will be a well-coached team both in offense and defense with lack of experience and in some players - lack of physicality to compete successfully at this level.

BudTugly · Post #4 » by **BudTugly** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:26 am

Wins

Floor:25
Ceiling:48
Guess:42

Jazz MVP: Hayward
Offense: Hayward
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: Burke Burks Hayward Booker Favors

Scoring Leader: Hayward 22
Rebounds: Favors 11
Assists: Burke 8
Blocks: Favors 1.8
Steals: Hayward 2
TO: Burke 3

Biggest Surprise: Burke becoming a legit starter
Buggest Disappointment: Supporting El Corbon too long

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: Keeping Gobert

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 49% , 38%, 22/6/5, 2st 1bk 2.5to, earns that money.

Thoughts on Coach Snyde: Looks like he's going to have them run and pass, that's good.

Kayariel · Post #5 » by **Kayariel** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:28 am

Wins

Floor:20
Ceiling:35
Guess:30

Jazz MVP: Hayward
Offense: Burks
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: Burke Burks Hayward Kanter Favors

Scoring Leader: Burks 16
Rebounds: Favors 9.5
Assists: Burke 7
Blocks: Gobert 1.4
Steals: Hayward 1.5
TO: Burke 2.5

Biggest Surprise: Jazz makes over 8 3's average
Buggest Disappointment: Exum won't meet expectations in terms of stats

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: Kanter and Burks will be overpaid

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 15 - 4.5 - 4 with %46 fg %37 3pt

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: Develops Jazz in every aspect more or less

Jazzfan12 · Post #6 » by **Jazzfan12** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:28 pm

Floor: 18
Ceiling: 33
Guess: 25

Jazz MVP: Favors
Offensive MVP: Hayward
Defensive MVP: Favors

Best lineup: Burke-Burks-Hayward-Kanter-Favors

Scoring: Hayward (17)
Rebounding: Favors (9)
Assists: Burke (6)
Blocks: Favors (1.5)
Steals: Hayward (1.3)

Biggest surprise: Hayward's shooting
Disappointment: Kanter's shooting

Biggest issue: Defense

Hayward: 17/4/4, 44/38/83

Snyder: Very good coach

Post #7 » by **StocktonShorts** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:06 pm

Wins

Floor: 24
Ceiling: 38
Guess: 32

Jazz MVP:Hayward
Offense: Hayward
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: Burke/Burks/Hayward/Booker/Favors

Scoring Leader: Burks 17.5
Rebounds: Favors 10.5
Assists: Burke 6.5
Blocks: Favors 1.5
Steals: Hayward 1.5
TO: Hayward 3.0

Biggest Surprise: Booker
Biggest Disappointment: Exum's limited minutes and production (compared to most people's expectations)

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: Contract status of Kanter and Burks

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 17 ppg; 6 rpg; 4 apg; .44/.38/.82

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: If the Jazz sniff 40 wins he'll be in coach of the year discussion.

Edit: crazy that I posted nearly exact same shooting numbers as Jazzfan12, I swear I wasn't just copying.

HolyToledo12 · Post #8 » by **HolyToledo12** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:10 am

Wins

Floor: 30 wins
Ceiling: 45 wins
Guess: 35 wins

Jazz MVP: Hayward bc all around game
Offense: Alec leads balanced scoring team
Defense: Favors bc he does the dirty work but Rudy will get the press

Best Lineup: Starting 5

Scoring Leader: Who and How Many Alec 17 pts/game
Rebounds: Favors 10 rbs/ per gam
Assists: Trey 6.5 asst/game
Blocks: Favors
Steals: Hayward
TO: Alec by far

Biggest Surprise: Alec to the NBA fans but to the Jazz fans Trey's good season
Buggest Disappointment: Rudy's playing time will not be as much as Jazz fans want

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: To pay or not to pay Alec and Kanter

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 15 pts/game, 5 ast, 5 rbs, and 45% shooting
Thoughts on Coach Snyder: Jazz fans will love his attention to detail as we finally have a great X and O coach.

Reckless · Post #9 » by **Reckless** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:49 am

Wins

Floor: 25
Ceiling: 40
Guess: 33

Jazz MVP: Hayward
Offense: Hayward
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup:
Burke
Hood
Hayward
Favors
Gobert

Scoring Leader: Hayward - 15.8
Rebounds: Favors 9.5
Assists: Burke 7.2
Blocks: Gobert 1.9
Steals: Hayward 1.5
TO: Burke 2.6

Biggest Surprise: Burke shooting % improvement from rookie season
Buggest Disappointment: Kanter will still suck on defense

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: expiring contracts

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 15.8 ppg, 4.5 apg, 5.5 rpg, 43% fg

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: Will see some improvements across the board, how much? we will have to wait and see

babyjax13 · Post #10 » by **babyjax13** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:48 am

Wins

Floor: 22
Ceiling: 38
Guess: 29

Jazz MVP: Alec Burks
Offense: Alec Burks
Defense: Derrick Favors

Best Lineup:
looking purely at +/-
Gobert
Kanter
Hayward
Burks
Exum

I would start:
Favors
Kanter
Hayward
Burks
Burke (Exum if he is ready at the all-star break, Burke's scoring is a great fit in the second unit)

Scoring Leader: Burks 19
Rebounds: Kanter 9
Assists: Burke 6
Blocks: Gobert 2
Steals: Favors 1.8
TO: Favors 2.5

Biggest Surprise: Alec Burks scores at an insane rate
Biggest Disappointment: Trey's ability to match up with starting caliber point guards on defense.

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: What to do at power forward

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 16p 5r 5a 42% fg 36% 3pt

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: His system results in higher team assists, but lower assist numbers for point guards.

pickIBL · Post #11 » by **pickIBL** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:15 pm

Wins

Floor: 23
Ceiling:33
Guess: 29

Jazz MVP: Alec Burks
Offense: Alec Burks
Defense: Favors

Best Lineup: Burke, Burks, Hayward, Favors, Kanter

Scoring Leader: Who and How Many Alec Burks 16.5 (unless Hayward chucks and volume scores on a low %)
Rebounds: Favors 9.8
Assists: Burke 6.8
Blocks: Gobert 1.8
Steals: Hayward 1.6
TO: Hayward 2.5 (Dante Exum leads in TO per minute)

Biggest Surprise: Gobert's rim protection and production
Buggest Disappointment: Which ever young vet player is most hyped as the next star.... trust me he's a role player

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: Whatever contract extensions didn't get done

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: My hope is coach Snyder reigns him in and he turns over the ball less and gets better looks as Alec players a larger role in the offense. If he runs wild expect similar inefficient numbers.

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: Would like to see Mark Price sitting next to him as the head assistant next season.

Post #12 » by **zimpy27** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:22 am

over under for season is 25 wins. Seems like a great bet to take the over. I think they will get 35 wins this season.

JazzMatt13 · Post #13 » by **JazzMatt13** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:21 am

Wins

Floor: 25
Ceiling: 33
Guess: 30

Jazz MVP: Burke and Hayward (like S2M)
Offense: Kanter
Defense: Gobert

Best Lineup: I loved Hayward and Exum in the backcourt.
Tough: Any combo with Burke, Hayward and Kanter.

Scoring Leader: Who and How Many
Rebounds: Gobert 8.8
Assists: Burke and Hayward 8
Blocks: Favors 2.1
Steals: Exum 1.1
TO: Kanter 3.2

Biggest Surprise: Exum starting PG on bench
Biggest Disappointment: Favors

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: Who should start, kanter and burks contract.

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: Dude will beast it, i expect 15-5-5 type nights, everynight.

Thoughts on Coach Snyder:
Compared to Corbin this guy is looks like he picked up right where Sloan left off. Corbin got weight dropped on his shoulders and dropped it, cause he couldn't handle it. Synder held on, cause he knows how to do what he is paid to do, and that is coach. Coach K is probably in his speed dial, right next to Sloans.

Post #14 » by **StocktonShorts** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:06 am

^^^ Snyder reminds me very little of Jerry Sloan. What similarities do you see?

JazzMatt13 · Post #15 » by **JazzMatt13** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:49 pm

Whats your problem, i didn't say he is like Jerry Sloan, and i didn't say they had similarities.

Remember when Sloan left, had this group including Synder been the ones taking over, rather than Corbin and his screwed up group, it would have been a proper way to continue the Jazz legacy Sloan left.

The last couple years were crap, after decades of greatness with Sloan. Synder is not a Corbin, he is going to continue the greatness that Sloan built. If Corbin had this group, i doubt we would be 3-0.

SoCalJazzFan · Post #16 » by **SoCalJazzFan** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:04 pm

Wins

Floor: 25
Ceiling: 40
Guess: 32

Jazz MVP:
Offense: Alec Burks
Defense: Favors (but only because Gobert has fewer mins)

Best Lineup: Burke, Burks, Hayward, Booker, Favors

Scoring Leader: Burks, 17 ppg avg.
Rebounds: Favors- 12
Assists: Burke- 6.5
Blocks: Gobert- 2
Steals: Exum- 1.5
TO: Exum- 3

Biggest Surprise: Burke or Hood. Burke due to improvement from last year. Hood due to low expectations coming in.
Biggest Disappointment: Exum (most fans expect too much from him this season)

Biggest issue heading into next off-season: What to do with Kanter

Hayward's Stats and Shooting: 15 pts, 4 asts, 6 rbs, 47.5% shooting.

Thoughts on Coach Snyder: Greatest thing since sliced bread, err Jerry Sloan. The Jazz will need to pay him much more in future, as he is the coach of the future.

Dry Fly · Post #17 » by **Dry Fly** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:03 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if this Jazz team beats up on the weaker teams in this league competes with many playoff teams but gets schooled by the elite teams.

35-40 wins is more than just possible. Playoffs doubtful though in the west.

Hoops Addict · Post #18 » by **Hoops Addict** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:08 pm

Low-22 High 38 Guess 33

Burke 18
Def- Favors

Points- Burke 18
Reb - Favors 11
Assists- Burke 5.5
Blocks- Go Bear- 1.8
Steals- Exum 1.5

Biggest Surprise- Burke will continue to improve, but Hood will blow up.

Disappointment- Kanter may continue to be unproductive......hurts me to say....I have been a fan.

ISSUE- More Burke trade talk.

dautjazz · Post #19 » by **dautjazz** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:01 pm

Not really sure, but I'm LOVING the way the team has played in the preseason, I can really see this team surprise a lot of teams and come out of the gates strong, and play very well at home.

Low 30
Guess - 40
High - 45+

I can see us being the Suns of this year, taking the league by surprise. A lot of it has to do with the MUCH needed coaching change, which coincidentally is what pushed the Suns up too.

Points: Burks
Rebounds: Favors
Assists: Burke
Blocks: Favors
Steals: Burks or Hayward

Biggest Surprise - I think for the league it may be Gobert, then Burks.

Disappointment - Kanter. I think a new coach will have less patience, and Gobert is already better IMO, so I see him taking away a lot of minutes, not to mention Booker has showed up very well in the preseason, and if we need to space the floor Novak will get playing time too. I hope I'm wrong, but Kanter just might not turn out as good as we hoped.

Issue - Probably the lack of a star player, though I think Burks is about a season away from becoming an All-Star level playe, hopefully sooner!

Hayward's stats - I expect similar to last year, but with much better efficiency

Coach - I love what I've seen from the team this summer, so if it's any indication, I think he's doing a GREAT job. I like him a lot right now.

Post #20 » by **MHSL82** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:18 pm

Dry Fly wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if this Jazz team beats up on the weaker teams in this league competes with many playoff teams but gets schooled by the elite teams.

35-40 wins is more than just possible. Playoffs doubtful though in the west.

If we can beat each team at the inverse winning percentage of our opponent, we would win 40-42 games (by definition?). For example, if a team has a .83 winning percentage, we'd beat them 17% of the time. If they have a .46 winning percentage, we'd beat them 54% of the time. Eastern Conference times 2, Western Conference times 4. Round up or down.

26 if we round down every time. 55 if we round up every time. 42 by standard rounding rules. 40 by just adding the numbers up. I, of course, excluded playing ourselves, but didn't factor in who we only play three times. So there's a game or so more than 82 there.

Is this all by definition? Because half the games are lost and half the games are won since there are no ties.