Will the Jazz make the playoffs?

[Tabasco]

So currently we're in the 9th spot out west and only half a game up on Houston. There are a lot of really good teams in front of us and it seems unlikely that any of them will drop too much.

So what do you think? Will the Jazz make the playoffs? I say no.

[TexJazz]

Im starting to think that they wont. Unless something big happens to bring them back to reality they will not make the playoffs. Some say that they are the same team as last year, but not me. No fisher, no Dee, no Hoffa. THe chemistry is different. Yes Dee and Hoffa did not play much but they did a lot of supporting from the bench. Last year when you would see the sidelines you would see Dee and Hoffa going nuts cheering the team on. This year price and hart just sit there. And Fish was the leader no doubt and they dont have that kind of leadership this year. Remember when fish would call the guys together on the court in a huddle and talk to them. You dont see that at all this year. Yes this is a different team one that does not have the chemistry that is needed to be a playoff team at this time, hopefully that will come very soon, or it will be too late.

[stevebozell]

I honestly didnt think people cared about that. I figured after last season we were beyond that point, its just sad our teams management didnt feel the same.

[HolyToledo]

Yes, Jazz make the playoffs as they have alot of home games coming up. Jazz will win from 47-50 games maybe even 53 wins BUT this team not close to winning a championship. Firing Sloan and hiring someone like Rick Carlyse could be a good start. Trading some of our excess young shooting guards and collins for a back up center would also help. But the main problem by far is Jerry Fukin Sloan!!!!

[The Sheik]

Im starting to think that they wont. Unless something big happens to bring them back to reality they will not make the playoffs. Some say that they are the same team as last year, but not me. No fisher, no Dee, no Hoffa. THe chemistry is different. Yes Dee and Hoffa did not play much but they did a lot of supporting from the bench. Last year when you would see the sidelines you would see Dee and Hoffa going nuts cheering the team on. This year price and hart just sit there. And Fish was the leader no doubt and they dont have that kind of leadership this year. Remember when fish would call the guys together on the court in a huddle and talk to them. You dont see that at all this year. Yes this is a different team one that does not have the chemistry that is needed to be a playoff team at this time, hopefully that will come very soon, or it will be too late.

Ive been trying to tell people this from day 1. I know Dee didnt blow you away on the court, but he was the leader of the bench, he was a great teammate and cheerleader, as was Haffa. Essentially we lost the leader in the game (Fisher) on the bench (Dee) and in practice (Haffa). I always want to see my team succeed, but I wouldnt mind seeing all of this blow up in LHMs face. He is a dumb ****in idiot, he thinks he knows so much about basketball because he makes some BS batting avg stat. We all know Fess wasnt going to see the court this season, so why have an empty spot on our roster that Haffa could have had? And Im sorry there is no way in hell Price is better then Dee.

[TexJazz]

Good point Sheik, I too would have liked to have seen Haffa filling that final roster spot while Fess is getting time in the DL. And I thought that Dee had earned him a spot with his play in the Golden State series. I thought that he did a good job. And remember LHM saying that Hoffa would stay cause of his work ethic. We are in worse shape this year at center than last, who do we have? Collins and Memo "Whipped puppy" Okur.

[The Sheik]

Memo "Whipped puppy" Okur.

NO NO its Raef Okur

[TexJazz]

Or maybe Raped Okur. Cause that what it looks like this year, or since last All star break.

[The Sheik]

Good point Sheik, I too would have liked to have seen Haffa filling that final roster spot while Fess is getting time in the DL. And I thought that Dee had earned him a spot with his play in the Golden State series. I thought that he did a good job. And remember LHM saying that Hoffa would stay cause of his work ethic. We are in worse shape this year at center than last, who do we have? Collins and Memo "Whipped puppy" Okur.

Dee Brown earned his spot on the Jazz for coming to play in the summer league, actually playing well and doing those bball clinics for them. I personally thought what Jazz management did to him was bush league. Im not saying he would have made an NBA team, but he would have had a better shot playing for an NBA summer league team that actually needed at PG.

Thats a dude with class right there, after having LHM talk sh*t about him to the papers, play the summer league unguaranteed, unlike that pussy CJ and tour the Rockies doing bball clinics for the Jazz, only to have us not be straight up with him and tell him before hand that we werent going to re-sign him.

Not stupid Gira who didnt say anything about that old hag Jerry.

[TexJazz]

Trade him straight up for Raef LaFrance. I think LaFrance would provide more defense, even at his washed up age.

[@ndrew]

I think GS will fall back, maybe Portland and Denver... but still this team sucks and we need to start our winning streak..

[trueblue8to5]

We are going to make the playoffs guys.

Even if we continue to suck on the road (which I am sure is just all in the players' heads) we play well at home.

Okur has shown "signs" offensively, but he is just complete trash defensively.

We can't rebound to save our lives right now, and that's a big part to how Kirilenko impacts the game on the boards.

If we are going to win down the stretch, Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko, and Millsap must rebound and rebound dominantly.

Right now we have a decent rebounding differential, and give up the second least rebounds in the league, but we also rank 26TH! in total rebounding.

26TH! FROM A TEAM THAT WAS 1ST LAST YEAR.

We should be top 10, no excuses, rebound the damn ball.

[Racer X]

I dont know if we will make the playoffs...

I do know that it will take a spectacular run.

[CAE15]

Jazz will make playoffs, we had a bad night, who even knew Webster could reel off 24 points in a quarter? Boozer had a horrible shooting night, when does that ever happen? Then Outlaw taking those off balanced shots but somehow they went in. AK is needed for this team however in everygame he has been injured at some point in the game and hasnt returned we have lost.
1 vs Blazers
1 vs Celtics
1 @ Lakers(probably would've lost anyway)
1 @ Blazers

[outerspacefella]

We are 35 games into the season partners!! Jazz are not just in a "brief slump". The other teams have figured out Mr. Boozer and Mr. Williams, and our two boys (both of them too in love with themselves if you ask me ) are not evolving in their game. Teams are taking some little things away from them, and they are just not adjusting... may be they have not many more tricks to show...
This is the very cause of Jazz on-court problems... yet there are off-corut issues too... I think Sheik have a point about the Hoffa/Dee thing... both of them were class-act guys and should have been in the roster, and about the Fisher thing too (Deron has lost the veteran view to approach the little nuances of the game)
Ironically... all of a sudden it seems we have a bunch of people shooting the ball well during the las few games...

[FLYTHEGLOBE]

I keep hearing people say "we're just in a slump right now" ... Come on people, are you serious? It's time to get over last year's WCF run! (Which, NEVER would have happened had Dallas not been run ...)

The reality is that we just aren't good at all! Utah has some theory that says you need a PF/PG combination and that it is the key to success. We've never had a dominating center, and other than Horny --- a great shooter. Sloan, for some reason, must not believe in that type of basketball. (And you can't disagree that he certainly has his theories ...)

This team will not make the playoffs --- I know that we all love them and want them to be there, but it's not going to happen. The west is too good, we are too bad, and it's time for CHANGE in Utah. 20 Years + Different Players (though the same type of players) = SAME RESULT!!!

Time for change.

[FJS]

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[CAE15]

I keep hearing people say "we're just in a slump right now" ... Come on people, are you serious? It's time to get over last year's WCF run! (Which, NEVER would have happened had Dallas not been run ...)

The reality is that we just aren't good at all! Utah has some theory that says you need a PF/PG combination and that it is the key to success. We've never had a dominating center, and other than Horny --- a great shooter. Sloan, for some reason, must not believe in that type of basketball. (And you can't disagree that he certainly has his theories ...)

This team will not make the playoffs --- I know that we all love them and want them to be there, but it's not going to happen. The west is too good, we are too bad, and it's time for CHANGE in Utah. 20 Years + Different Players (though the same type of players) = SAME RESULT!!!

Time for change.

Glad you know how round 2 would've played out had the mavs been there. Glad you also know the jazz wont make playoffs. Everyone goes into panic mode after we lose 1 game, we have always been a bad road team, if we win our home games we should be in no problem, it's not like were not going to win 10 more road games. The team isn't that bad and playoffs are a different season.

[stevebozell]

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Everyone goes into panic mode after we lose 1 game

This is your problem. I WISH it was just one game! Pull your head out of the sand already!

[kebutah]

We have lost just one game 17 times out of 35 games. This team cannot play on the road and really struggles finishing games.