Which team is better right now: Lakers, Warriors or Jazz

mdonnelly1989 · Post #1 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:03 pm

Which team is better right now?

lambchop · Post #2 » by **lambchop** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:08 pm

The warriors cause they have the best chemistry.

Lakers easily have the worst chemistry on paper, but somehow bron is good at handling knuckleheads.

The jazz potential depends on how much Mitchell worked on his weaknesses.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #3 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:08 pm

My seeding out west doesn't have Warriors in top 5. Not even close. I'm going

1. Clippers
2. Nuggets
3. Jazz
4. Lakers

Though Lakers will be the 2nd or 3rd most dangerous out west come playoff time. This is just regular season.

timO · Post #4 » by **timO** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:09 pm

RS Jazz, PO gsw or LA.

Crives · Post #5 » by **Crives** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:11 pm

Mostly depends on health.
Will Klay come back during regular season?
How many games do Lebron and AD play?
Does Mike Conley stay healthy?

Post #6 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:14 pm

I like the jazz roster but I trust star power in the playoffs. I think Mitchell will need to take a significant step forward for the jazz to come out of the west.

mdonnelly1989 · Post #7 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:18 pm

Bojan shot 50% FG which is elite for most players, 42% from 3 also elite on 18 PPG. You add him and Mike Conley to a team that had trouble scoring because they relied too much on D. Mitchell and you have in my opinion a top 3 Jazz team in my opinion.

PG: Conley
SG: Michell
SF: Bojan
PF: Joe Ingles
C: Gobert

donkeylips · Post #8 » by **donkeylips** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:20 pm

Lakers unless klay is healthy

Post #9 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:26 pm

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:My seeding out west doesn't have Warriors in top 5. Not even close. I'm going

1. Clippers
2. Jazz
3. Nuggets
4. Lakers

Though Lakers will be the 2nd or 3rd most dangerous out west come playoff time.

I'm happy for you and your team ClipsFan, but mark my words... Warriors are a lot better than you seem to realize. A lot better than a lot of people seem to realize. Even with Klay's injury they'll wind up with a top 3 seed in the West.

Son Goku 25 · Post #10 » by **Son Goku 25** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:27 pm

Warriors going to surprise a lot of people. Clippers may struggle in regular season due to load management and being in the west. Lakers still have Lebron, itll be drama until after all star break as usual but again, Lakers have lebron if hes healthy they can best any team. Going to be interesting which brackets those teams align in.

Smitson · Post #11 » by **Smitson** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:29 pm

Only way the Jazz make the WF is if they end up in a bracket with the Blazers, Spurs and Nuggets.

LKN · Post #12 » by **LKN** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:50 pm

Eh - I actually think the Clippers will be fine with load management; esp if they pick their opponents to rest against wisely. They have a lot of secondary scoring. I'd be more worried about the Lakers tbh. There's a good chance they are going to fall apart offensively when Lebron sits much of the time.

I don't think people realize how bad Rondo was on offense last year.

-2.18 ORPM - 404th out of 514 players

I'll be really interesting to see if Vogel can build a competent secondary unit so that LBJ doesn't have to play close to 48 minutes a game in the playoffs.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #13 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:54 pm

The Jazz do look good, and even though they're winning this poll I don't think many actually believe they could knock off a healthy Lakers or Warriors team in the playoffs.

SwatLakeCity527 · Post #14 » by **SwatLakeCity527** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 5:59 pm

I chose the Lakers, but the Warriors are pretty overlooked right now.

Although the Jazz look like they will be very good on paper, I'm afraid people are overestimating them. I think they will be very competitive, and have a legit shot at the finals, like nearly every other top-7 team in the west. But they have to prove it to me that they belong in the upper tier first.

Freighttrain · Post #15 » by **Freighttrain** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 6:00 pm

Jazz probably the better regular season team, probably 'worst' team come playoff time

dautjazz · Post #16 » by **dautjazz** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 6:51 pm

NyKnicks1714 wrote:The Jazz do look good, and even though they're winning this poll I don't think many actually believe they could knock off a healthy Lakers or Warriors team in the playoffs.

Klay isn't going to be healthy this year, you don't come back that fast from an ACL injury. Without a healthy Klay, the Jazz easily look like the better team.

Madhouse · Post #17 » by **Madhouse** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 7:03 pm

Lakeshow

Tigersrule · Post #18 » by **Tigersrule** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 7:12 pm

come playoff time..Jazz really dont got a chance vs Clippers/Lakers..and im still mind boggled by how the Clippers are the favorites..people are really really really overrating tf out of Paul George..hes coming off 2 shoulder surgeries, dude for some reason shrinks in the playoffs..AD has already shown what he can do in the playoffs, dude put up some historic numbers i believe, and Lebron...If Lakers are healthy going into the playoffs, dont see how anyone can beat them

OkcSinceSGA · Post #19 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 7:14 pm

GeorgeMarcus wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:My seeding out west doesn't have Warriors in top 5. Not even close. I'm going

1. Clippers
2. Jazz
3. Nuggets
4. Lakers

Though Lakers will be the 2nd or 3rd most dangerous out west come playoff time.

I'm happy for you and your team ClipsFan, but mark my words... Warriors are a lot better than you seem to realize. A lot better than a lot of people seem to realize. Even with Klay's injury they'll wind up with a top 3 seed in the West.

I passionately disagree with those saying they will miss playoffs etc, but with KD gone and Klay gone all year... that is a 6 seed at best. You expect a Curry/Draymond/Russell led team to win 55+ games? I take them seriously obviously, but THIS year I just don't see it. Top 3, no chance. You got Clips, Lakers, Jazz, Nuggets, Rockets top 5. You think shorthanded Warriors is better than those?

OkcSinceSGA · Post #20 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 7:17 pm

Tigersrule wrote:come playoff time..Jazz really dont got a chance vs Clippers/Lakers..and im still mind boggled by how the Clippers are the favorites..people are really really really overrating tf out of Paul George..hes coming off 2 shoulder surgeries, dude for some reason shrinks in the playoffs..AD has already shown what he can do in the playoffs, dude put up some historic numbers i believe, and Lebron...If Lakers are healthy going into the playoffs, dont see how anyone can beat them

The Clippers are so dangerous because of their depth man. I don't know why people have such a hard time grasping HOW dominant their bench play is. They run teams off the floor when stars sit. They added Mo Harkless to a bench that competes with starting units a lot of times.

Lou
Robinson
Harkless
Harrell
Kabengele? Free agent?

Their bench unit would be a starting 5 on a 30-35 win team out east.

They traded SGA+Gallo for Kawhi+PG+Mo Harkless basically. Kawhi and PG are gonna be an unstoppable duo in Pistol Action, which is the set the Raptors used to abuse teams and the Clippers already run a ton of. It will be a lot of Kawhi+PG PNR with each other at the top of the key. Then you have Shamet+Bev who are 40%+ from 3 flanking them and a big in Zubac or Harrell who are great at the lobs and easy dunks inside.

Better Team right now