I'll see your small sample size and raise you... In the last five games, UTA is averaging 95.4 ppg. They have only broken 100 one time , against a tired MIN team on the second night of a back-to-back. In the other four games, they scored 81 (POR), 97 (DAL - tanking), 85 (against that defensive juggernaut known as HOU) and 98 (SAC == SUCK). That's the problem with small samples sizes, they can trend well beyond the mean, in either direction. Ultimately, UTA is who I thought they were, a great defensive team that struggles to score. In spite of that 10-game stretch you cherry picked, and in spite of having the highest scoring rookie since Blake Griffin (which I admittedly did not see coming), UTA ranks 25th of 30 teams in scoring at 102.5 ppg. BNM
I'm disappointed. He was the #1 pick, after all. Even though he had to miss a season, most thought he'd be a scoring machine... ok, /snark
There's a Jazz forum? Maybe you meant this thread in the OT section: Music: Your flavor of the month? BNM
Holy crap, I just went over to the Jazz forum. Yes, it does exist, but barely. I checked through 10 pages of threads, and every one of them was created by @truebluefan. Of the last 200 threads he's created, he's received only a single reply (from our own @stampedehero). I have to say, I am seriously disappointed in @jlprk. His supposed (temporary) UTA fandom was apparently a total hoax. BNM
Let me get this straight - you're gloating about the "under-performance" of a team that is 8-2 in its last ten games and outscoring its opponents by 4ppg?
I'm not gloating about anything, YOU are the one that started this ridiculous call out thread based on cherry picking a 10 game sample size. You felt compelled to ridicule me based on my preseason prediction that UTA would struggle to score and, therefore, likely finish behind POR in the NW Division. Guess what, based on a 63 game sample size, UTA is 25th in the league in scoring and 4 games behind POR in the standings. While not 100% accurate (I admit I underestimated the impact Donovan Mitchell would have), my assessment sounds pretty damn accurate. Certainly not anything worthy of a call out thread. BNM
Lol, so now we're considering a 1 game sample size statistically relevant? Congratulations on how well your favorite team is playing right now. You sure seem excited about how well the Jazz have been playing recently, but in all your exuberance about how well UTA is playing, you may not have noticed that my favorite team, the Portland Trail Blazers, have also been playing well. After today's scoring outburst, UTA should pass the mighty Dallas Mavericks to move all the way up to 25th in the league in scoring. Do you intend to bump this thread every time UTA scores more than 110 points? You seem hell bent on ridiculing my preseason comments that after losing their two highest scorers, UTA would have trouble scoring and, as a result, would likely finish behind POR in the NW Division. So, here we are in mid-March and UTA has managed to climb all the way up to 25th in the league in scoring and is behind POR in the standings. There is still a lot of basketball to be played, but I'm not sure why you think my preseason predictions are worthy of your derision - especially when, at this point in the season, I'm not really that far off. BNM
I’ve never understood why Rasta doesn’t root for the Pistons.......even despite the fact they’re the Pistons.....but then I looked at their roster. Not one single Euro player and every player’s name is easily pronounceable. Question answered.......
The ratio of international players is still too low. The Jazz have Exum, Rubio, Gobert, Ingles, Jerebko, Neto, and Sefolosha. The Blazers have...... Nurkic. Although we DID just add Papagiannis and Milovan Rakovic is hypothetically a Blazer, so maybe Rasta will one day return to the fold.
