If the Utah Jazz spent all of the 2022-2023 season struggling, fully healthy, not constantly overhauling its roster every few weeks and didn’t make the playoffs by a large margin, we can understand why so many preseason power rankings don’t give the Jazz a break. But they didn’t struggle in 2022-2023 until the team started trading off massive chunks of their roster, and started dealing with injuries.
Then they nearly miss the play-in game by a handful of games, all while resting their best player, Lauri Markkanen. So even without any offseason additions, you would think they’d be given at least a Top 20 slot just based on what they’re bringing back.