Remarkably the Utah Jazz are 4th in the Western Conference right now. That’s a team with one new starter (George Hill), and two new rotation guys (Joe Johnson, Boris Diaw) who were added in the off-season to help bolster the emerging stars Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert. In the off-season lots of people were quick to point out that this team could be good. But the reality today is that now that they are healthy and playing well . . . well . . . this team could be great.
One thing is true, their play of late has made lots of people #TakeNote
The other thing that’s true is that the national media that pays attention to analytics and watches all 30 teams play (too many smart people to name) has been warning the rest of the NBA about the Utah Jazz for months now.