Utah Jazz
Vegas Over/Under: 40.5
Fromal’s Record Projection: 44-38
The Bet: Hammer the more The Utah Jazz went 51-31 final season. So how in the world are they expected to win only seven fewer matches after losing their very best player?
Well, the answer is simple: They didn’t actually lose their very best player.
Gordon Hayward’s departure to the Boston Celtics stings, and the Jazz will have a difficult time replacing his versatile production. Even a dynamite rookie season from Donovan Mitchell can not possibly fill the void, and also the small-forward thickness chart looks a bit more uninspiring with Joe Ingles and Joe Johnson leading the charge.
However, Rudy Gobert remains patrolling Salt Lake City, prepared to prove to the world he is indisputably one of the NBA’s 20 best players.
Whereas Hayward completed Nos. 29 and 24, respectively, in ESPN.com’s RPM and NBA Math’s TPA, Gobert sat at Nos. 8 and 12 last season. He’s arguably the league’s best defensive player, along with his amazing finishing ability across the rim makes him immensely precious about the offensive end.
There is also the fact that the Jazz’s net rating increased by 5.7 points per 100 possessions without Hayward, but it dropped by 11.3 with no Gobert. When the“Stifle Tower“ suited up with his now-departed teammate, Utah still submitted a 5.5 net rating, per nbawowy. In the opposite situation, the internet rating stood at minus-6.9.
Utah will probably be worse this year. That much is apparent.
But they’re not dropping below .500. Frankly, they should not even be especially near this mark.
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