Utah Jazz power ranking round-up: Are the Jazz the best of the worst?

Utah Jazz power ranking round-up: Are the Jazz the best of the worst or worst of the best?

DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 26: Coach Quin Snyder of the Utah Jazz speaks with Donovan Mitchell #45 during the game against the Denver Nuggets on December 26, 2017 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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22. team. 118. “The schedule has not been kind to Utah since its six-game winning streak in late November and early-December. Since Dec. 4, the Jazz have played one team currently below .500 and that was the Bulls. The rest of January is going to let up on them a little.”. . . CBS SPORTS

Link: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-power-rankings-warriors-and-celtics-ascend-to-the-top-lakers-are-a-mess/

Interesting.

I find it odd enough that ESPN elected to keep Utah’s 20th position constant after losses to New Orleans, Denver and Miami. CBS Sports took it one step further and decided to bump Utah up two spaces in their weekly rankings after their winless week.

While I appreciate the optimism, the increased ranking seems hollow due to their fairly substance-less weekly report.

I also agree with CBS in placing Utah as the West’s tenth best team.

The potential is still there for Utah to crack the top eight again in the West. However, a healthy Gobert might be necessary to do so.

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