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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118. “Exactly what someone on a team that will <em>not </em>be fine would say.”. . . SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. 27. team

Link: https://www.si.com/nba/2018/01/08/nba-power-rankings-kyrie-irving-celtics-brad-stevens-defense

This is the tweet Sports Illustrated was referencing in their extremely brief remarks on the Jazz…

We will be fine
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) January 6, 2018

While Rudy Gobert doesn’t seem concerned with Utah’s recent play, SI seems less convinced. They have Utah a full three spots lower (27) than any other set of rankings we will look at.

Whether or not you believe Gobert’s words of comfort, there is no way you can tell me that Utah is a bottom five team in the league. According to these rankings, the Jazz are 14th out of 15th Western Conference teams. Seriously, SI?

They even go as far as to rank both the Los Angeles Lakers (25) and Dallas Mavericks (26) ahead of the Jazz.

Now that is just adding insult to injury. Pun not intended. #GetWellSoonRudy

C’mon SI… The Jazz deserve more credit than that.

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