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 on earth are they expected to win only seven fewer games after losing their 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, along with the Jazz will have a tough time replacing his versatile creation. A dynamite rookie season from Donovan Mitchell can’t possibly fill the emptiness, and 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’s indisputably one of the NBA’s 20 best players.
Whereas Hayward finished 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, and his incredible finishing ability around the rim makes him exceptionally valuable on the offensive end.
There is also the simple fact that the Jazz’s net rating increased by 5.7 points per 100 possessions without Hayward, but it fell by 11.3 without Gobert. When the »Stifle Tower » suited up sans his now-departed teammate, Utah still submitted a 5.5 net evaluation, per nbawowy. In the opposite situation, the internet rating stood at minus-6.9.
Utah will be worse this year. That much is clear.
But they are not falling below .500. Frankly, they should not even be particularly near that mark.

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