After yesterday's clearly erroneous power rankings, John Hollinger has released his predictions for the upcoming NBA season. Instead of barely making the top third, Hollinger is predicting the Jazz to be the #1 seed in the West, and, in his subsequent chat, announced that he is picking a Utah/Boston finals.
His analysis of the team is pretty spot on. He lists the biggest weakness as interior defense which we here at True Blue Jazz have been complaining about for quite some time. The biggest strength, Hollinger claims, is interior scoring, which is pretty accurate since the Jazz are a layup team (which is also why they are always at or near the top of the FG% list).
Hollinger lays out the West like this (remember this ISN'T a power ranking, but a prediction of how the seeding will end up):
His analysis of the team is pretty spot on. He lists the biggest weakness as interior defense which we here at True Blue Jazz have been complaining about for quite some time. The biggest strength, Hollinger claims, is interior scoring, which is pretty accurate since the Jazz are a layup team (which is also why they are always at or near the top of the FG% list).
Hollinger lays out the West like this (remember this ISN'T a power ranking, but a prediction of how the seeding will end up):
- Jazz
- Lakers
- Rockets
- Hornets
- Spurs
- Suns (tie with Mavs)
- Mavs (tie with Suns)
- Blazers
