Utah Jazz

Vegas Over/Under: 40.5

Fromal’s Record Projection: 44-38
The Bet: Hammer the more The Utah Jazz went 51-31 last season. So how in the world are they expected to win only seven fewer matches after losing their best player?
Well, the answer is straightforward: They didn’t really lose their very best player.
Gordon Hayward’s departure to the Boston Celtics stings, and the Jazz will have a tough time replacing his elastic creation. Even a dynamite rookie year from Donovan Mitchell can not possibly fill the emptiness, and also the small-forward depth chart looks a bit more uninspiring with Joe Ingles and Joe Johnson leading the charge.
But Rudy Gobert is still patrolling Salt Lake City, prepared to show to the planet he is indisputably among 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 is arguably the league’s best defensive player, along with his amazing finishing ability around the rim makes him immensely valuable on the offensive end.
There’s also the simple fact that the Jazz’s internet rating dipped by 5.7 points per 100 possessions without Hayward, but it fell by 11.3 with no Gobert. When the”Stifle Tower” suited up with his now-departed teammate, Utah still posted a 5.5 net evaluation, per nbawowy. In the reverse situation, the net rating stood at minus-6.9.
Utah will be worse this year. That much is clear.
But they are not dropping below .500. Frankly, they should not even be particularly close to this mark.

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