Although the team made strides in multiple areas, improving their win total from the previous year, fans were left wondering what might have been at the conclusion of the 2015-16 Utah Jazz season.
Without question, the main culprit in the shortfall was the constant barrage of injuries that beset the team. Perhaps more than any other, the torn ACL that cost Dante Exum his season was the injury that most affected the kind of year that the Jazz would inevitably have.
With the talented, young Aussie on the shelf, the point guard position became the weakest on the team and the defense struggled.