Here’s the reality that the Jazz will awaken to: They haven’t been very good yet through this season. And it’s no longer really that small of a sample size, either. Fully one-sixth of the season has already been completed.
Yes, they have a 7-7 record, which is bad, if non-catastrophic. There are asterisks on many of those wins, though. They beat Houston without Chris Paul, the Pelicans without Anthony Davis, the Celtics without Kyrie Irving. Beyond that they’ve defeated the Mavericks twice, Memphis once and Sacramento once. That’s, well, not a very impressive lineup of teams when you look at it, even if the Kings and Grizzlies are playing better than they did last season.