Remember the NBA’s annual general manager survey? In it, each of the NBA’s general managers was asked to pick the top four teams in each conference. The results had the Golden State Warriors as the clear No. 1 team in the Western Conference, but beyond that the Houston Rockets were the clear No. 2, with OKC in third and the Jazz in fourth. Behind Utah? The LeBron James Lakers in fifth.
And through five games of the NBA season, you can’t help but notice: those teams around the Jazz, save Golden State, are looking pretty vulnerable.