In Our Defense, We Have None

Far be it from me to be the one to hit the panic button this early into the season, but in a world where the Trail Blazers are the #1 seed in the West, the Grizzlies are an outright Playoff team, and the Nuggets are a Play-In team, it does concern me that the Utah Jazz find themselves in a very similar position that they were in last year – last place in the West.

Before we can go any further, yes: sample size, there’s still 70+ games left in the season, and we’re not fully healthy as a team yet. However, after 384 minutes of gameplay I feel pretty comfortable saying that we are not in the position that we all envisioned that we would be this far into the year.