It’s that time again! With the NBA regular season kicking off today and the Utah Jazz beginning tomorrow, I thought it would be a good time to check in on the final preseason power rankings from around the web. As usual, we’re tracking five subjective rankings from the national media, as well as USA Today’s Sagarin ratings and FiveThirtyEight’s analytical projections.
It seemed like tradition for much of last year that this space was used to complain about a lack of respect from the national media toward the Jazz, but to begin 2018 I’m almost concerned that Utah is getting too much hype.