And the Jazz are substantially better today than they were last season and the season before and the season before that.
With the West wide open, with a point guard of Conley’s capabilities, having lost none of their key components in the deal, the Jazz might even make the Western Conference finals — or go beyond — led by an exciting backcourt of Conley and Donovan Mitchell.
Remember how Mitchell and Rudy Gobert talked, long before this move, about winning a championship? They’ll talk more now.
Let’s beam up on the big-screens in our brains for a moment this image — Conley working the pick and roll with Gobert and others.