Gordon Monson: The stripped-down Jazz still have a chance at making the playoffs.
Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler defending San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson as the Utah Jazz host the San Antonio Spurs, NBA basketball in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.They’re a near-.500 team that, based on their boss’s moves and maneuvering, should be sucking eggs. Goose eggs. They’re like a Steinway that’s had its keys hammered off, like an Indy car that’s had its engine dropped and its Goodyears popped.
I know, I know, the track record heretofore is what it is, that Jazz team — which finished with regular-season records of 49-33 and 52-20 — having not gotten past the first two playoff rounds. It does make you wonder what might have happened had the Jazz demonstrated a bit more patience for at least one more run, perhaps the breakthrough would have come.On the one hand, with the All-Stars the Jazz had in the fold, it was up to them to take the team to the championship Mitchell and Gobert so frequently talked about.
What Kessler has done in his rookie season, based on the immediate expectation, is remarkable. He’s made mistakes, but quickly climbed high peaks, especially over his last 10 games, during which the center has averaged 11.3 points, 12.8 rebounds, 3.7 blocks in 31 minutes per. On top of that, he’s committed just 2.6 fouls, efficient for a learning low-post player, and hit better than 76 percent of his shots. Whoa. Consider what he might do once he’s fully acclimated to the NBA.
Horton-Tucker has been a beast — both in the positive and the negative — over the past 10 games in which he’s gotten more minutes: 16.3 points, 5.6 assists, 5.1 boards and shooting 45 percent. He’s also committed 4.3 turnovers.
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