7 in 85 (Western Conference 12.17.24)

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Nate Duncan

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Our bi-weekly look at the West begins in mailbag form, starting at the bottom of the alphabet (and the standings!) UTA: Which of their vets have trade value? Are any of their young guys good? Plus, a young Jazzman having an unprecedented turnover season. SAS: How would we adjust the Spurs’ trajectory if we were in charge? Plus a lot of questions on Castle and Sochan. 11:17 SAC: Do we like their chances to get into the playoff picture at 13-13? 26:28 POR: How does the C logjam sort out? Are we ready to give up on Scoot? What about trading their vets? 38:40 PHX: The Butler pipe dream, plus their chances of making another trade and/or getting back to contender status. 48:57 OKC: Lots of questions, including a fun one on which NBA teams historically have been better set up than these guys. 1:02:48 NOP: Thoughts on an Ingram or Zion trade. 1:14:43

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0:00.0	Welcome on to a West 15 in 60 mailbag edition.
0:04.5	Might end up being more like eight in 60.
0:07.4	We'll see how much we can get through here on this Monday night late on.
0:12.7	In contrast to what we did in the East Day, let's start at the bottom of the alphabet here.
0:16.7	And that brings us to the Utah Jazz.
0:19.4	A rather sparse number of questions for them, but we'll make up for it on the Spurs, it looks like.
0:24.5	Yeah, I think we will. So the Utah Jazz are 5 and 19 on the season. That number does not include the absolute demolition that what that is currently going on at the hands of the LA Clippers, that game is not yet final. James Harden had like 34 and halftime.
0:39.6	The Jazz, so that's one in 17.
0:41.2	Well, sorry, one in seven, not one in 17, though, feels like that.
0:43.8	Since the last 15 and 60, they are 27th, including the GlassNet rating, 22nd in offense, 29th in defense, which I think is disappointing relative to everything, even if their talent isn't
0:54.7	perfect.
0:55.8	Well, they can't get back on defense.
0:57.6	For the second straight year, their transition defense is really awful.
1:02.0	And yeah, so that's definitely a concern.
1:04.3	And then ESPN's BPI has them winning 23 games, which would be last in the Western
1:10.2	Conference and gives them a 0% chance of making the playoffs.
1:14.4	And we got a...
1:15.4	They fit quickly, though.
1:16.8	They seem like so garden variety bad, like compared to the wizards.
1:21.1	Well, you say that before that Clippers game where they're just getting demolished.
1:26.1	Yeah, but whatever, like negative 9.2 net rating.
1:29.3	Like, yeah, it's just like, okay, this is, this is like a worst team in a conference type
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