The Jazz, as the powerhouse of the West for many years, this team gives fans the impression of toughness, which is why they can ensure competitiveness, but unfortunately, although this team is a regular in the playoffs, it is always missing out with the championship.
After the Jazz ended the Hayward era, they selected Mitchell in 2017, and the team ushered in a new era, and entered the playoffs in the 5 seasons of 2018-2222, and was in the top 5 in the West for many years, and even in the 2020-2021 season, it achieved the first record in the league and became another favorite to win the championship.
Unfortunately, although the Jazz played well in 5 years, they could not break through! In the 17-18/18-19 season, it was the Season of the Jazz, and although they were all out of the playoffs, the team was constantly improving! In the 19-20 season, the Jazz made great growth, but they encountered the "Gobert" thing, resulting in no breakthrough. Last season, the Jazz finished No. 1 in the league and suffered an injury to the Clippers' core card in the Western Conference Semifinals, and the team had the best chance, but even so, they failed to make a breakthrough and stopped the semifinals.
This season, the Jazz's record has slipped, only 5th in the West! However, the difference is that this season's Jazz team is all healthy, Conley, Gobert and other big players are not injured, while their opponent Lone Ranger core Doncic was injured before the playoffs, missing the first 3 games of the series, but the Jazz played exceptionally badly under the opportunity, and finally lost 2:4 to the Lone Ranger out, failed again, or the first round out.
Entering the playoffs for 5 consecutive years, the farthest but only into the second round of the semifinals, the Jazz team has developed to the present, it can be said that it has entered a bottleneck, they do not have the foundation and strength to rush the championship.
The Jazz lineup is good! Inside and outside, the combination of front, backcourt, interior and substitute is perfect, and the level of Coach Schneider is also very high, but the core players of this team are not powerful!
Gobert has a high salary of more than 200 million, but he is more like a senior blue-collar worker, not so strong in the ability to finish the game, and on the offensive end, he often does not get the ball! Conley's standard has fallen seriously, and this season's playoffs, not to mention helping the team, have completely become a major shortcoming, and have been repeatedly bullied by Brunson, Dinwiddie and so on. As the core of the team, Mitchell, it is even more difficult to play.
O'Neill once said that Mitchell is not a superstar, and many fans and Mitchell himself are still unconvinced, but this is the case! Mitchell's offensive efficiency is very low, and although he averaged 25.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the playoffs, he only shot 39.8% from the field, and his 3-point shot was as low as 20.8%, and he was often invisible at key moments, not to mention the superstar, even the team boss he did not deserve.
The team encountered bottlenecks, the state of many generals declined, the core players did not give strength, the Jazz team has faced a crisis of great changes, and now, the team contradictions are adding another fire.
That's right, this fire is Mitchell and Gobert again, the 2 people are not dealing with it for a day or two, and now, the state has somewhat upgraded! First, Gobert praised Dwon Booker, which made the people in The Mitchell camp very unhappy! In the locker room, Gobert publicly accused his teammates, but also completely annoyed the Mitchell camp, the current Jazz team Mitchell, Gobert contradictions broke out, the locker room infighting continued, this team has reached a time that must not be changed.
The team phenomenon, the Jazz are also very clear, for this situation, they are more inclined to keep Mitchell! Jazz reporter Tony reported: The team is impossible to tear down and rebuild, and will work on building a team around Mitchell, but several team generals may leave the team.
At the same time, Mitchell's interest in staying in the Jazz team is not too high, after all, teams like the Knicks have been coveting Mitchell for a long time, and many teams in the NBA have predicted that Mitchell will apply to leave the team in the offseason.
The Jazz wanted to keep Mitchell to build the team, and the other players didn't care so much; Mitchell personally wanted to leave, and the Jazz came to this point, whether they could keep Mitchell or not, and were basically sure to disperse. In a better case, Gobert and Mitchell stayed alone, and if it was not good, both of them might have to leave.
Another team was broken! Pity? Unfortunately, the Jazz's ceiling is like this, even if they insist on it, it is difficult to win the championship without superstars.