the other good teams.

Utah matches up better against teams like Milwaukee and the Lakers and Clippers than some other teams do, but they're going to struggle more against Phoenix and Denver and others.

So very similar to last year. They addressed one gaping hole by slotting Favors into that back-up C role, but didn't address their other major issue which was perimeter defense.

Contender? Sure, if everything breaks right. Contender like we usually mean contender? They play Georges Niang regular rotation minutes.