New Orleans is stacked and very young. Memphis is excellent and improving annually. The Warriors are the Warriors. The Clippers get everyone back this year to a team that almost made the Finals. Minnesota's lineup is terrifying with Gobert anchoring the defense--even WITHOUT that they made the playoffs this year. Phoenix. Denver (healthy again with the 1-2 best player in the NBA). That's seven teams. The Jazz are objectively worse than all seven (Phoenix without Ayton, maybe not).

Right now, the Jazz are the Spurs.