Utah Jazz: Which Players on the Trading Block Could be a Good Fit? by Jared Woodcox

Are the Utah Jazz in a Slump or Have Expectations Been Too High?

Are the Utah Jazz in a Slump or Have Expectations Been Too High? by Jared Woodcox

Legendary radio and television host Larry King is jumping on the Utah Jazz bandwagon with a major prediction.

Recent setbacks aside, it’s been a pretty great season for the Utah Jazz. Nearly five years removed from their last playoff appearance (with Tyrone Corbin calling the shots and Al Jefferson leading the charge) the Jazz are set to make in impact in the postseason once again and hoops pundits are bullish on the team’s prospects.

However, basketball people aren’t the only ones jumping on the Jazz bandwagon. Among those taking note is a media icon and one of broadcast journalism’s true living legends.

Before Monday’s game between the Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers, Larry King, who has interviewed U.S. presidents, foreign dignitaries, two Beatles, O.J. Simpson, NBA stars like LeBron James and countless others over the course of a career spanning seven decades, praised the Jazz via Twitter.

He also made a bold prediction about their future. Said King: “Not sure if they have a finals run in them this year, but likely in the next year or two.”

The @utahjazz are a very good team. Not sure if they have a finals run in them this year, but likely in the next year or two. — Larry King (@kingsthings) February 14, 2017

You heard the man — Finals run in the next year or two. Let’s do it.

Jazz fans have to be happy about the team’s progress this season. Despite the current losing streak, the Jazz are clearly on an upward trajectory. However, the idea that the Jazz could be in the NBA Finals as early as next season would definitely put them ahead of schedule for even the most optimistic among us.

That said, I dig the fact that King is willing to go out on a limb for the Jazz.

It should be noted that King has familial ties to Utah through his wife, Shawn Southwick King, who once sang the national anthem at a game between the Jazz and Clippers in 2013. The two also own a home in Provo, Utah. However, don’t assume that there’s any Utah homerism in play here. King once struggled to decide between an afterlife in Provo or eternal nothingness.

The Utah Jazz are just a good team, with an All-Star in Gordon Hayward, and people finally finally realize it.

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Now if they could just get back to showing as much on the basketball court…