Which teams can the Jazz emulate in the pathway to contention?

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And today's question is, which pathway to contention to follow?

Do you think the Jazz can emulate most easily and which one's the most effective?

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And today on the show, I'll examine the comparison to three different NBA teams that I think the Jazz can try to copy and how they built their team based on roster composition similarities and the

pathway being the jazz not very good right now to hopefully being good these all these teams

all got their similar ways but I think the jazz are only a few years behind these teams

so let's dive right in the first team is the Detroit Pistons the P Pistons are not true contenders. I know. So you guys might get mad at that, but I think they're not true contenders yet. In my opinion, they have a true path that enables them to contend for the next few years and beyond that, though. And that's what the Jazz want to be able to do so how are the jazz similar you may ask

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