The Utah Jazz are certainly alive again as they scored over 100 points in their first four games, all resulting in wins. They sit in at 5-1 behind equally surprising Seattle in the Western Conference Northwest Division. The Jazz stole Carlos Boozer from Cleveland and Andrei Kirilenko could be an MVP candidate. Oh yeah, and Jerry Sloan is up to his usual tricks en route to another Coach of the Year award.
This year’s other big surprise will be the team that won just one game in their first 20 last year; the Orlando Magic. The Magic have already won four games which took until December 13 last season. Dealing McGrady was a solid move as it got rid of an overpaid, disgruntled super star and replaced him with two excellent and motivated players in Francis and Mobley. The Magic will sneak in the playoffs this season.
