Why did the Malone led Jazz implode after MJ retired?

[Originalgangsta317]

LOL who else is in the argument?

Not sure just said arguably to be on the safe side

 

[SwagKingKong]

Probably wouldve won if it wasnt a lockout in 99.

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

you make it sound like making the finals 3 straight years is easy. besides that, the Jazz had been fighting to make the finals years before actually making it. 98 was their last and best chance

Probably

In '95 they won 60 games and lost 3 -2

in the first round to the #6 seeded Houston Rockets

After losing the conference finals to them in '94


As much as people talk about the Bills in the '90s or the Braves (who at least got 1 ring) the Jazz are the NBA team that wasted their potential the most ...


(Sonics are a close 2nd... Everybody loved Kemp & the glove and I'll put the Blazers behind them)

 

[Carlos Huerta]

Ether.

I loved the Jazz on the low. I rooted for vs. Anyone except LA.

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

They were old but still had the best record in 99 and Malone was the MVP that year. They just couldn't compete vs the newer guards (Lakers and Spurs, and Blazers/Kings a bit behind) and it only got worse with time. They didn't attract stars in free agency nor where they bad enough to draft game changers (the best they had IIRC wasa young Kirilenko).

 

[Reggie]

Getting old and not being able to bring it for those long playoff runs was a factor. Instead of them retooling around Malone and Stockton they kept Hornacek out there the next couple of seasons when the league was getting more athletic and he was probably better suited to coming off the bench at that point. And they could have did better then Bryon Russell as there starting small forward too. Not to mention Ostertag. While other teams were getting younger and better the Jazz just stayed with the same old and got good results but not the title that Malone and Stockton should have gotten.

 

[Alexander The Great]

Probably

In 95 they won 60 games and lost 3 -2

in the first round to the #6 seeded Houston Rockets

After losing the conference finals to them in 94


As much as people talk about the Bills in the 90s or the Braves (who at least got 1 ring) the Jazz are the NBA team that wasted their potential the most ...
(Sonics are a close 2nd)

I wouldn't say they were wasted potential...they loss to some all time greats, and those West conference playoffs in the 90s were LOADED...complete opposite of the 80s

 

[manyfaces]

Them making the finals those 2 years was more of anomaly than them having early exits in the playoffs. Those 2 years were like the perfect storm for them and it would be tough to expect they old asses to do it again.

 

[Mandizi]

I thought the '99 finals was gonna be between the Jazz and Pacers. Was totally wrong.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

They couldnt beat the Blazers

 

[Mr210]

middle finger to the jazz, malone, sloan, stockton, and to the whole state of utah, im about to hit the studio and drop a diss track