Does Raja Bell make the Jazz the 2nd best team in West?

He certainly helps. I think the Al Jefferson acquisiton was great, and adding Raja just gets me excited. I'm ready for the NBA season to begin.

Here's what a West-Coaster has to say about the Jazz:

Raja Bell joined a Utah Jazz team that quietly put together one of the best off-season’s of any organization and could be a load for the Lakers to handle come playoff time. Deron Williams is a top-tier point guard, in Bell they now have a player that’s comfortable guarding Bryant, and the front line is one that’s formidable enough, at the very least, to contend with the Lakers having acquired Al Jefferson to go along with Paul Millsap, Mehmet Okur and a now healthy Andrei Kirilenko. Add in first round draft pick Gordon Hayward who can shoot lights out and the Jazz might very well be the 2nd best team in the West.