Following Potential 2026 Draftees

[NUMBERICA]

Exactly, you play the early season as competively as possible (within reason) to gather data on your team's quality and the players you want to develop. You tank later when everyone else more or less starts tanking.

When the tanking gets harder.

We've had the data for three years. This team isn't legit.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

They dont need an injury at all.

Hardy is going to play Cody/Taylor major minutes. He has shown he is willing to do that already.

Hardy signed a huge extension. You really think he doesnt want AJ Dybansta/Darryn Peterson/Cam Boozer? He does, but he also wants to develop the players he has through the methods he believes works. It's a balancing act. We are far from needing to panic about it. The Jazz still have the hardest remaining SOS among bad teams besides Dallas (who should easily be a better team). Sacramento has the 3rd easiest remaining schedule.

Until we see multiple teams in our range make some crazy moves to get worse, I'm extremely confident it will be fine.

Dallas absolutely is in position to out tank us. They have a hole the size of Texas on their roster. They are rumored to be really serious about moving AD. Kyrie just has to wait to come back and play. Easy money.

Sacramento will likely be better if they can get Sabonis back but they don't have to make a move to tank. Their biggest salaries are pretty checked out and they have a terrible coach.

Lauri is playing like 37-38 minutes per in the close games... I think Hardy is 1000% playing to win those even though he knows about the draft.

There is a legit difference of opinion between the Ainges in the FO. Coach's aren't always thinking about 3-5 years down the road. Without a bigger push from the FO I am not sure Will is gonna push the tank agenda.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

When the tanking gets harder.

We've had the data for three years. This team isn't legit.

Oh give me a ****ing break. You see what Keyonte is doing this year? You dont get that if you just try to sabotage the team around him and Lauri. That's a clear example of why this stuff is way more nuanced than the tank purist want to make it out to be.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Exactly, you play the early season as competively as possible (within reason) to gather data on your team's quality and the players you want to develop. You tank later when everyone else more or less starts tanking.

Nah... in a race if you can get a head start you do it. If we had lost 2 more of the close games we'd have just as much data as we do now (maybe more if we get more of the young guys).

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Dallas absolutely is in position to out tank us. They have a hole the size of Texas on their roster. They are rumored to be really serious about moving AD. Kyrie just has to wait to come back and play. Easy money.

Sacramento will likely be better if they can get Sabonis back but they don't have to make a move to tank. Their biggest salaries are pretty checked out and they have a terrible coach.

Lauri is playing like 37-38 minutes per in the close games... I think Hardy is 1000% playing to win those even though he knows about the draft.

There is a legit difference of opinion between the Ainges in the FO. Coach's aren't always thinking about 3-5 years down the road. Without a bigger push from the FO I am not sure Will is gonna push the tank agenda.

The Jazz have much much much bigger roster holes than Dallas.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Oh give me a ****ing break. You see what Keyonte is doing this year? You dont get that if you just try to sabotage the team around him and Lauri. That's a clear example of why this stuff is way more nuanced than the tank purist want to make it out to be.

Yeah I mean if Svi plays 25% less minutes and Lauri plays 2-3 less minutes per game then Keyonte is still a scrub.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The Jazz have much much much bigger roster holes than Dallas.

They don't lol.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

They don't lol.

The Jazz dont have a single rotation level center on the roster. The Mavs have 3 starter level ones.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Always funny to me how homerism is present even when the team sucks. Yeah, the Jazz suck, but actually we are super good and the other bad teams are much much worse than us.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Mavs are starting Brandon Williams or Ryan Nembhard at pg. Dwight Powell is also starting for them since their bigs are made of glass. They also have Caleb Martin and a couple guys you've never heard of getting time off the bench.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah I mean if Svi plays 25% less minutes and Lauri plays 2-3 less minutes per game then Keyonte is still a scrub.

If the Jazz did that it still wouldnt be enough to stop people from going Chicken Little about the tank and you wouldnt be happy with it at all.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The Jazz dont have a single rotation level center on the roster. The Mavs have 3 starter level ones.

Nurk is rotation level lol. It doesn't matter how many great centers you have on the roster if none of them play. Their available roster on a nightly basis is worse than ours.