When Should the Jazz Stop Tanking?

Another Poll Thread!!! I'm just curious at what point everyone thinks is the right time to stop trying to be bad whether ethically or unethically. When can we stop having tank watch threads and stop looking towards the draft every year?

You can select multiple options or others and explain what you are thinking in the comments.

No more tanking after this year.

As clarification on the two MVP level player options:

The first option is about getting a top pick in a great draft with a guy who is talked about as a potential MVP level guy at some point. Before you even see the guy on the court, you start building around them.

The second option is about having someone that has shown to be one of the best talents in the NBA and is on track to be an MVP level guy some day.

So the first option is about just drafting the potential guy, and the second option is about actually having the guy.

The correct answer is: never. Never stop. The jazz will never get the talent needed to get any further ahead except for sheer luck in the draft, like with Gobert and Mitchell. And since we are already on the training treadmill we need to stay there until we luck out again or the league agrees to let us get a top 3 pick. I know we aren't the league darlings, like San Antonio and Dallas or the vaunted Lakers, but eventually they might want to cover up the fact that we are the league farm team and give us a shot at a #2 or #3 pick, probably in a ****** draft like the last couple of times we got the #3 picks, but hey, we could get lucky!

So the next answer is never stop tanking until we get that lucky draft that let's us hope we are out of the NBA sewer for a while.

I can say with a huge degree of confidence that the tank is over after this year.

Here is a question I have that have not read the answer for
If Jazz finish with a top 8 pick and it goes to 9, 10, 11 etc after lottery who gets the pick?

When should we stop tanking? Well once we have a young star to add to what we have and the picks going forward. It is purely hypothetical though. The tank ends this year no matter what.

slc said:

Here is a question I have that have not read the answer for
If Jazz finish with a top 8 pick and it goes to 9, 10, 11 etc after lottery who gets the pick?

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OKC

slc said:

Here is a question I have that have not read the answer for
If Jazz finish with a top 8 pick and it goes to 9, 10, 11 etc after lottery who gets the pick?

Click to expand...

OKC

Handlogten's Heros said:

OKC

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Ouch So Jazz need to be in top 5 maybe 4 to keep pick?

I mean, we already have two young "stars" to build around. Both Walker and Keyonte have shown they have legitimate all-star potential. Hopefully Ace follows suit in the next few years and we draft another high upside guy this year who also can do that.

I would start trading picks this off-season to build a better team.

Realistically, the Jazz will build a team around Ace, Lauri and whatever stud the Jazz can draft this summer. Any other high draft picks we add to our core will then come courtesy of the Twolves, Lakers, Suns or another team the Jazz trade with. The fact that Keyonte and Flip are making strides only strengthens this idea. Not sure what we do with Walker, tbh.

Personally, I agree with this approach.

That said, we may still be a lottery or play-in team for a season or two while the next cake is baking.