Boston and LA are way bigger contenders than Sactown for the 4th spot.
I look at the Sixers and not even lebron could get them into the playoffs. Their roster is turrible.
Even if the jazz land outside of 3 but inside of 7 they should still be able to move up. Look at it this way, if you're the bucks/Sixers/etc you could have wiggins, Parker, or Embiid... And then be fired in a year because your talent deprived team still sucks...
Or, you could have your choice of Burke, burks, Hayward, kanter, favors, plus the jazz's picks for this year which would bring you immediate wins and save your job.
If I'm the Sixers or bucks and have a bazillion holes to fill, I'm giving the jazz their 1 player and laughing myself all the way to next season completely overhauling and improving my roster and saving my job.
True, I might have given up the next big player. But at least i will live to see myself as gm for the next year or two.
I won't live to see that day as their gm if all I can manage this summer is get Embiid or Parker.
It will probably take 2-3 years for Embiid, wiggins, and Parker to hit their primes and for me to fill in all the other holes in my roster.
If I'm the jazz's gm, I celebrate because I just gave my solid role player filled roster exactly what it needed, a go to player.