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Are the Jazz Tanking the 2022-23 Season?

Are the Jazz in Tank mode or Win Now mode?

  • Yes - Ainge clearly isn't making "win now" moves so the tank is on!

    Votes: 27 39.1%

  • No - The Utah Jazz don't tank! We just haven't seen how the offseason has played out yet.

    Votes: 5 7.2%

  • No one knows yet, not even the Jazz - options are open

    Votes: 37 53.6%
  • Total voters
    69
  • Poll closed .
Agent#00 said:
Tanking no idea. Fishing yes. FO wanted the biggest catch in return. They want no less than 1st round picks and/or defensive players. They installed a new young coach. If we do well, FO will be labelled as brilliant. If we go south, blame the coach.
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IDK, you kind of also need a young guy you can sell the fanbase on. Something for fans to be excited for to help sell tickets.

You cant just get draft picks and dudes like Jared Vanderbilt.
 
I read some comment here earlier that Ainge has never tanked - that's actually NOT true. Go check Boston's 2006-2007 season. They TANKED HARD for the Odom/KD sweepstakes and finished with the second worst record in the NBA, but the lottery balls sent them to no. 5. You can call that 2013-2014 season a tank too after similar to today he sent away Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett to BKN.
 
We gonna be the tankiest of all tanks this year. Legit might have the worst record in the league.
 
stitches said:
I read some comment here earlier that Ainge has never tanked - that's actually NOT true. Go check Boston's 2006-2007 season. They TANKED HARD for the Odom/KD sweepstakes and finished with the second worst record in the NBA, but the lottery balls sent them to no. 5. You can call that 2013-2014 season a tank too after similar to today he sent away Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett to BKN.
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But when you think of traditional tank teams, you think of organizations jettisoning all the vets, collecting guys on minimums and taking several years to get a collection of draft selections on a similar timeline. As the CEO in Boston for eighteen years, Ainge only had three years of missing the playoffs and only two concurrent (5/6 and 6/7). That 24 win 2007 team had Pierce, Rondo, Al Jefferson and Delonte West. They added KG and Ray Allen in the off-season (trading away the #5 pick in the process) and won the title in 07/08.

Vic W is generational, it makes sense to rebuild now! That being said, I’m hoping we don’t burn all our good young pieces in a fire sale and become the next OKC/Houston/Detroit. If history is any indication, that shouldn’t be the case.
 
Release the Kraken said:
But when you think of traditional tank teams, you think of organizations jettisoning all the vets, collecting guys on minimums and taking several years to get a collection of draft selections on a similar timeline. As the CEO in Boston for eighteen years, Ainge only had three years of missing the playoffs and only two concurrent (5/6 and 6/7). That 24 win 2007 team had Pierce, Rondo, Al Jefferson and Delonte West. They added KG and Ray Allen in the off-season (trading away the #5 pick in the process) and won the title in 07/08.

Vic W is generational, it makes sense to rebuild now! That being said, I’m hoping we don’t burn all our good young pieces in a fire sale and become the next OKC/Houston/Detroit. If history is any indication, that shouldn’t be the case.
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Youth doesn't win you games. Not enough to be competitive anyways. When you tank you sell off the vets not the young pieces. In fact, you give the young pieces a huge runway to show if they can fly, even if they are not yet ready. Let them play, let them learn on the job. Let them lose a ton of games in the process.
 
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