This seems pretty significant as I believe the only way we currently get at '24 pick is to be in the bottom 10 of the league.
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He also said that when most people hype drafts, its mostly based off the top. He's sees it more holistically
Park Bites
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honestly, I think it is a 2-year tank. Jazz want to keep their pick next year I am sure.
It might mean he will be looking to trade '23s for '24s.
I think that makes sense. We already have a few picks in '25, so if we lose our pick that year it will be ok.
HeatCheck
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I'm fine with a 1-2 season mini 'tank' (actually hate that word since I fully expect all of the young kids to play hard this coming season).
By the '25 draft they will have more than enough picks from other teams. Hopefully one of them ends up similar to the Brooklyn picks that Ainge benefitted from in Boston.
They can obviously be used as trade chips too esp if they can draft a difference maker in the next few years and the team really starts to gel.
By the '25 draft they will have more than enough picks from other teams. Hopefully one of them ends up similar to the Brooklyn picks that Ainge benefitted from in Boston.
They can obviously be used as trade chips too esp if they can draft a difference maker in the next few years and the team really starts to gel.
Engorged On Unborn Gore
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They don't have any stars, but putting them at "0" is not accurate.
We hit on our lottery pick this year and I could easily see us competing for a play-in game in 2024.
We aren't even close to starting from 0. I think this current team is better than the team we had the second half of last year.
OKC/HOU are in year 3 of their rebuilds this year. If they make the play in year 4 that will be a feat.
Even if you “hit” on a lottery pick there’s a long way to making the playoffs. Young players, even if they are promising, rarely deliver lots of wins. Even if you have a superstar player you are not guaranteed to make the playoffs in the West without a good supporting class.
If the Jazz make it in 2024 it will be some likely take some combination of breakout seasons, generational draft hit, and cashing in on future assets to win earlier.
It’s not impossible, the Jazz did so before. But it took Hayward having a breakout season and Rudy Gobert to get there. So unless we have a major breakout season from Sexton/Lauri and a Gobert waiting in the wings I don’t see it happening.
Houston and OKC didn’t have near as many good players to start with as we do. OKC has Shai but they are blatantly tanking by having him sit on the bench, etc. They drafted Giddey who is great but he wasn’t a difference maker year 1. Now Chet is out for the rest of the year. Houston had no talent besides Wood who they just traded for a 1st. They drafted Green and Jabari. We are starting with good players.