David Locke - Utah Jazz are NOT tanking

[Handlogten's Heros]

Locke's tone today sounded like the Jazz are tanking and the Jazz should be tanking

lol. now they've lost a few in a row and he's excited about a high pick. pretty much what hh said above - he's an apologist through and through. when they are winning half their games, they aren't tanking. lose 3 or 4 in a row, tanking.

It was hilarious cuz at one point he was like “we’ve all been focused on the play in”… bitch you got a mouse in your pocket… who is this “we” I been in tankathon running simulations for 6 damn months… draft has been so much more of the focus than making a play in run lol. His tone was like “we are all shocked we might still get a high pick” like we didn’t offload 3 starters at the deadline for nothing.

 

[The Midnight]

Locke last week "we are not tanking"

Locke this week "how far could we slide? we could get the 6th pick!!!"

Okay champ.

Yep I saw that.. lol.. why am I not surprised at this point. I don't have a problem with Locke protecting the Org., not sure he's 'paid' to do it, but he seems to take pride in doing so.

What I didn't like was blatantly lying to the public with the emphatic 'We're not tanking' claim, when at best the evidence was not clear.

I guess like everything time will tell and it's becoming clearer by the minute what we're doing and he's had no choice now but to get with the program.

 

[The Midnight]

Well then you need to understand my argument. It is not that the trade didn't make us worse, which it did. My argument is that was not the reason we made that trade and that it didn't make us bad enough to be considered tanking.

According to DA and Zanik the trade was made "record agnostic". That means how it impacts our record was not a factor in making that decission. They knew it would make our bench thin but they also knew it causes our best players to get more opportunity. There is no way to reliably predict how that affects our win/loss bottom line. Even our win total over/under line didn't change much due to that trade and the last line that Vegas gave us (I also posted it) was 39.5 wins which is more than it was since we dropped below .500 mark for the first time in December (back then it was 37.5).

OK bro, just a simple question from me, do you still think we're not tanking?

It's a simple yes or no question.

 

[The Midnight]

So we’re 0-4 since Locke’s “Jazz are not tanking” comment..

LOL ..

 

[HermanG]

OK bro, just a simple question from me, do you still think we're not tanking?

It's a simple yes or no question.

The rotating injuries to our top 3 guys make it look a lot more like it . If I had to bet money on it right now I would bet on "yes".

 

[The Midnight]

Just to finish this thread off.. Locke now implying we’re tanking..

At 2.50min of his latest video:

“The Jazz are currently at 8 with a real chance to get as low or as good as 5 the way things are trending. A really realistic chance if they manage this correctly”.

So what does “manage this correctly” mean, Locke?

LOL

He’s basically implying we’re tanking.


View: https://youtu.be/g_v4wgrLf8Y

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Just to finish this thread off.. Locke now implying we’re tanking..

At 2.50min of his latest video:

“The Jazz are currently at 8 with a real chance to get as low or as good as 5 the way things are trending. A really realistic chance if they manage this correctly”.

So what does “manage this correctly” mean, Locke?

LOL

He’s basically implying we’re tanking.


View: https://youtu.be/g_v4wgrLf8Y

Look they said they would never make a trade that would influence the standings and they aren't doing that now... they are simply managing a pick through development of young players and ensuring everyone's health is managed well...

 

[homeytennis]

The Jazz need extended minutes for Dok.

 

[Jingled]

Just to finish this thread off.. Locke now implying we’re tanking..

At 2.50min of his latest video:

“The Jazz are currently at 8 with a real chance to get as low or as good as 5 the way things are trending. A really realistic chance if they manage this correctly”.

So what does “manage this correctly” mean, Locke?

LOL

He’s basically implying we’re tanking.


View: https://youtu.be/g_v4wgrLf8Y

I still think it's hilarious that Locke called out Andy Larsen on his show just a week ago for suggesting that the Jazz have started tanking, and now he's suggesting the exact same thing that Andy was.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I still think it's hilarious that Locke called out Andy Larsen on his show just a week ago for suggesting that the Jazz have started tanking, and now he's suggesting the exact same thing that Andy was.

Excuse me sir... we are not tanking... we are managing a draft asset correctly. GTFOH... we are above tanking and only nerdy Andy would even suggest it.

 

[infection]

I still think it's hilarious that Locke called out Andy Larsen on his show just a week ago for suggesting that the Jazz have started tanking, and now he's suggesting the exact same thing that Andy was.

This is just how it is. When things are out there and the FO pushes out ideas to counter it, the entire (well, mostly entire) media dismiss it. Then, after the fact, acknowledge it as if it were obvious the whole time. Like after DL got fired. “Oh yeah, so many problems, like all the ones we actively denied for so long.”

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Excuse me sir... we are not tanking... we are managing a draft asset correctly. GTFOH... we are above tanking and only nerdy Andy would even suggest it.

Also lets take a spin on Tankathon... this daily tankathon spin is brough to you by Built Bar!