I want the Jazz to lose.

[fishonjazz]

You got your wish!

 

[FalseFlagg K]

today was great. I'm feeling so much better than at the start of the season and so much more optimistic about the result of this season.

Sometimes reality sucks but i wish you well, i dare say you'll be back when the Jazz are really good for a decade as a result of this season.

 

[Schrödinger's Gerbil]

Anyone that wants the jazz to win meaningless games wants to tank the Jazz future and cares nothing for titles or actually being great. Wanting losses shows fandom. Wanting wins shows how much a fair weathered fan you are and how little you care being entertained as the only care you have.

No True Scotsman

 

[jazznik]

You clearly are not a fan. Fan is short for fanatic. We care about our team you clearly don’t.

Tell me why the Jazz bed off with a bunch of decent players, or a bunch of decent players and a star. Best chance for the Jazz to get a star is the draft. Chemistry means nothing if you don’t get talent to help you win.

OK, so tell me what or who do you care about? The Jazz uniforms that are changed every year? Ryan Smith? Because many fans on this board certainly don't care about the players currently playing for their team.

 

[fishonjazz]

many fans on this board certainly don't care about the players currently playing for their team.

I would say that would make them not fans of the team.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

OK, so tell me what or who do you care about? The Jazz uniforms that are changed every year? Ryan Smith? Because many fans on this board certainly don't care about the players currently playing for their team.

I want all of our players to be successful

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

Tanking sucks partly so much because the league wants to pretend by telling "we are monitoring things" but are not actually doing it. Either let them tank and be very open about it or start fining teams/taking away their lottery balls, if the purposeful procedure of sitting out players becomes quite obvious.

 

[jazznik]

I want all of our players to be successful

So do I. That's why I want Lauri, Sexton and Collins to play and not sit out with mysterious injuries or be shipped out for picks. The success and development of Jazz players and the total, efficient tank are intrinsically at odds with each other.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Fantastic night tonight. I enjoyed watching Hardy masterclass the lineups in the 3rd quarter and get a BIG game back in hand. It was nice to watch the tank.

Speaking of honesty... the Jazz haven't honestly had a chance at a title for most of my life. I honestly want to see them win a title before I die. It is time to shift because the biz as usual hasn't worked.

 

[fishonjazz]

So do I. That's why I want Lauri, Sexton and Collins to play and not sit out with mysterious injuries or be shipped out for picks. The success and development of Jazz players and the total, efficient tank are intrinsically at odds with each other.

Lauri, Sexton, and Collins are all very successful. Getting into the NBA is hard. Getting huge multi million dollar contacts is quite successful imo.

 

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

I concur with the thread title. If you ignore the rest of the content, this is a very good thread.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

We have to lose, no choice, 2 years too late but still, not much choice.
For the rest , yes the NBA is a big show where money come first and to manage this business, ability to lie is mandatory. Every year, Silver lie to the fans about how they control that teams are not tanking but they do nothing. Teams sitting non injured players is common. I feel somewhere sad when i see a kid traveling 500 miles to see his idol (the one he put poster in his room...) and seeing him out for fake reasons... this is NBA.