Its Time to Tank

[Eddie Zero]

Not really sure what you're saying. I don't agree at all that we will tank next year. And we would prefer to NOT have a pick.

yeah probably wont be able to tank if we get somebody good this draft that is a win now higher floor type. But, we are just as likely to draft a project that won't help us win in fact will help us lose in their rookie season. Well, unless DA and Hardy are fine with giving this years Jazz rooks the Agbaji treatment instead of the Walker run. no pun intended.
If we don't tank at all next season it will be because we have no first rounder, but at the same time, I am not sure this team isn't worse by record at the end of the season than they were this year either. Lot is riding on what other moves are made this summer. win now or win later.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I still think we're way too good too fall a lot in the standings. We almost beat a healthy Mavericks team with three guy players missing. We'll probably win 30-40% of the remaining games.

We’ve lost 4 in a row and our schedule only gets harder and the team tank will only get more fortified

 

[kabenac]

never going to be that good of odds. Way too many teams in the East with worse records not trying to win, and several teams in the West with incentive to tank more than win , even if we also are now throwing in the towel, which we probably are. Outside of LAL who are struggling but have every incentive in the world to win in the hopes Lebron can return for the play in. Oh anf NOP owns their pick so there is that as well. You can't name one other team that is a half game or 1 game better than the Jazz that is a lock to make the play in more than us.
We will be in the 9-12 range even if we lose 75% of the remaining games imo

We're literally 4 games out of the 5th worst record. Lakers are 7-3 in their last 10 and they're going to have a better record than us, as are Portland, OKC and the NOP. After two rounds of trading away talent we're going to lose a lot more. There's a chance one of the Eastern teams in our current W/L range having a worse record than us and we end up with the 6th or 7th worst record. I will be surprised if we finish with the 8th worst record or higher. I'm hoping we end with the 5th worst though I expect us to be 6th or 7th.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Cap space is hardly the be-all and end-all these days.

Huh? I mean that cap space will turn into players who play basketball... either through trades or signings.

 

[homeytennis]

Cap space is hardly the be-all and end-all these days.

I see the Jazz doing a draft day trade using one or more of their picks for a vet or vets earning a bazillion dollars a year.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Say we draft Cason Wallace, sign Josh Richardson, and trade for DFS... pretty meh offseason... and yet.

Richardson
JC
DFS
Lauri
Kessler

with Sexton, Ochai, Wallace KO off the bench. Plus the other rookies... That will be a playoff team.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Say we draft Cason Wallace, sign Josh Richardson, and trade for DFS... pretty meh offseason... and yet.

Richardson
JC
DFS
Lauri
Kessler

with Sexton, Ochai, Wallace KO off the bench. Plus the other rookies... That will be a playoff team.

And that's a pretty mid offseason.

 

[fishonjazz]

With what players? These, give or take a few?

Yeah right.

Hi nancy. Enjoy your misery

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Say we draft Cason Wallace, sign Josh Richardson, and trade for DFS... pretty meh offseason... and yet.

Richardson
JC
DFS
Lauri
Kessler

with Sexton, Ochai, Wallace KO off the bench. Plus the other rookies... That will be a playoff team.

Jazz would not start Josh freaking Richardson over Sexton

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Jazz would not start Josh freaking Richardson over Sexton

Swap em then... I think he's a guy I'd look at if I wanted to supplement the pg position and couldn't get a real pg I liked.

Was literally trying to find the most mid offseason ever to show that even with the most mid offseason we will be able to fill in the gaps and will be a playoff team.

 

[infection]

Huh? I mean that cap space will turn into players who play basketball... either through trades or signings.

We’re going to use all of our cap space to sign Dunn to a designated player supermax and his head is going to explode.

 

[Jingled]

We are playoff bound next season. No tank next year. Only way I could see a tank happening is due to injury. Like the spurs when david robinson got hurt and they drafted Duncan. And in that scenario I would be ok with it if it lead to a dynasty full of championships.

Agree… enjoy the tank now… we pushing that **** over a cliff this offseason.

I hope so. I was listening to Andy Larsen on ESPN700 today and he said if the Jazz can't add another star to pair with Lauri in the offseason, they may decide to stay in asset accumulation mode again next season, and take on bad contracts for first round picks, similar to what they did with taking on Westbrook's contract.

Andy is also not as high on this years draft as a lot of other people.