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Jackpotting Around Podcast: Episode 28 - The People’s Champ Andy Larsen!

infection said:
Was there any reference made to the infamous KOC quote about how “sometimes the best move is no move”?
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No but I did make a reference to the prior regime not really doing these end of the roster things to which Andy nodded. It was about DL tho (in my mind).
 
Tremendous Upside said:
Wait, he's "basically" on board with tanking next season?

I mean... surely it's not news that he knows we're tanking right now? The guy's missed like 25 games with a bogus "back injury".
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With regard to Lauri I have had a few thoughts. He clearly likes it here. He has had individual success and feels valued. Its likely a tremendous fit for his family life. I think he wants to be part of what we build more than maybe latching on to a winner elsewhere (at least for now) so has a long term perspective. A lot of this is me guessing/projecting obviously... but we've seen guys bounce around and be unhappy even when having more success. So I think he might be cool with one more tank year. The other guys (Sexton, Collins) should not. They are going to lose money if they are on this roster next year unless we extend them. I am not sure we make offers on either guy... but maybe if the price is right.
 
Having the 3rd voice made the podcast far better. Too bad the jazz haven’t found better players in the draft.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Been chewing on it. A big problem is that your odds of picking a team as bottom-4 bad is probably higher than the current lottery odds.
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I'm not so sure about that. Brooklyn and Portland would have been top 5 picks in the ****** team draft.... Brooklyn may have been #1 (since Wash couldn't pick themselves). Detroit would have also been a lock top 6-7. If teams didn't have direct motivation they might play it more straight. I think we could easily be where porty is record wise if we wanted. No idea if it would separate the benefit of being bad far enough to really reduce motivation... but it wouldn't be as critical to be gross in the games that mattered most.

I also like the potential animosity it would create and you know owners like Ishbia and Gilbert would reach to get the other team as an eff you.

There would still be a lottery... its just that the odds would be based on where the team you picked landed. So say we picked Brooklyn... we'd be sitting at 7.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I'm not so sure about that. Brooklyn and Portland would have been top 5 picks in the ****** team draft.... Brooklyn may have been #1 (since Wash couldn't pick themselves). Detroit would have also been a lock top 6-7. If teams didn't have direct motivation they might play it more straight. I think we could easily be where porty is record wise if we wanted. No idea if it would separate the benefit of being bad far enough to really reduce motivation... but it wouldn't be as critical to be gross in the games that mattered most.

I also like the potential animosity it would create and you know owners like Ishbia and Gilbert would reach to get the other team as an eff you.

There would still be a lottery... its just that the odds would be based on where the team you picked landed. So say we picked Brooklyn... we'd be sitting at 7.
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I would also want to combine this with limiting the amount of times you can jump into the top 4 to 2 out of 4 years and if you get the 1st pick then for two years you can't jump up. Spreading the luck around and making it more random but giving some benefit to teams that suck.
 
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