The Jazz will still lose to strong teams and even middling teams but playing against other tanking teams... Last season the Jazz were:
2-0 against Detroit
2-0 against Washington
3-1 against Portland
1-1 against Charlotte
2-1 against San Antonio
2-0 against Toronto.
So, against the bottom 6 teams their record was 12-3. That what made the Jazz not picking in the top 5, and that was mostly because of Lauri. And this will play out exactly like that in the upcoming season.
2-0 against Detroit
2-0 against Washington
3-1 against Portland
1-1 against Charlotte
2-1 against San Antonio
2-0 against Toronto.
So, against the bottom 6 teams their record was 12-3. That what made the Jazz not picking in the top 5, and that was mostly because of Lauri. And this will play out exactly like that in the upcoming season.