Game Thread Mar 23, 2024 06:00PM MT: Jazz at Rockets

[Hearsky]

@JazzAvenues gonna forget his JazzFans.com password.

 

[Tanktastic]

Losing by 40 isn't "better" tanking. It's the worst. Losing by 1 simply because you're not good enough to win is the actual best tanking. With this **** no-one on the court learns anything and there isn't competitive basketball played after the 1st quarter.

 

[HermanG]

Losing by 40 isn't "better" tanking. It's the worst. Losing by 1 simply because you're not good enough to win is the actual best tanking. With this **** no-one on the court learns anything and there isn't competitive basketball played after the 1st quarter.

You cant design to lose by 1. You can design to lose by 10+, which occasionally turns to 40.

 

[Step-Back Lauri]

Regardless, this team needs desperately veteran playmaking for the next season. Everyone will progress faster by that.

 

[HermanG]

Regardless, this team needs desperately veteran playmaking for the next season. Everyone will progress faster by that.

Offense is not the issue. If Key, Sexton and Lauri are here next year, that side of the ball is gonna work itself out.

We need 2-3 guys who play really good defense and arent totally useless on the other end.

Then again, if we trade Sexton/Lauri then talking about "needs" is pointless.

 

[homeytennis]

We held tank serve on that road trip very impressively and didn't have to use Luka. Good job by Hardy.

 

[kabenac]

You know it's bad when Jeff Green drops 21 on you and is +17

 

[jope]

The most boring season for me. Hope DA will makee some clear moves this time during off season or i may skip the entire next season. This team is terrible to watch and i may be the onyl one who don't see a lot of star potential in our young. Time to trade half of the team and get better players or we may be stuck here for years.... hope i'm wrong but i'm now convince DA is wrong with the strategy and adjust on short term basis only. It's totally ridiculous to play half season and tank after that to get 9 or 10 pick, Keyonte style who will be a good player but never a star one , way too many flaws.

You're late on this take, it was pretty obvious that this team would be *** to watch for years to come. We literally traded a generational player and a sure-fire perennial all-star that we were comparing to MJ and KB for a few seasons -- for unknown draft picks that we wont know if they can even hit a fraction of that potential for several years. The fact that Lauri has been better than we thought has made it incrementally better, but this is still without a doubt a bonafide **** show that will persist for years without something crazy happening.

2022

The thought of a 5-7 year rebuild (people hyping NYK 2029 picks at this point) is grinding me down.

2022

Depressing that Jazz seasons are gonna be back to being boring to watch for likely the next 3-5 years. That’s a long *** time.

2022

I honestly haven’t felt this disinterested in the team… maybe ever

hopefully that’ll change once the season starts, but the fall from best record in the league to a 3-5 year bottom-dwelling tank was way too abrupt for me. We had a generational talent, and a player that many of us thought would be a face of the nba no more than a year ago..

I still think I would’ve been more excited with a shakeup and keeping our generational talent to try to win in our window. But oh well, here we are.

 

[fishonjazz]

You're late on this take, it was pretty obvious that this team would be *** to watch for years to come. We literally traded a generational player and a sure-fire perennial all-star that we were comparing to MJ and KB for a few seasons -- for unknown draft picks that we wont know if they can even hit a fraction of that potential for several years. The fact that Lauri has been better than we thought has made it incrementally better, but this is still without a doubt a bonafide **** show that will persist for years without something crazy happening.

2022

2022

2022

On the other hand, those posts could have easily been incorrect if not for the trade deadline deals. So the trading of Rudy and Mitchell isn't the reason for the sucking badly as those 2022 posts would indicate.
It's the trading of Conley/Beasley/vando/NAW and the trading of KO/Simone/Ochai (combined with sitting healthy players) that is making us suck badly.
This tells us that we can be right back in the playoff hunt whenever decide to be.

We had a very good chance to make the playoffs last year and this year and decided that we would rather get more assets with the intention of winning a championship rather than just making the playoffs.

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[rocfan1]

On the other hand, those posts could have easily been incorrect if not for the trade deadline deals. So the trading of Rudy and Mitchell isn't the reason for the sucking badly as those 2022 posts would indicate.
It's the trading of Conley/Beasley/vando/NAW and the trading of KO/Simone/Ochai (combined with sitting healthy players) that is making us suck badly.
This tells us that we can be right back in the playoff hunt whenever decide to be.

We had a very good chance to make the playoffs last year and this year and decided that we would rather get more assets with the intention of winning a championship rather than just making the playoffs.

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I mostly agree the exception being that we had a very good chance to make the playoffs this year. We had a run and would've been in the mix, but holding GS and LA out of the playoff would have been challenging. And a play-in game or two wouldn't have gotten us far. But I get your point and agree with your general perspective.

The fundamental flaw that concerns me with this roster and our developing core is the fact that we still can't play perimeter defense. That has been our primary issue since last season. We have been prioritizing Hendricks defensive development and I'm sure perimeter defense is a top priority in this draft for us at 9.

 

[jope]

The issue (for me) is less of making the playoffs and more of being fun to watch or seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Even when we were on the verge of making a play in game there were very few “fun to watch” moments (for me) last or this season. The drama and potential for greener pastures just hasn’t really been tangible since the original blockbuster trades, and sure they can can come but they haven’t yet so that’s reality for now.

 

[UpArrow]

He's already talking about building his brand during interviews.

I think I'm over the NBA and its culture.

These kids, get possies of influencers and manipulators stuck on their backs as barnacles who put a bug in their ear about strategizing toward celebrity status.