Game Thread Oct 24, 2025 08:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ Sacramento Kings

[Step-Back Lauri]

Oky, we can keep losing now. We need the. bonafide #1 to not lose this kind games.

 

[fishonjazz]

Think it’s notable that Key has had two good games in a row despite bad shooting. Defensive effort is way up.

Leadership is the biggest improvement imo.

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[fishonjazz]

It depends on whether you consider a jump-stop a step or a travel.

Since the NBA allows jump stops literally multiple times every game it doesn't really matter what we think. The NBA thinks it's not a travel. Bad call

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[fishonjazz]

I would temper slightly this with the caveat that if by some miracle the team is looking like an honest-to-goodness contender without Lauri and Walker, then you can (and should… probably) probably just roll with it and be happy.

Sure but there is simply no way that is the case.

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[fishonjazz]

Missed shots at the end of the quarters don't count against the player's stats but show as a miss on the team's stats.

This was a good move

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[fishonjazz]

So if our talent exceeds expecations and our young guys play too well the coach and FO should sabotage them?

Yes, and they probably will.

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[Tanktastic]

Flip much too worried about the 5sec count and doesn't pass it to wide wide wide open Lauri, who has Westbrook on him.

Kessler not getting the ball.

ps. Clayton a traffic cone on perimeter D.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I would temper slightly this with the caveat that if by some miracle the team is looking like an honest-to-goodness contender without Lauri and Walker, then you can (and should… probably) probably just roll with it and be happy.

So three years ago when the jazz started 10-3 but ultimately finished as like the 8th worst team in the league were you happy that we got the 9th pick instead of a top 5 pick? Could’ve ended up with Amen. A top 5 pick this year could really set us up nicely for winning in the future. The name of the game is contending for a title. We’ve mainly been a pretender for 95% of the last 35 years. I’m kinda over it.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

So if our talent exceeds expecations and our young guys play too well the coach and FO should sabotage them?

They did last year. The name of the game is championship contender. We haven’t been that since 98. I’m sick and tired of being just ok. I want to be a contender not a pretender. That’s where we will be for the next 5-10 years if we don’t pick up a stud in this draft. Hope you’re happy with that.

 

[Tanktastic]

They did last year. The name of the game is championship contender. We haven’t been that since 98. I’m sick and tired of being just ok. I want to be a contender not a pretender. That’s where we will be for the next 5-10 years if we don’t pick up a stud in this draft. Hope you’re happy with that.

Whether or not keep their own pick and who they get with it, they won't be even pretenders for years. There isn't a Wemby or a LeBron in the draft even if the team first tanks and then hits on the 14 %. And even if there was a Wemby, well, it's year three and at most the Spurs are a pretender.

Sure, keep on dreaming, "if only we got this one thing, then we're set for a decade". That's not how it works.

 

[slc]

About the only thing a team can hope for is to keep stockpiling talent till you have enough to contend
Bucks, Nuggets, Thunder etc got lucky and got an MVP caliber player to get a championship
Jazz need to keep their draft pick this year and hope they find another very good player that gets them one step closer to contending
Maybe they can sign a FA or make the dream trade that gets them there
So far Jazz seem to be going in the right direction

 

[Tremendous Upside]

About the only thing a team can hope for is to keep stockpiling talent till you have enough to contend
Bucks, Nuggets, Thunder etc got lucky and got an MVP caliber player to get a championship
Jazz need to keep their draft pick this year and hope they find another very good player that gets them one step closer to contending
Maybe they can sign a FA or make the dream trade that gets them there
So far Jazz seem to be going in the right direction

Who's the "very good player" we already have?