Playoff Birth VS Keeping our pick

[The Midnight]

This question.... at this point... is just a pointless exercise. We have no choice in ze matter!

I don't know about you, but this question sure made tonight's loss a lot easier to swallow for me. LOL..

 

[Stifle Tower]

If we were talking the 13th pick compared to the 16th, then I go with playoffs. Losing the pick altogether is a different story.

That pick is just one more asset to a team that could really use it.

Good reasoning. Not much difference between getting a late lottery and whatever pick will correlate to a playoff team with a record around .500. But since it's all or nothing, I prefer the lottery pick. Let's assume the GS pick is somewhere in the 8-10 range and Utah's is 13-14. If KOC wants to move up into the 5-6 range, that should be enough ammo. Or just stay put with both picks and probably acquire at worst, a starter and a solid backup. Add another starter via the Memo TPE and the Jazz would be in a great position going forward.

 

[NUMBERICA]

It really comes down to whether the Jazz will get a lottery pick from GS or not. I want one this year, and if the Jazz can make the playoffs AND still get one lottery pick then I'm all for that.

 

[Revolution 9]

I'm ready to improve the roster with the draft, and try again next year.

 

[andenjoytheride]

I think picking up another good young player will help us in the long run a lot more then being being owned 1-4 in the first round by OKC.

 

[Jazz Traveler]

I can see the Jazz absolutely sucking for the remainder of the season. March and April are brutal, a lot more away games where we've been downright bad. I wouldn't be surprised if we picked 7th and got Golden State's pick at 8 or
9.

At this point, I don't think the playoffs are even realistic.

I picked 23 wins at the start of the season and I'm thinking I was too optimistic.

 

[orangello]

I can see the Jazz absolutely sucking for the remainder of the season. March and April are brutal, a lot more away games where we've been downright bad. I wouldn't be surprised if we picked 7th and got Golden State's pick at 8 or
9.

At this point, I don't think the playoffs are even realistic.

I picked 23 wins at the start of the season and I'm thinking I was too optimistic.

I was at 25 wins for the season and if they are able to reach that then it would be amazing. The Jazz are not a contending team and certainly not a playoff caliber team either. The Jazz need about 5 teams to get completely dismantled because of injury in order to make the playoffs.

With all of that being said, why re the young guys not getting more time? Every single one of them has shown the capability to help the Jazz get back into games or actually increase the lead. Suddenly they are subbed out and the team is left wallowing in mediocrity for the remainder of the game. This is a tough pill to swallow.