Too good to tank?

[str8line]

Anonymous poll ya'll, let's see what the vibe is right now.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Hmm, I think with Collier and Cody out of the rotation and Lauri and Keyonte playing much better, we're probably like a 28-32 win team without fake injuries.

Kind of stuck in a weird zone, need to either trade Lauri or trade for veteran guards.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

We would be in a normal conference

 

[BENTLEY]

Yeah, I’ll a little nervous about OKC finally taking our pick this year.


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[cctrackstar]

We have been fishing for good players and found some. We have at least a big two with ace and Lauri, and with the new CBA punishing going over the tax we might not need a third. As long as a few more are starter quality players we should be fine. On top of that, we still have a bunch of picks from the first couple trades.

 

[fishonjazz]

If we play our best players as much as possible, make no trades to get worse, and try to win each game..... then we wont have a top 5 pick imo.
I dont think those things happen though. I think we do more tanky shenanigans and get a top 5 pick. I hope anyway.

 

[jazznik]

If we play our best players as much as possible, make no trades to get worse, and try to win each game..... then we wont have a top 5 pick imo.

That, like, describes every single team that finished in the bottom 5 in the last several years. All of them would have been much higher if had they not tanked for at least a good chunk of the season. Had the Jazz played to win in every game during the last season they would have probably finished above Brooklyn in the 6th worst place. Washington, Toronto, Charlotte, Philadelphia and New Orleans would have gladly lost to the Jazz.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

We've looked somewhat respectable in these two games mostly because Lauri is playing on a higher level than his All Star season (check the numbers). He's been on fire and ridiculously efficient. That's enough to take you from bad to mid at this point of the season, with defenses not exactly firing on all cylinders and teams giving minutes to unproven rookies.

Ace has been a complete non-factor so far.