The Jazz might end up 6th or 7th. Or others currently behind us will be just as bad. That seed will more probably turn into a worse rather than better pick than the seed. Picking 8th might get someone decent or a non-entity.
Every day his contract is running out and losing value. He can personally improve his play of course, but that doesn't seem likely at least for the rest of the season in this hot mess. If the extension rules change, then the drop in value by the day might be different.
Well I'd rather pick 8th than 13th... 8th has a chance to go top 4. If you are going to be a negative fatalist every path leads to death so do whatever the **** you want because none of it matters.
Really not how it works. As long as you move someone before the final year of the contract you will normally get tremendous value. The cost is waiting until next year is minimal and if you landed some additional players that helped you win now you'd be wishing you had waited. Also... if the rest of the season is a "hot mess" how are we not falling to 6/7 when most of the teams directly behind us are actually trending up...
exactly and there is a possibility even though not right now at all, that he decides he wants to move on. This team of vets was the best situation for him before the trades. Now he will go back to being closer to the player he was before coming here. Either that or teams trying to win still will just let him rack up points and not let anyone else score easily.
not to mention those assholes saying we got a deal are the one's in bed with the Lakers , and other orgs, and are trolling us.
Where did you get 13th?
Any evidence for this?
Because the Jazz have to undertake all the teams that are catchable. The Pacers are definitely not trending up, quite the opposite. Maybe Porzingis turns his ankle, maybe Dame breaks his wrist. Undertaking 1-2 teams can be pretty simple. Undertaking half a dozen teams means everything has to go right (wrong?) for that to happen.
The only way we're adding another star is in the draft or via trade.
Was literally the place we were in before we lost last night
Okay we land 7/8 and not 6th...fine.
Saying it has a chance at going top 4 is literally a statement of fact. I did not say it will land top 4.
NBA trade history... do your own research. Also if we want to tank next year the best time to move Lauri is on draft night this year... when we can trade with certainty of the pick we are receiving.
You clearly do not pay attention. Pacers just got Halliburton back. Him being out is the reason they were down there in the first place. Yes 1-2 teams may hit a snag... but there are no teams that unloaded as much on court value as we just did... and everyone is within a game or two of each other. #6 is optimistic but not "hopelessly" optimistic. If you land 7 or 8 you have a much better chance at jumping into the top 4 than where we currently sit.
The only "star" level players that seem like they could be traded anytime soon are Jaylen Brown, Trae Young, and an maybe but unlikely Luka if things implode in Dallas.
