the starting of Svi and not playing Elijah Harkless makes this clear.FWIW Locke today was making it pretty clear the Jazz won't chance losing the pick
No way man! They gotta know how stingy we are with protected picks by now!OKC says no.
Then Jazz says no. They don't wanna give pick for free just to not having to lose aggressively. They mastered it last season so it'd be a waste of skillNo way man! They gotta know how stingy we are with protected picks by now!
Only way we keep Markkanen I imagine. This team did some team building tonight, be a shame to waste that.Then Jazz says no. They don't wanna give pick for free just to not having to lose aggressively. They mastered it last season so it'd be a waste of skill![]()
I picked early January because by late January you are already locked in to some degree. This not meant to be a realistic scenario.Has any team ever turned a corner aggressively early January? Teams who have assets to invest wanna hold them to see who comes available (and possibly to see how they can sustain their health and success) and teams who are mid dont know what direction to pick. The correct decision deadline is MUCH more likely to be late January or early February like it always is... and that would put us to 20-20+ and it would be a whole different situation.
Also why isnt "deal with OKC" an option? The way I see it we are likely going to waste assets here anyways (except with the tanking shenanigans.... but that may not be politically feasible for many reasons).
They would have to have one of the big 3 fall to the 9th pick for that to happen I think.Would be funny if okc ends up with one of the big 3.