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What should the FO do if we are 0.500 by January?

If you were put in charge of the FO, what would you do if the Jazz were 0.500 on January 1st

  • Go For It: Use assets to add to the team and go for the playoff push

    Votes: 7 15.6%

  • Ethical Tank: Trade Kessler and Lauri for whatever we can get

    Votes: 8 17.8%

  • Stand Pat: Let it ride, see how it goes

    Votes: 9 20.0%

  • Unethical Tank: sit Lauri and Kessler for however long the league will allow

    Votes: 21 46.7%
  • Total voters
    45
jazznik said:
What is exactly interesting about discussing the hypothetical that is never going to happen? It's like discussing what should the Jazz lineup be after Collier is back and his shooting improved over the summer to the Curry level. Or if Karl Malone decided to come back and he is somehow in his 1995 form: at what position should the Jazz play him and which sets should they run?
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Different strokes for different folks. I think it's interesting to think about hypotheticals. If you don't enjoy, you don't have to engage.

The main idea here, I think, is that if we have put ourselves out of the position for best odds at a top 3 pick, then is it worth it to go all in on ensuring we have a pick at all. Or in other words is trading Lauri/Kessler or sitting them and making them unhappy and missing out on the potential for playoff experience worth a pick that very likely ends up in the 5-8 range at that point? Or is it worth increasing our odds at a top 3 pick however small the increased odds could be?

I guess the other way to think about this is that I believe Austin Ainge is giving Hardy the freedom to win as much as he can. What if he over delivers on wins and puts us in a position where we are likely going to lose our pick. At what point should Ainge intervene, if at all.
 
the answer is definitely not "use assets to add to the team". lol

If these guys are playing themselves into the play-in, then you let them get at least a year of playoff experience together before you start spending assets to optimize around them.
 
NAOS_pt2 said:
the answer is definitely not "use assets to add to the team". lol

If these guys are playing themselves into the play-in, then you let them get at least a year of playoff experience together before you start spending assets to optimize around them.
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I don't know, I think the idea there is that if you aren't committing to keeping your pick, then you should make it as low as possible for the Thunder. Also, potentially you might have a better chance at making the team better at the trade deadline vs the summer.

I purposely phrased it as "use assets" and not "going all in" because I don't think you are going to make a major trade at that point, but maybe some things around the edges that give you a better chance at winning than what we have now.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I don't know, I think the idea there is that if you aren't committing to keeping your pick, then you should make it as low as possible for the Thunder. Also, potentially you might have a better chance at making the team better at the trade deadline vs the summer.

I purposely phrased it as "use assets" and not "going all in" because I don't think you are going to make a major trade at that point, but maybe some things around the edges that give you a better chance at winning than what we have now.
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It would feel more painful if we lost the 9th pick instead of the 14th pick. However, it is still better if we finish 9th than 14th. Higher chance at top 4, and at the end of the day we still have no pick if we don't win the lotto.

January is too soon, but if it's trade deadline and we're .500 that's when you can start to think about making trades that would improve the team. I wouldn't do it to worsen the pick for OKC or even chase a playoff run, but I would say the team is free to pursue a trade that would result in more wins. I'd say that kind of trade is off limits before the deadline.
 
KqWIN said:
It would feel more painful if we lost the 9th pick instead of the 14th pick. However, it is still better if we finish 9th than 14th. Higher chance at top 4, and at the end of the day we still have no pick if we don't win the lotto.

January is too soon, but if it's trade deadline and we're .500 that's when you can start to think about making trades that would improve the team. I wouldn't do it to worsen the pick for OKC or even chase a playoff run, but I would say the team is free to pursue a trade that would result in more wins. I'd say that kind of trade is off limits before the deadline.
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I agree with this for the most part. If you only get one play-in game for example, that's probably not worth much as far as playoff experience.

I would just say that if you are ok with losing a top 8 pick in the 2026 draft, then you are basically saying that you are ok with your team as is and should start thinking about how to round it out and make it better.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I agree with this for the most part. If you only get one play-in game for example, that's probably not worth much as far as playoff experience.

I would just say that if you are ok with losing a top 8 pick in the 2026 draft, then you are basically saying that you are ok with your team as is and should start thinking about how to round it out and make it better.
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Agreed. I can't think of a specific hypothetical move at deadline, but let's just say there's an opportunity to trade for a player who we love and can be a big piece for the long term future. There will be a lot of teams trying to tank, so maybe you can get a good deal. I'd say that's a move that's off limits while the tank is still alive, but there will be a point in time where it's just more beneficial to go an get your guy (if you can) than keep the tank alive.
 
Let's hope Lauri averages 30 in that case, and has been able to pull of 30+ points against really well defending teams. Then you have to ask yourself: would it make any sense to trade for a 2nd option and make a playoffs push. I wouldn't but what if they will do it? (Lauri has no playoffs experience so even if this kind of hypothetical would come down, it'd be risky to spend assets before we see how he delivers in playoffs series.ä where teams adjust game to game to shut him down)
 
I don't think the Jazz have the b***s to lose that top 8 pick from OKC, especially knowing how stacked this next draft is. My guess is they'll hover around 5 or 6, and then hope for the best to move up during the draft lottery.
 
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