When Should the Jazz Stop Tanking?

[JazzFever]

Why are you concerned about his 3pt%? He shot around 34% through 2 years. He has only gotten better at everything else, and he's shooting 90%+ from the FT line. I somehow doubt he just forgot how to shoot it.

Maybe he's not an elite shooter like we were hoping, but it doesnt really matter if he's going to finish everything around the rim, make high quality plays for others, and getting to the FT line at an elite rate (doesnt even have to be elite, just high level).

He can be really good w/o it regardless if he keeps up the FTs. Just saying if he can add in the 3pt % too that becomes a whole 'nother level.

 

[Max Porter]

I was going to say if the jazz are progressing and really competitive this year let them play but after hearing about Kessler I don’t see what they have to gain from making the play in or at best an 8th seed. Go for a top pick then ball next year.

 

[Sardines]

The correct answer is: never. Never stop. The jazz will never get the talent needed to get any further ahead except for sheer luck in the draft, like with Gobert and Mitchell. And since we are already on the training treadmill we need to stay there until we luck out again or the league agrees to let us get a top 3 pick. I know we aren't the league darlings, like San Antonio and Dallas or the vaunted Lakers, but eventually they might want to cover up the fact that we are the league farm team and give us a shot at a #2 or #3 pick, probably in a ****** draft like the last couple of times we got the #3 picks, but hey, we could get lucky!

So the next answer is never stop tanking until we get that lucky draft that let's us hope we are out of the NBA sewer for a while.

Damn I literally voted other for the exact same reason.

In my house I have a tankless water heater but I think the Jazz should have a bottomless tank. Just keep going forever. Far more exciting to fantasize about drafting the next Jordan then fantasizing about going to the conference finals eventually.

 

[Jingled]

The tank has to be over after this year, once we secure our 26 draft pick. There is no way the front office can expect fans to sit through any more of this. Watching games and rooting for the Jazz to lose after spending my entire life cheering for them to win every game has been a strange and somewhat depressing experience. I still try to watch every game, but I very rarely even post here anymore...I just don't have any desire or motivation to do so with the current state of the team.

 

[zags422]

I think that the Jazz after this year will start to put the throttle down. I think the question is what does that actually look like? If Lauri were to get traded this year then we will be in tank mode for another 2-3 years if people like it or not.

 

[HadAnEffectHere]

Yeah, like, the 2027 draft is really bad so I don't know if the Jazz will be trying very hard to tank.

But we're not going to be good in 2026-2027 most likely.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

I think that the Jazz after this year will start to put the throttle down. I think the question is what does that actually look like? If Lauri were to get traded this year then we will be in tank mode for another 2-3 years if people like it or not.

Yeah it would certainly seem that way. I maintain that tanking is bad for team culture regardless how it is implemented. Confidence is an elusive thing and players that have been conditioned to accept defeat also learn to lack confidence, particularly in clutch situations. I advocate going hard with the gang intact until the end of January, see where we’re at and if positive, negotiate a deal with OKC to keep this year’s pick and start next year with all our players intact - unless we can upgrade via free agency or buy out. I look at Cody and Taylor and even Ace and Walt and see still a long road ahead in development. I look at a guy like Sion James and see somebody that’s right there with the lottery crew. The time is now and we won’t do any better than Lauri, particularly from a team chemistry perspective.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I have to admit I'm surprised by the results. I figured a large portion of the board would vote for next year, but didn't think it would be the overwhelming majority. I guess it's the vocal minority that makes a lot of noise about tanking until we draft a superstar.

I suppose the tank has worn a lot of us down to the point where we started out hoping for an MVP level talent, but now we're just ready for it to be over

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I can say with a huge degree of confidence that the tank is over after this year.

Are you referring to inside information or just that the tea leaves are that obvious?

 

[SoUjazzfan]

With how physical teams are playing Lauri, he may not survive past the all star break. Time to run a few plays for other players. ( Hopefully the young ones.) Key gets ruffed up plenty also.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Are you referring to inside information or just that the tea leaves are that obvious?

Tony mentioned it on twitter yesterday. He had mentioned it before I believe. I think it all points that way tbh.

 

[KqWIN]

There's like 1 million signs that point to this being the last year....whether or not that's the right decision really depends on how the lotto balls fall.