When Should the Jazz Stop Tanking?

[LogGrad98]

How many more games of this kind of production does Keyonte have to have before people here finally start respecting him as a future star? We got a guy never played PG until he got to the NBA and is now putting it all together while not having much experience. What happens when Keyonte has a full team around him, not a half team that has half the rotation as over the hill vets/young guys trying to learn to play?

Future star? Meh, I guess everyone might be a star if they become a star. Pretty nebulous chances really. Now, real starter, and solid contributor, with star potential? Absolutely.

 

[fishonjazz]

Here is a question I have that have not read the answer for
If Jazz finish with a top 8 pick and it goes to 9, 10, 11 etc after lottery who gets the pick?

Not the jazz

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Thy Jazz seek maximal fan captivation forthright. Potentialities can be realized via “Big Game Hunting,” Tanking to success, etc. An empiricist values the observable, let us watch, submitting our beliefs to the vagaries of future evidence.

David Sir you know i'm a fan

But this is not your best work

 

[David Hume]

David Sir you know i'm a fan

But this is not your best work

True, my colleague. Too much ale tonight.

 

[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.