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Should the Jazz Tank the 2010 -2011 Season?

Should Jazz Tank the 2010 - 2011 Season?

  • Yes! Tank away!

    Votes: 10 38.5%

  • No, keep playing scrappy jazz basketball

    Votes: 16 61.5%
  • Total voters
    26
sirslimjim

sirslimjim

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Should the Jazz Tank the 2010 - 2011 Season?

Let's face it, this team isn't going to win it all next season. We simply don't have the talent to compete with the big boys. If the jazz want to win a championship within the foreseeable future, the only way they'll likely be able to do it is through the draft. Utah is not an attractive destination for free agents and we don't have many valuable pieces to trade with, let alone any that would net us a starter quality talent. Yeah i know about our trade exceptions.

If we want to compete in the future, they need to tank this upcoming season and hope that the ping pong balls fall in our favor. We basically have two years to put together something resembling a contender or else Deron's going to pull a LeBron on us and leave. The only way we'll likely be able to do this is by drafting an all-star talent to make Deron happy. I'm sick of watching our team be just good enough to wiggle their way into the playoffs each year only to loose in the first or second round and get a 12-20 pick in the draft.

So, even though Sloan would likely never allow his players to take a season off, would you be satisfied finishing the season with a sub 20 win record?
 
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Rebuild, uhm, yes of course thats been the plan all along..... but per Team Policy they couldn't disclose this to the fans.

Sarcasm aside, it looks entirely plausible the jazz were looking to dump Boozer & Korver ahead of the new cba in hopes of picking up some bargains in January 2012 (my guess for when lock-out ends). Or atleast that became the official plan after Boozer bolted and Mathews
signed a toxic offer to show his gratitude for the jazz giving him a chance to play.
 
Damn right they should tank. Not only should they tank, they should put out the summer league lineup every game, and only put Deron in in garbage time so he won't physically damage himself any further. In fact, why should any of those guys take any sort of risk. They should all just lie down and not really play at all. Sure, they gotta be on the court but why bother running up and down it. They should just like lay down and let the other team do anything. That would totally ensure the Jazz of at least a top 4 pick. That would be fantastic. I mean, it's a championship or absolutely nothing right, so why not really go for absolutely nothing?
 
mellow said:
Rebuild, uhm, yes of course thats been the plan all along..... but per Team Policy they couldn't disclose this to the fans.

Sarcasm aside, it looks entirely plausible the jazz were looking to dump Boozer & Korver ahead of the new cba in hopes of picking up some bargains in January 2012 (my guess for when lock-out ends). Or atleast that became the official plan after Boozer bolted and Mathews
signed a toxic offer to show his gratitude for the jazz giving him a chance to play.
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LOL did KOC really say that to hawyard?
 
I'm never in favor of tanking. However, I don't believe the Jazz should mortgage future years to appease fans by taking on ridiculous contracts this off season, which is looking like the only way to sign a player.
 
I agree with Nate. Not only that, but I heard a rumor that Deron wants to play in Miami. Let's trade him now before we end up like Cleveland. Preferably for a large expiring and maybe a 2nd rounder. All we have to do is suck for several years, dump all our talent for cap space, and keep all our draft picks on the bench until we're ready to make a run for the title. Sure, we may have to overpay a little to get some decent free agents to come here, but hey, at least it won't be Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson. Anyone have a list of free agents available in 2015?

Utah Jazz 2016 champs. We just have to keep our eye on the prize.
 
freakazoid said:
I agree with Nate. Not only that, but I heard a rumor that Deron wants to play in Miami. Let's trade him now before we end up like Cleveland. Preferably for a large expiring and maybe a 2nd rounder. All we have to do is suck for several years, dump all our talent for cap space, and keep all our draft picks on the bench until we're ready to make a run for the title. Sure, we may have to overpay a little to get some decent free agents to come here, but hey, at least it won't be Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson. Anyone have a list of free agents available in 2015?

Utah Jazz 2016 champs. We just have to keep our eye on the prize.
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A simple "No, keep playing scrappy jazz basketball" would have sufficed.
 
Nate505 said:
Damn right they should tank. Not only should they tank, they should put out the summer league lineup every game, and only put Deron in in garbage time so he won't physically damage himself any further. In fact, why should any of those guys take any sort of risk. They should all just lie down and not really play at all. Sure, they gotta be on the court but why bother running up and down it. They should just like lay down and let the other team do anything. That would totally ensure the Jazz of at least a top 4 pick. That would be fantastic. I mean, it's a championship or absolutely nothing right, so why not really go for absolutely nothing?
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Pretty great post. Especially the last sentence.
 
freakazoid said:
I agree with Nate. Not only that, but I heard a rumor that Deron wants to play in Miami. Let's trade him now before we end up like Cleveland. Preferably for a large expiring and maybe a 2nd rounder. All we have to do is suck for several years, dump all our talent for cap space, and keep all our draft picks on the bench until we're ready to make a run for the title. Sure, we may have to overpay a little to get some decent free agents to come here, but hey, at least it won't be Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson. Anyone have a list of free agents available in 2015?

Utah Jazz 2016 champs. We just have to keep our eye on the prize.
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Welcome back, Freak.
 
Tank it, get rid of AK, Miles, Price, Doufos and if possible Okur. 20 mil of cap space, a couple of first round picks and a lottery pick for next year would be absolutely killer to give this team the much required overhaul. DWill and Mansap are more then good enough to start with, just add the right peaces and a year later we should be good enough to go from where we left last season.
 
billyshelby said:
Welcome back, Freak.
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Thanks man. It took me a while, but I finally came up with a virus strong enough to take down Jazzfans, thus erasing the information that kept me out. I wasn't sure it would work, but here I am.
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I don't know what all of the fuss is over, Haward, Sap, and Deron are a good enough "Big 3" to lead us to the championship next season! You guys are blind if you can't see that....
 
freakazoid said:
I agree with Nate. Not only that, but I heard a rumor that Deron wants to play in Miami. Let's trade him now before we end up like Cleveland. Preferably for a large expiring and maybe a 2nd rounder. All we have to do is suck for several years, dump all our talent for cap space, and keep all our draft picks on the bench until we're ready to make a run for the title. Sure, we may have to overpay a little to get some decent free agents to come here, but hey, at least it won't be Rudy Gay or Joe Johnson. Anyone have a list of free agents available in 2015?

Utah Jazz 2016 champs. We just have to keep our eye on the prize.
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sirslimjim said:
A simple "No, keep playing scrappy jazz basketball" would have sufficed.
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Nate505 said:
Damn right they should tank...In fact, why should any of those guys take any sort of risk. They should all just lie down and not really play at all. Sure, they gotta be on the court but why bother running up and down it. They should just like lay down and let the other team do anything...
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LOL, maybe that was the message Koufos was trying to convey with his little dance? BOOM BITCHES!

oh and welcome back Freak. I'm still pissed about the loss of my Halloween thread, but I guess I can't blame that on you.
 
Even after The Statues retired, Sloan coached a bunch of garbage to a .500 record. Tanking is impossible for this franchise. The draft is a crapshoot anyway, so losing and hoping to get lucky for multiple years is just bad business.
 
Lets:
1) create a loser's mentality (see LBJ "LoserBenedictJames", quite playing because the team blows)
2) get maybe the #3 pick (see NJ)
3) have DWill pissed cause our current team blows, where he demands a trade or opts out....

Those who wish to tank, deserve a shtty team. RETARDS!!!
 
Fakers Luck said:
losing and hoping to get lucky for multiple years is just bad business.
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I'm a loser and have never gotten lucky, so I agree with that.

I was ok with Boozer and Korver leaving. This Matthews contract has me down, I admit. I thought Wesley was going to be a good player for us for a long time. Now, I just don't see how the Jazz match. It's a Catch-22, really. Don't match and Deron is even more pi$$ed off. Match and there goes the entire MLE. No way to sign anyone else except for the vet minimum. And Deron will be pi$$ed we haven't done anything else to improve the team. Portland really screwed us, that's for sure.

I say don't match and we just tank the season. Jazz won't be horrible, but I don't see them making the playoffs. Make a good trade at the deadline for AK's expiring, resulting in a late run for the playoffs, just missing and getting a pick in the 12-14 range.
 
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