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I kind of want to see @Saint Cy of JFC if Hardy runs Springer and Harkless together for a 5-minute stint (though we'd probably have to be pretty deep into the injuries/resting for that to come to pass).

But next year's draft will surely be as good as advertised.

So the emphasis of this article is on the later rounds of the NFL draft, as players who can get good NIL money may not want to get into the draft early if they're not projected for the early draft rounds? I could see something similar with lower-ranking prospects for the NBA (and maybe already...

Serious questions, since I'm not paying much attention: Does the NIL money in football affect the choices of top draft picks, or primarily only middling/lower draft picks? What (in approximate terms) is the ratio of NIL money to NFL money for the players who might choose to stay in college? How...

Come to think about it, we probably have already stacked up too many losses this season to even be dreaming about conveying the pick this year. So just forget this scenario.

A thought exercise: If Flagg, Harper, and Bailey came out strongly today and said they're all definitely returning to college next year, what would you advise the Jazz to do? Would you tell them to win as much as possible and see if they can get that OKC debt conveyed this year (and then maybe...

Nicely stated. The one thing I might add is to ask about the relationship between offensive turnovers and overall defensive effectiveness. If we weren't far and away the worst team at committing turnovers, would our defense be more middle-of-the pack?

Even in Quinn's best two seasons, we were bottom 5% for turnover margin (though his Hawks teams are pretty average). So the Jazz have had history with winning despite the turnover issues. In fact 20 of the 28 years that I looked at, we've had a negative turnover differential. Not sure what...

This matters exactly 0%, as you've said, but I don't think that was the issue. I think we all agree that Shroeder was part of the process in what the Jazz picked up, but I think what Hedda was addressing was whether the "official" account of the trade on the NBA's records included him.

Many topics covered, but probably not worth a new thread, so I'll put this interview with JZ here Trade deadline, Collier/Filipowski, KJ Martin, what to do about next year's protected pick, among the topics discussed

I think we're far away from any reasonable expectation of this, but it would be great (for the Jazz) if in hindsight the trade ends of hurting both teams.

Though our turnover margin may be the single most important factor in our tanking success this season, is it something to worry about going forward -- either in relation to our current players or in making future acquisitions? I lean toward "no," but just wanted to put some facts out for...

I stand chastened.

Update: To be fair to Leif, he did much better today in accurately expressing the lottery odds.

Sober reminder: our (and the Wizards's, for that matter) chances of ending up with Cooper Flagg in the draft are lower than for the Wizards winning any randomly chosen game.

Recently saw a headline from an article or video a couple months ago asking whether Traore was intentionally tanking his draft stock to end up with the Spurs. I haven't noticed anything like that here, so am I right to believe that was just clickbait?

This is why I'm always suspicious of betting on another team to be bad. There's so many ways in this league to get out of what look like bad situations. I don't hate the bet we've taken against Phoenix, but I'm not treating it like or expecting it to be some prime asset that pays off well for...

I was not thinking of your argument when I made the post you responded to. I was thinking solely of Leif. He was worried especially about falling out of the top 3, so the post you're responding to here reflects that. As for whether we fall to 5 or to 7: yeah that's a difference. But, as I...

Stuff I'm hearing (though I won't pretend to be any type of expert here) is that this is a 2 and a half player draft if we're looking for clear, great talent. Flagg is it, and Harper looks likely to at least be very good, if not transformative. Bailey has a chance, but the odds of getting him to...

I've worried before that sometimes we don't understand lottery odds very well. Today on Locked on Jazz, Leif Thulein gave at least two statements that lead to misunderstanding: - "... once the odds reach 4th, they drop precipitously" & "once you reach 4th, you are in a scary position" - then...