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Don't know if I've seen (in several years) a Jazz PG completely control a game like Collier did during the first 7 minutes of the 3rd quarter. Thought for a while that Hardy made the all-time tank substitution when he took out Collier and Kessler after that point in the 3rd, but Jazz managed to...

Agree with the last sentence. And yeah, they can't assure themselves of keeping their pick. But the Sixers are only two and a half games out from the #5 spot, with the Raptors being at least (imaginably) frisky enough to make that a realistic goal of passing them. At #5, they have greater than...

Really? I can think of at least a few possible costs (or maybe, more correctly, value for playing Lauri). Whether these are actually at play, I don't know, but they all seem like possible things: Give Lauri more of a chance to practice his one-on-one skills and other "weaknesses" in a...

We disagree about a lot in how to think about tanking, but I suspect we're in pretty close agreement on this.

Your argument seems to have the assumption that sitting Lauri comes at no cost. Maybe that's the case. But it might not be. There are several ways I could imagine that sitting Lauri comes at a cost (or that him playing provides value). But I don't think any of us know what is at play (or have...

We're in a position where it's entirely possible that the ACTUAL impact of a random loss in February is negative (or a win could be positive). Say #4 draft lotto position ends up with Cooper Flagg and #3 lotto position ends up with Tre Johnson. That's a low likelihood possibility, for sure, but...

Man, I would look at it rather differently. Comparison to last year's (or any other year's) draft quality has nothing to do with what we're talking about here. That comparison to last year only has relevance to the overall decision to tank (which was made long ago, and nobody expects us to go...

Why don't you cite what we did last year, since it was a more impressive tanking result than what the Warriors did?

These statements seem to be at odds.

I've just told you how the Jazz pulled off an even more impressive "tank" last year to give the rookie Keyonte playing time - in order to keep the Williams pick. Why do you keep implying that the Jazz are bad at tanking?

Tell me how the Jazz winning at their current clip is jeopardizing their chances at one of these three.

Been there, done that ... Warriors finished that season 5-21. Last year we finished the season 5-26. They got Harrison Barnes at #7. We got Cody Williams. Tell me what the stakes are this year, other than just the very imprecise "best odds".

Some players 25 years and older on "tanking" teams with more minutes than Lauri: Jordan Poole Corey Kispert (not quite) Miles Bridges -- injuries have killed Hornets CJ McCollum Jerami Grant Anfernee Simons Jakob Poetl Kelly Oubre Gershcon Yabusele Chris Paul Harrison Barnes nobody else on...

Strikes me that if you're an unheralded 6-8 wing in the draft you should say you (and actually) aspire to be like Jaylen Wells and Toumani Camara.

Anyone know what's going on with Steph Castle? 12 total minutes (none in 3rd quarter), 4 points, 3 TO, 4 fouls. Spurs fans scandalized that they're not prioritizing his development.

What am I missing? Shouldn't it be?: 1.5% difference - Flagg 2.7% difference - Flagg or Harper

Never count the Wolves out until the final buzzer sounds

Length and general defensive prowess of Blazers' starters really giving the Jazz problems.

The other thing I'm interested about with Springer is seeing him and Keyonte play together. From a distance, it seems like their face/hair styles have some similarity; they're nearly the same size; so maybe we could see some announcer mix-ups about our frontcourt replicated for our backcourt...

Don't know if you're trying to be sarcastic, but there may be something to this (though I would put it differently). The Utah Hockey Club came around at the time of increasing Trumpification of Utah, and it seems some number (really not sure how many) of Jazz fans made loud announcements that...