Is this the worst rebuild in NBA history?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

We do have some nice young talent and the "rebuild" has been managed very poorly. Both of those can be true.

Very poorly? Cmon now.

Im not saying there cant be critiques, but very bad? The Jazz produced an all-star during the rebuild (Lauri) and a guy who looks like a future all-star (Keyonte). Jazz will have max cap-space next off-season to sign a player or multiple players. I would say it's been managed well.

 

[NUMBERICA]

There is nothing special about an organization chasing the sugar-high of regular season wins at their own expense. All the bad and mediocre organizations do it all the time.

Contrary to popular belief, tanking is *not* what makes the Kings the worst organization in the NBA; chasing regular season success and not having a plan is.

The Jazz are a B-tier organization. I suppose we should just be happy with that, by golly!

 

[HeatCheck]

I don't feel like piling on but the thing that gets me is the Wemby Spurs had a higher lotto pick than the Jazz the past two drafts. OKC looks to be a potential dynasty and at this point they could likely have a higher lottery pick in '26 thanks to the hapless Clips. Both those teams esp the Thunder are loaded with future picks too.

Not to mention the uncertainty of the Jazz '26 FRP potentially going to OKC. Obviously that is not the fault of the current FO though.

Yes as a fan it is frustrating especially since the draft should be the main resource for adding talent for this team. Kinda hard to catch up to the talent level on these other teams if they keep landing higher lottery picks..

 

[YoungJefe]

So the worst rebuild in history is a bunch of promising young guys, a breakout star, another older star (that has a game that's posible to age gracefully), and is only able to lose enough in year four because of a season ending injury to their starting center after 5 games ?

I'm going ahead and take a guess that problably there's been worse.

Tore down a one seed with two superstars, to build a bad team with 0 superstars that won't be top 5 in the conference in our lifetime.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Not to mention the uncertainty of the Jazz '26 FRP potentially going to OKC. Obviously that is not the fault of the current FO though.

It’s the same ownership. And JZ has been here throughout.

That trade was an ownership decision to cut costs. The responsible parties for that catastrophe are the same ones making the decisions around this issue.

Bridging the topics further: I think the protected pick is actually a brilliant scheme if they knew it would basically force them to tank and they had the resolve to see it through correctly. Instead, they very curiously have mostly been toying around and ultimately seeking to merely keep the worst possible pick.

In the last year, this organization is increasingly demonstrating that not only does it have no plan, it is flailing.