This season and last season, the league has been losing a lot of fans and many viewership lately due to this sjw bs that's been going around. Because of that it's losing money. In order to fix that, the league will fully support the Lakers in every way possible for them to win again. Viewership and bring back the fans is what the nba cares about right now, which is why it is extremely bad news for the Jazz unfortunately.
I will tell you all right now, the league will not let that happen, making the Jazz champions because it will have a quite low viewership and popularity. The league nowadays only consists of catering to popularity and players running the league. I hope I'm extremely wrong but that's what I'm seeing atm.