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What should the FO do if we are 0.500 by January?

If you were put in charge of the FO, what would you do if the Jazz were 0.500 on January 1st

  • Go For It: Use assets to add to the team and go for the playoff push

    Votes: 9 16.4%

  • Ethical Tank: Trade Kessler and Lauri for whatever we can get

    Votes: 9 16.4%

  • Stand Pat: Let it ride, see how it goes

    Votes: 11 20.0%

  • Unethical Tank: sit Lauri and Kessler for however long the league will allow

    Votes: 26 47.3%
  • Total voters
    55
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think thats the plan. If they don't cut deep enough I can see a pivot of the narrative. I think we can see the other night that they are starting to tip their hand outwardly.

Its just somewhat out of the org's control if they have lines they won't cross. So if it keeps trending the wrong way I can see a "this was always the plan" type of narrative.
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The other night when they sat vets and played even more rookie contract players?

Im fairly certain after Lauri does or does not receive his ASG nomination, he will be sitting a lot more games.
 
I'll give it a listen... but if he believes that the FO believe we need to hit on this pick or we effed then my concerns with the FO grow stronger.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The other night when they sat vets and played even more rookie contract players?

Im fairly certain after Lauri does or does not receive his ASG nomination, he will be sitting a lot more games.
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Yes... no Love/Svi/Nurk and lots of Cody/Taylor. I just don't know if that is the new MO (Nurk likely comes back for sure) or if it was a one night special.

ASG is such a dumbass sidequest for the org.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yes... no Love/Svi/Nurk and lots of Cody/Taylor. I just don't know if that is the new MO (Nurk likely comes back for sure) or if it was a one night special.

ASG is such a dumbass sidequest for the org.
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I mean it matters to the players and you have to appease players to some extent
 
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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean it matters to the players and you have to appease players to some extent
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To some extent? Yeah, you could say that. Lauri is a top 20 max contract player in his prime. A well behaved, quiet max contract player, but still. Yanking these guys around for some tank half measures isn't great for the optics.

It's absurd enough that we're trying to tank with a guy like Markkanen on the roster.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I mean it matters to the players and you have to appease players to some extent
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Dude could make the AS game and miss a couple pre-voting. Don't have to grind the guy with lots of minutes in an effort to get an individual award. We can give him a decent shot at it without pushing the gas and impacting more important things.

He's also likely only making it as an injury replacement.
 
I listened to Locke. He seems confident we can "fix" the fact we don't have a pick but was mostly going on about how hard it will be to beat SA and OKC in the future.
 
SoUjazzfan said:
If we do indeed pivot and try to win, its time to bring Harkless back up for some defensive presence.
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If Hardy is truly coaching only for wins, not playing Harkless 10-20 minutes per game is a huge red flag in his judgement. It's extremely obvious that Harkless makes a huge positive difference when he is on the court:

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SoberasHotRod said:
If Hardy is truly coaching only for wins, not playing Harkless 10-20 minutes per game is a huge red flag in his judgement. It's extremely obvious that Harkless makes a huge positive difference when he is on the court:

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Tiny sample size based on a couple games... but I do agree he should be making more appearances. I think he mostly has been coaching to win but maybe be giving IC and Walt the benefit of the doubt first?
 
Can we please get about 50 games with Collier, Love, Brice, Hendricks, and Anderson playing at the same time for extended minutes?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Tiny sample size based on a couple games... but I do agree he should be making more appearances. I think he mostly has been coaching to win but maybe be giving IC and Walt the benefit of the doubt first?
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Harkless did the same last year: https://www.nba.com/stats/players/advanced?Season=2024-25&TeamID=1610612762&dir=A&sort=NET_RATING

Even when you combine this year with last year it's still a tiny sample size, but you can use your eyes to see that he is a huge difference maker. I'm not sure yet if he's a guy that can make the same type of difference for an entire game, but if I was a coach I would at least give him 10 minutes to hound the other team's primary ball handler every game.
 
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