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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: 8 15.7%

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

    Votes: 10 19.6%

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

    Votes: 10 19.6%

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

    Votes: 23 45.1%
  • Total voters
    51
Has any team ever turned a corner aggressively early January? Teams who have assets to invest wanna hold them to see who comes available (and possibly to see how they can sustain their health and success) and teams who are mid dont know what direction to pick. The correct decision deadline is MUCH more likely to be late January or early February like it always is... and that would put us to 20-20+ and it would be a whole different situation.

Also why isnt "deal with OKC" an option? The way I see it we are likely going to waste assets here anyways (except with the tanking shenanigans.... but that may not be politically feasible for many reasons).
 
HermanG said:
Has any team ever turned a corner aggressively early January? Teams who have assets to invest wanna hold them to see who comes available (and possibly to see how they can sustain their health and success) and teams who are mid dont know what direction to pick. The correct decision deadline is MUCH more likely to be late January or early February like it always is... and that would put us to 20-20+ and it would be a whole different situation.

Also why isnt "deal with OKC" an option? The way I see it we are likely going to waste assets here anyways (except with the tanking shenanigans.... but that may not be politically feasible for many reasons).
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I picked early January because by late January you are already locked in to some degree. This not meant to be a realistic scenario.
 
rippimpc said:
Would be funny if okc ends up with one of the big 3.
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They would have to have one of the big 3 fall to the 9th pick for that to happen I think.

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SoberasHotRod said:
I picked early January because by late January you are already locked in to some degree. This not meant to be a realistic scenario.
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Yeah I can see how this scenario and its options are much more limited at 20-20.

Personally only option that is off the table for me at that point is the "unethical tank" path. I dont think you can start that early January at 15-15 and not expect the league to get absolutely furious especially with media drooling for news that are related to result manipulation and therefore can be tied to gambling.

But I dont really have a clear preference of the other options. They all cost assets in one way or the other as you cant force early trades and try to win them. If I had to spend assets though, I would first explore the OKCpath.
 
HermanG said:
Yeah I can see how this scenario and its options are much more limited at 20-20.

Personally only option that is off the table for me at that point is the "unethical tank" path. I dont think you can start that early January at 15-15 and not expect the league to get absolutely furious especially with media drooling for news that are related to result manipulation and therefore can be tied to gambling.

But I dont really have a clear preference of the other options. They all cost assets in one way or the other as you cant force early trades and try to win them. If I had to spend assets though, I would first explore the OKCpath.
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I personally haven't been able to think of a trade that makes sense for both us and OKC to keep our pick, especially considering the fact that OKC is likely much more concerned about preserving the upside of the pick (lottery pick) vs being concerned about the downside of losing out on the pick.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I personally haven't been able to think of a trade that makes sense for both us and OKC to keep our pick, especially considering the fact that OKC is likely much more concerned about preserving the upside of the pick (lottery pick) vs being concerned about the downside of losing out on the pick.
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You are probably correct. They want good players who help them win but arent taking up their cap space (we dont have any) or then another potential premium pick since they have zero need for some trash heap picks.
 
Zach Lowe has maintained his confidence on the Jazz's interest in trading Lauri for over a month. Austin Ainge has more reason to deceive on this point than Zach does, and I don't think ZL would report something that wasn't incredibly solid.

I suspect they're waiting for the right offer, but it's a matter of time, unless that offer doesn't come. Spurs gotta be heavily considering it at this point.
 
Flc said:
Zach Lowe has maintained his confidence on the Jazz's interest in trading Lauri for over a month. Austin Ainge has more reason to deceive on this point than Zach does, and I don't think ZL would report something that wasn't incredibly solid.

I suspect they're waiting for the right offer, but it's a matter of time, unless that offer doesn't come. Spurs gotta be heavily considering it at this point.
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Would it be too much to ask for adding a link, when there's a mention someone has said this or that. Could I have a link to Lowe's latest tweet, pod, etc. where he's been speculating this?
 
I don’t know if Zach is maintaining his position from reporting or feel, but from the outside looking in it has never made too much to have Lauri on a tanking team.

I still can’t find a buyer. I’d be shocked if it happens. AA undid a lot of his fathers sins but I think he will remain stubborn on Lauri.
 
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