Trae is a good teammate and hates missing time, despite what those here who never watch games insist

Trae loves ball. His reputation as a brat / diva is insane.

Was the arena packed ? Were you able to move to closer seats ? Thinking about going to a wizards game

I’ve gone to a few games after the trade and Trae was always there. AD was not.

Washington has basically locked up a top 8 protected pick. They’d have to pass the pelicans and get up to 7th to have a real shot at losing their pick. its not a coincidence he’s coming back now.

Better yet, let him shoot t-shirts into the crowd from a cannon and then say he’s developed “cannon arm strain”.

my Jazz can steal the 4th best lottery odds

*glances at the Utah draft history*

Utah’s highest pick in the last 21 years is Enes Kanter and Deron Williams at 3rd, and both were other teams picks (Nets and Trailblazers).

The Jazz might have better odds with someone else’s 1st around pick.

I don’t think teams who aren’t in the tank race understand how bad it is. Like the only games that matter are other tank offs. There are like 7-8 teams hard core tanking (nets, kings, pacers, wizards, jazz, dallas, memphis). Then the bulls and bucks a bit too.

In those tank off game the most egregious tankers rest basically everyone. Pacerse have rested nearly all their starters in every tank off game the last 2 months. So have the jazz and wizards. In those games, just having competent vets can win you games. Like CJ mccollum was unironically helping the wiz steal a game or two. In the tank race that is huge.

He should play three quarters and then rest the fourth as a precautionary measure.

Best guess is that they are genuinely interested in seeing how he does with the young guys. Stories out today about a possible off-season extension so they need to figure out what if anything to offer.

With that said, I’ll be surprised if he plays more than 20 mins/game while the pick is still at risk.

There is nothing more nonsensical than people being okay with 2nd year young core players playing minutes restrictions and being benched late in order to lose games. Can’t think of a more karmic pick-falling worthy thought process than this.

I mean we’re playing other young players like Will Riley instead of Kyshawn. We also have no idea how our team looks with an actual PG

You are new to being a Wiz fan I see.

Didn’t work for us, but maybe you’ll be lucky

Oh at this point Jazz fans know we’re getting fucked in the lottery. We just want to keep the pick.

I mean spurs were tied for the best odds and won the first pick. Essentially the same thing

The FRP this year is only top eight protected or it goes to the Knicks so you damn well better believe we care about where we end up this season. (And you should too, given that you don’t want the Knicks to get the #9 or #10 pick this season.)

You’re talking about different front offices.

Man the year we make it farther than yall in the playoffs is going to hit like crack

“Time to fine the Jazz and Pacers now”

Anthony Davis, JJJ, out - heart grew three sizes this day

Makes sense. They’re probably just trying to dodge the play-in at this point anyway.

lol it’s cute you think those minute restrictions have anything to do with health. And being “careful”.

As long as it’s not to 9th, I’m chill with it. The Jazz need a good ball handler, so Kingston, Mikel, or Darius would make this tanking season worth it. Although, of course, I’d be doing backflips and cartwheels if they get a top 3 pick, but I’d be content with the 5th to 8th pick.

We know. But if we’re 4th in lottery odds, most we can drop to is 8th, which means we keep the pick.

Middleton wasn’t really playing so AD sitting is a wash, but they turned 34 year old McCollum into 27 year old former all NBA Trae Young, who by the way plays the position/role this offense was desperate for. This is exactly the move that should produce more wins for this particular squad.

If the Jazz lose the Jazz can steal top 4 lottery odds, as if they lose those 2 Wizards games, and lose more than the Wizards to end the season, they’d have the 4th best lottery odds, and likely the Wizards would fall to 5th best

Although if the Jazz win one of those games vs the Wizards, odds are the Jazz are stuck at the best at 5th best lottery odds

The Jazz mathematically eliminated from the play in. The Jazz are better off losing every game possible to make sure they retain their top 8 protected pick, and to have higher odds at getting a top 3 pick where each top 3 pick has generational talent potential

It’s not great, no. But it’s the best option for the team now, under the current rules. It sucks, and I’d support revision of the rules to change things in the offseason, but it’s what it is.

Not too far off. The cheapest ones are $20

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I’m pro tanking 

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