What happens when 8 teams all decide it is time for Cooper Flagg

Cooper Flagg is making waves at USA Basketball and the NBA World is awaiting his arrival. All of a sudden it looks as though 8 different teams could be via for the #1 spot in the draft and the right for Cooper Flagg. The NBA worked to flatten the lottery odds and prevent this from happening but the Utah Jazz may have found themselves is bath tub full of tank.
David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, takes a look at how the Utah Jazz got here and what is the best option for them at this point. In addition, the Utah Jazz still have 37 million in cap space and this may allow them to profit when teams have to deal with the new CBA rules and the only call to make is to the Utah Jazz to free them of their cap burdens
Summer league night two was a tough one for the Utah Jazz youngsters. Locke takes a look at Kenny Lofton Jr. and Darius Bazely and how much easier it is for him to see how Bazely fits into the NBA than Lofton.
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[@scottmuir6127]

If I were a Jazz GM I would extend Markenin and tank for Cooper Flag, Ace Bailey, Harper,etc. I would have this as top priority. It’s going to be a tough season though.

[@greenroses8253]

Why keep lauri if you just gonna tank? Did we forget he wants to win?

[@FearCDIICK1]

@@greenroses8253 you took the words right out of my mouth

[@isaiahduran3567]

Kelly Olynyk was and is greatly underappreciated outside of his own fanbase. You can see how good he is and he did allot of the little things.

[@TraFri]

I love and miss Kelly him and ma Laurie would have been great together.

[@DavyFrampton]

Thanks for spending time on cap space. That helped me a lot to understand!

[@magnacarta46]

Love your analysis David - always excellent work

[@Simp7888gskeu]

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[@brainhunter1000]

Atl isn’t tanking. They don’t own their own pick. They will try to push playoffs.

[@SuperDerezzed]

Championship teams are built on top tier talent. Best way to get that talent for the Jazz is to take their chances on tanking. If they swing and miss this year they gotta try again. There's no other way

[@mateuszzdyb3547]

nuggets begs to differ

[@SuperDerezzed]

@@mateuszzdyb3547 their cornerstones were built from the draft

[@porcupinecraig]

There is only one way to stop tanking. Set up the draft so that it is fixed every year. Plan it out for the next 30 years and stagger it so each team will have a #1 pick, a #2 pick and so on. They'll never do it. So taking will keep happening.

[@AndrewPolander]

Utah,Nets and Wizards for sure!....major tank!!!

[@sullir9397]

Seems like it makes it hard to keep our top 8 protected pick.

[@magicofshootingstar5825]

@sullir9397 Next season it's top 10 protected and season after that top 8 protected, so who knows that far 😃

[@Ravi-did-it]

Full Tanking this year is the best thing the jazz organization can ever hope to do

[@TraFri]

If the jazz tanked this year there will be a team that will do it better. The spurs and Lakers jazz will never never get away with it. As much as you think they should. They tanked this year and they still couldn't be worse then the spurs or the worst team. We played all are second and first year players mid season. Laurie could have come back to play but they didn't allow him. They will never be better then the true tanker teams spurs Lakers clippers

[@lukeluna3732]

Ssd but true, I hate the thought of teams tanking i can't stand it. But our record is going to be poor anyways regardless. So the the only thing we actually have going for us is a great position in the draft. We really can't work towards anything else right now.

[@lukeluna3732]

​@@TraFri well good thing we don't have to worry about the spurs lakers clippers, because they are all play in teams.

[@Ravi-did-it]

@@TraFri we didn’t full tank. There’s much stronger tanking possible. We kept half solid roster in case we could sign an FA but that time has passed and we NEVER sign desirable FA’s

[@bigdawgotown647]

I agree on your take on bazley I like him if he was a better offensive threat

[@lukeluna3732]

The better the roster, the better Lofton Jr. Becomes, he eats the rebounds up the garbage points, hustle steals etc. He can operate more freely with good players on the floor

[@magicofshootingstar5825]

It did sound like you can get on and off of hardcap with approns. So let's correct that, so people won't be confused: once team is hard cap they will be hard capped the whole season, they cannot "get out of the situation". They can though get hard capped to the first appron after being hard capped first on second appron 😃

[@patconlon7835]

western conference will be a whole diff world for Hartenstein even tho he was there in 2021 2022

[@AndrewPolander]

Hawks will be challenging for a play in

[@mateuszzdyb3547]

dont get the problem with lofton. if you have 2 players who can do all those things in the team, your team is more difficult to guard.

[@Oslo30018]

Why trade Lauri, to tank in hopes of getting a lotto ticket for Cooper Flagg, who you hope will become a Lauri Markkanen 🤔

[@connorhoopes9910]

So you're saying there's a chance

[@TraFri]

Copper flagg is just one player. He would be amazing with laurie but Danny has or had a chance to get 1or2 super Star s to help Laurie and be championship contenders lauri and Kessler is the piece of the puzzle. We been rebuilding for 3 years now. Danny promised Laurie he's will get players to around Laurie. But nope he's lied to him and to jazz fans. And now he wants to rebuild again? Can you imagine if we could get Mitchell back and play alongg with Laurie? And Kessler? It takes 3 super stars out really good players to win championships. We got 1 get some good players around him. We also need a guard that can pass and create. Not be selfish and turns the ball over

[@wmbriggz]

12 jazz players under contract playing in the summer league and still can’t win….give L. M. And Sexton and Clarkson a break and trade them… no matter how nice a person they are-- they must want to be on a competitive non-tanking team where they will sit non-playing the last half of season…

[@jordanjenkins1671]

If we don't get Cooper Flagg, then we tank for AJ Dybantsa in 2026

[@tkuebler9561]

That's it... keep the decade rebuild going.

[@brentburnett6658]

The answer is: patience Buckle 🆙 as it going to be a crazy 🤪 ride

[@brainhunter1000]

The Jazz have so many rookies that you play all 6 seconds and first year guys you can apparently tank plenty well. Detroit with Cade, Ivey, Ausar, and a few vets stabilizing would be better than Jazz if they trade Jc and or Sexton. Charlotte still has Ball and bridges and second year Miller. They could be better. Portland could be better than Jazz if Scoot plays more like end of year scoot. So really Washington, Bulls, Nets and Jazz. Just need to trade a couple vets. And we will have a top 7 pick but likely top 5

[@TraFri]

Jazz even if they tank they will never tank enough to get anyone. Jazz will never be able to tank to get anyone amazing. What are you thinking jazz never win a game this year is the only way. Cuz there will be a team that will win only 4 games to get him. You watch. The you can't tell me the spurs didn't tank this year. They will do it again. Lakers will be the one to win 5 games he's flagg will go to the spurs or Lakers

[@MichaelLindsay-uo7tg]

Jazz all in on Lauri sexton clarkson Collins and key we don’t need a wemby or Flagg we got Lauri

[@mr.e347]

Detroit tanked for years. Didnt work. Jazz will be bad naturally and still keep LM. Next year draft will be good even not taking Cooper. Jazz will be fine.

[@Adrianstreet997]

It makes no sense to keep Lauri if tanking.

[@jonmays9779]

Let's be honest the NBA would never let the Jazz have the most popular player. Don't tank. Build around Lauri. Cooper hangs out with LeBron and other super stars. If the Jazz got him he'll be off to Miami, LA, New York.

[@Justinmccartney12]

Do you believe that the lottery is rigged?

[@mateuszzdyb3547]

@@Justinmccartney12 i do believe that he will become a free agent after 3 years, will be free to choose wherever he wants to play, and Utah for him might have less appeal than LA. Lauri, on the other hand, loves to be here

[@jonmays9779]

I don't want to say I believe it's rigged but at the same time I wouldn't be shocked if it was. When Cleveland had LeBron, they had a 1% chance of getting the number 1 pick in 2011 that was Kyrie Irving. Then in 2014 Cleveland again had a 1% chance of the number 1 pick and they got it. Luckily it was just Wiggins but the hype of Wiggins was way up there. Then Jazz have like 50% chance of getting the eighth pick and they fall to 10.

[@jonmays9779]

And look at Bronny. Doesn't have the talent to play in the NBA And L..A people are stupid, they rather watch someone famous than someone that actually has skill so they let him in for money. I think Adam silver is doing a terrible job.

[@TraFri]

Thank you, the people that think the jazz can tank that bad and get away with it just don't understand. The NBA will never allow that. The teams flagg will go to in the West that can tank and win 4or,5 games all year Lakers clippers and spurs. The spurs were a lot better and prob a play in team last year but they tanked again. And there going to do it again.

[@TraFri]

Lol yeah the jazz sucked last night. They didn't know how to pass they ask wanted to just shoot and not creat. Very selfish playing.

[@danr154]

I called it from the start the rebuild was a screw up job. Oh so nowwww its cool to properly tank 2 years later? Duh. Gee, its almost like doing it in multiple stages at the trade deadline like a baseball team was stupid. Two drafts you ended up with meh players cuz you wouldnt tank right from the start. If you tear down a house, you just tear it down, you dont leave the master bedroom and part of the kitchen up for a year. The Jazz arent watchable this year. KG the tank commander!

[@ChristianHWilliams]

I’m not sure what a house has to do with the NBA. I must be a real dummy. You should be running this team. I wish you were a billionaire and you could buy it.

[@danr154]

my analogy is pretty obvious. When you knock down a house you do the whole thing you dont do it in stages over multiple summers. The Jazz "house" should have been leveled from the jump. Trying to tank at the all-star break is pointless because the other teams unloaded their talent at the start so they are 10 games ahead of you in that department. But nope, Ryan Smith loves Jordan Clarkson on a personal level and thats why he hasnt been traded even though resigning him at all was pointless.