Andy Lambert

@the27guy @ChrisVernonShow this is the best idea I've seen by far. I can't see anything wrong with it and it creates another fun moment in the NBA: a televised event where each team gets to declare who they think will suck the most next season.

Fixing the NBA is easy- Instead of giving the best lottery odds to the worst team - let them select another team (that they think will be awful) whose lottery balls they get next yr Gimme one reason that doesn’t fix tanking completely Only the nba is too dumb to actually do it

@SleeperJazz I'm just giving honest feedback on this take. Over the next few years when both teams are contending we'll have a much closer direct comparison to make

@AndyLamIAm Okay should we make a good analysis then?

Ace Bailey tonight: 37 PTS | 6 REB | 3 AST 2 STOCKS | 7 3PM | 8/8 FTS Dylan Harper tonight: 21 PTS | 4 REB | 6 AST 2 STOCKS | 3 3PM | 64% FG People really told me he wasn't better 😭 #TakeNote | #JazzNation

I've thought a lot about every proposed method to change the draft to de-incentivize tanking. The only one that I think actually works: randomly and secretly select 80% of the games for losses and 20% for wins to count toward increased lottery odds

@lehgomyeggos @MugenHachi @TheHoopCentral Did you see what the wizards threw out there in a "must-lose" game? It's a league wide issue

@MugenHachi @TheHoopCentral Because the Utah Jazz are a cheating and pathetic organization

Jaren Jackson Jr. in his Jazz debut tonight: 22 Points 5 Rebounds 3 Assists 2 Steals 9/17 FGM 25 Minutes

This is an A+ deal for the Jazz with a huge caveat that if they don't hit in this year's draft then they're stuck being a middling team with very expensive contracts

@All_Things_Mavs Your argument is that not playing Kevin Love (who regularly gets non-tanking related DNP-CD) is less ethical than not playing fringe all star Lauri Markkanen? That's an odd take.

If the Utah Jazz land a top-three pick in this draft, I will riot.

If we're gonna suck today could we at least suck while running plays for Ace? We got Svi out there with 50% usage

@JazzLead If we get a proper table setter/play maker. I'm not sure our current personnel will enable him to be an all star again

Will 28-Year-Old Lauri Markkanen make another All-Star Team?

@McCadeP8 The way I see it he's either all star caliber or fringe rotation player. I don't think there's much space in the grey area for a different outcome. I purchased a bunch of his cards online a couple months ago because of this.

I think the biggest takeaway from Jazz Summer League is that Cody Williams has a chance.....a chance....to be a top-10 player on a playoff team. Long way to go, but hopeful moving forward. He is at least watchable now.

@gawbaey Nope but Tonje is. So at least there's that I guess.

Is Ace playing tonight??

@DLocke09 Out of the 8 young guys from the last 3 drafts, if we can get 1 all star, 2 starters, and another role player then this was a huge success. I'm really excited to find out who pops this season. Just hope we're not so young collectively that these guys pick up bad habits

Wrapped up today's pod. Talked about FanDuel's low 17.5 win projection for us. I think fans are actually excited for the direction. Broke down our young core. Feeling a bit unsure about Collier, Filipowski, and Williams after watching them. What's your take on our youth movement?

@McCadeP8 Curious what piece of optimism you felt for Collier? That night was particularly rough for him. Unless he doesn't fit your meaningful category. I'm buying low right now on Cody Williams cards. Feeling a lot more optimism about him

Feeling somewhat optimistic about the Jazz tonight. Some concerns as always. I though Isaiah, Brice, and Walt had some real rough moments tonight. But I left that game feeling a solid piece of optimism about every single meaningful Jazz player tonight.

@Callystarr Yeah with Sexton gone I kinda figured he'd slide in next to Collier as SG in the starting lineup to start the season

Is Collier a shoe in to start at PG? I almost feel that George was moved to the bench to try to get some offense in the bench with all the (mass sitting) I don’t think people should be ruling out George returning to the starting lineup this season.

@McCadeP8 Not sure what you're trying to plot here, but would something similar to a wind rose fit your needs? Some python and R libraries out there for those

bleh, cant get this to work and look good

@davidjsmith1232 Both are unrestricted free agents in 2026. Section is the better player by quite a ways and we're the ones attaching a pick??

Wait…the Jazz are sending a pick?

@ShamsCharania Sexton is the better player here though. Am I missing something?

I just don't think the summer coming off of the worst record in the league with no discernable young talent with star potential is the right time to trade for a big name

@andyblarsen He's doing exactly what the NBA wants him to do. NBA will happily give him the bonus for facilitating more money coming in from more playoff games played

Scott Foster, The Extender (It is insane that this holds up so well, I truly believe the NBA should fire him)

@Stealth40k The differences were the friends we made along the way

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