Inigo Montoya wrote:AingesBurner wrote:People should view Utah tanking for the pick as a way to build the team with trades. We now have 2-3 picks in almost every draft.
But if we keep our pick OKC will own it next season and we won't be able to trade our own pick until it is conveyed. It's much better to convey it now because it is a weak draft and it allows the Jazz to trade 3 of its own picks. We also now have a late FRP and an early SRP from other teams so the need to our own picks is even less.
In short, conveying our own pick this season actually gives us more picks to trade (our own) that we aren't allowed to traded until we convey the pick to OKC.
Unless I am mistaken, I think OKC is also getting Houston’s pick this season and I sincerely doubt OKC, with the team they are currently having, would want to add 2 more rookies next season. So conveying our pick this season would actually hurt them more than benefit them.