John

Collins

In a conference as hard as a rock like the West, if you don’t have a team that has a real chance to win it all, you’re better off finding luck in the NBA draft. The Utah Jazz realized their roster wasn’t good enough with Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert as their core in 2022 and opted to tank to secure high draft picks. In fact, they’ve won only 48 games total in the last two seasons. Unfortunately, that strategy has only netted them as high as the No. 5 pick.