Hey, how about that NBA Draft lottery, huh? Pretty crazy stuff. Except, the cynical among you might say, that with the Jazz slated to pick 23rd, it had zero impact upon them.
Au contraire, Andy Larsen and Eric Walden might reply, were they the types to speak French. As it is, they’ll settle for a simple “don’t be so sure about that.”
In this latest episode of the Weekly Run podcast, The Salt Lake Tribune’s pair of Jazz beat writers and “brothers in coverage” recap the unexpected unfoldings from Chicago the other night, examine some potential ideas of how it might have a trickle-down impact on the Jazz, and, finally, in response to a plethora of Twitter questions expressing confusion on the subject, break down the rules and regulations of the upcoming free agency period, explaining that no, sorry, the Jazz can’t realistically sign max-level free agents and still retain the likes of Derrick Favors and Ricky Rubio (unless, of course, they’re willing to return for the friendliest of team contracts).