Every general manager in the NBA is trying to make his team better.
Bad teams are trying to get mediocre. Mediocre teams are trying to get good. Good teams, great. Great teams want to be champions.
But it doesn’t always work out, even when teams make good decisions.
The Utah Jazz have fallen into a tough situation in spite of doing a lot of things right.
They invade American Airlines Center on Monday night and the team the Mavericks will see brings an 0-2 record into the 7:30 p.m. game. The Jazz have missed the playoffs the last two seasons.