The Utah Jazz Summer League squad came out of the gate flat-footed, falling behind Oklahoma City in the early minutes with an ever-widening lead that the Jazz simply couldn’t whittle down.
If Moneyball’s Billy Beane is to be believed, anything that’s worth doing is going to be incredibly hard. In Utah’s case, shaping its young talent into NBA-level contributors is the goal, and the path to their destination is still unclear. Player development is never linear, and Utah’s blowout loss against the Thunder Summer League squad was a perfect indication that the youth of Utah is far from ready to take on real NBA competition.