SALT LAKE CITY — Imagine getting ready to fly out of an airplane with the added twist that the pilot doesn’t know how to operate said aircraft without instrumentation.
That’s the analogy Utah Jazz executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey used last week to describe how he, general manager Justin Zanik and the rest of the team’s front office feel right now as they start an offseason in which there’s incredible uncertainty around the NBA.
Although Lindsey was quick to point out that such is “no one’s fault,” but rather just the reality in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the fact that dates for the draft and the start of free agency haven’t been set and that next season’s salary cap might not be finalized for a good while make it difficult to plan.