ORLANDO, Fla. — The Utah Jazz are not done ramping up.
After three scrimmages over the last week, the Jazz will open up the restarted NBA season against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, but unlike the Pelicans, the Jazz aren’t playing for a playoff spot.
The Jazz will be a part of the playoffs no matter what. Even if they were to lose each of their eight seeding games at Disney World, they can’t be eliminated from postseason contention. That gives them the most valuable commodity in basketball: time.
Over the next three weeks, the Jazz are going to be fine-tuning.