Utah Jazz
All of the Western Conference Playoff Scenarios

No Surprise Games
This assumes Oklahoma City will beat Memphis
Not sure Games
4/11 – New Orleans at San Antonio
4/11 – Denver at Minnesota
We have 2 Jazz Scenarios that can take place. Inside each are sub scenarios
Scenario #1 – Jazz win out
Scenario #2 – Jazz beat GS lose to Portland
Scenario #1 – Jazz win out
Utah Jazz win final two games and are the #3 seed and win the division
Portland ends with 48 wins tied with OKC and either San Antonio or New Orleans
Portland has the tiebreak with the 4-0 series v. OKC and is the #4 seed and makes OKC the 6th seed
The winner of San Antonio v New Orleans would be the 5th seed
OKC would be the 6th seed
If Denver beats Minnesota and New Orleans beats San Antonio, the tiebreaker for Denver and San Antonio would be record v. playoff teams for seeding
If Denver beats Minnesota and San Antonio beats New Orleans it is Denver 7th and New Orleans 8th
If Minnesota beats Denver and New Orleans beats San Antonio it is Spurs 7th and Minnesota 8th
If Minnesota beats Denver and San Antonio beat New Orleans it is Minnesota 7th and New Orleans 8th
Jazz Summary: Jazz would be 3rd seed playing OKC
Scenario #2 – Jazz beat Golden State and lose to Portland
Portland is the 3rd seed with win over Utah
Jazz, OKC and New Orleans or San Antonio would be at 48 wins.
Jazz are would be 4-4 in all scenarios
OKC would be 4-3 if New Orleans is involved and 5-3 if San Antonio is involved so they would be the 4th seed and Jazz 5th.
Winner of New Orleans and San Antonio would be the 6th seed
If Denver beats Minnesota and San Antonio beats New Orleans it is Denver 7th and New Orleans 8th
If Minnesota beats Denver and New Orleans beats San Antonio it is Spurs 7th and Minnesota 8th
Jazz would be the 5th seed and play OKC
Utah Jazz
Danny Ainge the Executive Part 3 – The Deals not made. Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard

In a 3 part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Ainge’s career has 4 stages and yesterday we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. Today we look at the two fleeces he pulled off that lead to a contender that could be a championship team. The final signature of Danny Ainge’s career in Boston is the deals not made. A different times the Boston Celtics were in the midst of trade rumors involving Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis. Non of the deals got done and it left Ainge with a reputation of not wanting to do deals unless he won dramatically, In retrospect is that true? These deals also tells us one item that is very telling toward what the Jazz might do. The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
Utah Jazz
Danny Ainge the Executive Part 2 – The Fleece to Contender

In a 3 part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Ainge’s career has 4 stages and yesterday we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. Today we look at the two fleeces he pulled off that lead to a contender that could be a championship team The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
Utah Jazz
Danny Ainge the Executive Part 1 – Rebuild to Championship – What can we learn

In a part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Ainge’s career has 4 stages and today we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. In the next episode we will look at the Fleece into a contender. The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
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