Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Utah Jazz

When the 2022-2023 season began, it was all but assumed that the Utah Jazz would be one of the teams joining the San Antonio Spurs in the tankathon for Victor Wembanyama. Eschewing the full-on tank, the Jazz have one of the ten worst records in the league, while the Spurs have maxed out their Wembanyama odds with the 3rd worst record and net rating that may go down as the worst in NBA history. The Jazz appear to have beginnings of a young core in Walker Kessler and Lauri Markkanen, and might have found themselves in 45 win territory had Jazz brass and crafty overlord Danny Ainge not decided to collect assets and head for the tank after the trade deadline.