Utah has spent the first two years of its roster reconstruction falling to the tail end of the NBA lottery, obtaining the ninth-best lottery odds in back-to-back years and grabbing the ninth and tenth picks in subsequent drafts. Their fruits have underwhelmed to this point.

Williamson's excellent play helps, but he is going to have to set the tone off the court for the Pelicans to move forward.

The victories just aren’t that important right now for the Utah Jazz. Getting their younger players game experience in the priority, and plenty of young guys saw the floor Sunday in a 128-121 loss to New Orleans Sunday night at the Delta Center.

The former first-round pick has now earned a standard NBA contract with the Jazz, which was first reported by ESPN's Shams Charania on Sunday afternoon. Springer has proven he's worth keeping on the roster longer-term, especially given he's only 22 years old.

After all, the New Orleans Pelicans are a team the Jazz are competing with to see who can rack up the most losses by the end of the season. But Jazz head coach Will Hardy is not the tank-master. It’s his job to steer the ship,

The Utah Jazz came into this game with the obvious objective of losing. The injury report was an incredibly conspicuous listing of the Jazz’s most impactful players. With Utah’s veterans missing, it was a clear chance to give the Pelicans,

Jazz Top Performers Keyonte George: 28 points, 6 assists Brice Sensabaugh: 21 points Pelicans Top Performers Kelly Olynyk: 26 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists CJ McCollum: 25 points, 8 assists Zion Williamson: 24 points,