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Why the Utah Jazz face uncertainty this offseason

Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Utah Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey and head coach Quin Snyder talk to journalists at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News

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.

Said Zanik: “Knowing those dates kind of determines how and when you work on different things. The NBA is working hard with the players association to get those things figured out. Hopefully we’ll have more guidance sooner rather than later, and then once those dates are in place we’ll get to work on specific things.”

Since Lindsey and Zanik met with media for their annual season debrief last Wednesday, some reports have surfaced about possibilities for dates and the predraft process, although nothing has been formally announced by the league yet.

The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported last Friday that the NBA is planning a draft combine of sorts to begin later this month, with it being split into two parts. The first part, Charania reported, would see prospects go to different markets for medical exams and on-court drills and virtual interviews.

The second part, which Charania said would go from mid-October until the draft, would see teams be able to conduct in-person interviews with prospects but no workouts.

Multiple outlets have reported that the league is now eyeing Nov. 18 as a date for the draft, although again, nothing has been finalized, and that date has previously been pushed back several times.

While there’s so much uncertainty surrounding the situation, both Lindsey and Zanik stressed the importance of doing what they can to prepare for whenever the draft and free agency do happen. They can still scout draft prospects and free agents on video, for example.

“We’re just getting back to core evaluations of our team, value adds, fits, needs and then just trying to be as open and flexible as possible towards the work,” Lindsey said.

Added Zanik: “There’s lots of different paths, there’s a lot of stuff we can continue to prepare for here in terms of internal evaluations, trying to be prepared for any sort of dates that come through.”

Still, he said, “Sure, when it gets down to deadlines in a deadline league in a lot of ways, knowing those deadlines would be very helpful for sure.”

Although the duo is trying to remain patient with the situation, it’s also not lost on them the role offseasons play in shaping the futures of teams. This year, the Jazz won’t have a whole lot of money to play with in free agency, but they could sign both Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert to long-term contract extensions, they’re in position to bolster a relatively weak bench and they own the 23rd pick in the draft.

“The draft, there’s a good chance it will be a virtual draft which will be like (March 11 when the league shut down), unprecedented, but yet we still have to make critical decisions for our group to move our group forward,” Lindsey said.

“These are the circumstances that we’ve been presented with, and the Millers expect us to do our work and do it well and make good decisions, and we’re confident that we can adapt to the circumstances. We just need to know when the circumstances are going to happen and the rules that are wrapped around.”

Then Lindsey added what essentially amounted to the bottom line for the Jazz and all of the other 29 teams in the NBA as this most strange season begins to move more fully into the offseason.

“The long and short of it,” he said, “is that at this time we have no idea.”

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