Not many would take issue with how much better the Utah Jazz have looked this season compared to last if it weren't for the fact that if they play just well enough to not be terrible, their first-round pick goes to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Perhaps there could be an alternative route to avoiding this fate, one may suggest, but Tony Jones shut any alternative down.
When the possibility of the Jazz being able to escape giving the Thunder the pick came out, the former Jazz reporter made it clear that there is only one way Utah can avoid forking over their pick to Oklahoma City.