SALT LAKE CITY — On a few occasions during Quin Snyder’s six seasons as head coach of the Utah Jazz, either he or executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey has been asked if it’s harder to go from being a bad team to a good one or a good one to a great one.
The queries have come as the Jazz have made the leap from bad to good under Snyder and Lindsey, improving from a 38-44 record in the 2014-15 season — Snyder’s first — to 51-31 two seasons later. In addition to more wins, Utah made the second round of the playoffs in 2017 and 2018.