Calvin Barrett is a writer, editor, and prolific Mario Kart racer located in Provo, Utah. Currently writing for SB Nation and FanSided, he has covered the Utah Jazz and BYU athletics since 2024 and graduated (woohoo!) from Utah Valley University.
I’ll be upfront and just say it: this sucks.
The Utah Jazz, after an agonizing 2024-25 season that tallied a mere 17 wins while bearing the crushing burden of 65 losses, saw their worst fears become harsh tangibility as they dropped from the top lottery odds to the 5th overall pick — sharing this unsavory reality with the last two years of the Detroit Piston’s assembly line of sadness.