With the 2025-26 season beginning to wind down - which Utah Jazz fans want now more than anything - the Jazz know what's at stake, which is why it was imperative for them to lose both of their most recent games against the New Orleans Pelicans. Because the Pelicans are in the same ballpark as the Jazz and don't want to be, both teams did each other a massive favor.
The Pelicans have everything to play for, as they won't get their pick this year following their trade with the Atlanta Hawks. Unlike the Jazz, the Pelicans have been unmistakably terrible and tyring their best not to give the Hawks a golden asset.