However, according to new Jazz president of basketball operations Austin Ainge, Utah will not take active steps to protect that pick next season. When asked in his introductory press conference on Monday if the Jazz would engage in the sort of minutes manipulation that lost them so many games last season,

After being asked about tanking and saying, "you won't see that this year," Ainge must pick a path for the Jazz: youth or veteran core.

The Utah Jazz hired longtime Boston Celtics executive Austin Ainge as their new president of basketball operations on Monday. Ainge, 43, worked in the Boston front office for 17 years, most recently as an assistant general manager,