With a lot of losses and a lot of upcoming decisions to make.

The team finished 5-25 over its final 30 games after what was mostly a fairly competitive season.

Lauri Markkanen played All-Star-caliber basketball for the second year in a row (23.2 points, 8.2 rebounds), Collin Sexton bounced back from a forgettable season, and Utah’s three first-round selections all showed signs of life — George most of all.

Utah’s late-season collapse did coincide with Markkanen and forward John Collins both missing time due to injury, however, the franchise wasn’t in position to make a serious move in the Western Conference even if it had been healthy.

Second-year head coach Will Hardy made an investment by handing the point guard keys to George, who came out of Baylor as primarily a shooting guard.

Whether George will be the long-term point guard remains to be seen, but Hardy’s decision to let the offense run through the 20-year-old will assuredly make him a more determined playmaker moving forward, regardless of which position he ends up occupying.

Before the season, the Jazz rolled the dice on Collins, acquiring him via trade, in the hope they could rebuild some of his value after he’d grown replaceable in Atlanta.

While Collins would often struggle defensively, he did get a chance to be featured more in the offense, while boosting his rebounding numbers for the first time in years.

Whether the Jazz showcased him enough to make other teams interested in his services remains to be seen, but the remaining $53.1 million on his contract is sure to prove problematic.

A broader discussion needs to take place within the front office this summer.

Due to Markkanen’s modest compensation of just over $18 million, Utah will find it impossible to extend him outright due to the NBA’s 140% extension limit on veteran contracts.

To retain Markkanen long-term, the Jazz will need to renegotiate his contract and use cap space to hand him a significant raise.

This might appear as the logical next step, however, Markkanen turns 27 in May, and the team is nowhere close to being good enough to compete in the playoffs.

Keeping Markkanen long term presents a series of overarching questions about the state of the franchise, which direction to go in, and whether it makes sense to spend the next two to three years waiting for George, Brice Sensabaugh, Walker Kessler and Taylor Hendricks to improve to a level where they can make a real run — if they even can.