The Jusuf Nurkic experience has been a lot better than many anticipated for the Utah Jazz. Not only has he taken his role as Walker Kessler's fill-in and run with it, but he's carved out his niche as a high-post facilitator and elite rebounder for them. Whether it's enough to keep him around could very well be determined by what the Jazz do between now and March 1, aka, the NBA buyout deadline.
It sounds ridiculous that the Jazz would even think about waiving Nurkic, but keep in mind that they are pulling out all the stops - including supposedly unethical ones - to tank, and part of those stops is benching Nurkic either for the fourth quarter or the entire game.