David Locke - Utah Jazz are NOT tanking

[whatthe]

If you are not optimizing every decision for winning this season then it is called...

 

[SoberasHotRod]

This thread is the only one really moving lately here, but Christ it’s boring.

That’s my contribution.

This.

The "Are we tanking?" arguments on Jazzfanz have been the worst part of this season.

 

[Korisfani]

If you are not optimizing every decision for winning this season then it is called...

So all 30 teams are tanking every single season?

 

[LogGrad98]

So all 30 teams are tanking every single season?

Just because they aren't winning doesn't mean they aren't trying!

 

[idiot]

Just because they aren't winning doesn't mean they aren't trying!

If teams were trying to optimize their chances of optimizing their winning each year (which is what I think the original thought was), there would be a whole lot more trades involving rookies and second-year guys. Even the Warriors last year could have traded Wiseman, Moody, Kuminga for players that would have increased their odds of winning (despite the fact that they won the whole thing). Should we call that tanking?

 

[idiot]

This thread is the only one really moving lately here, but Christ it’s boring.

That’s my contribution.

To me it beats the endless beating of the chests about how we know how to draft or manage the money numbers than better DL did, or the interminable arguments about who were the innocent ones and who were the culprits in the meltdown last year -- themes that occupied innumerable threads last year. But hey, to each their own.

 

[whatthe]

If teams were trying to optimize their chances of optimizing their winning each year (which is what I think the original thought was), there would be a whole lot more trades involving rookies and second-year guys. Even the Warriors last year could have traded Wiseman, Moody, Kuminga for players that would have increased their odds of winning (despite the fact that they won the whole thing). Should we call that tanking?

Well, good point. Letting your players grow but not taking yourself out of the playoff race. I guess it should be called not optimizing your team for a playoff run while still considering growing your team should be called something else.

 

[The Midnight]

Well I for 1 am predicting we drop down the standings like a ton of bricks over the final stretch as DA start to tighten his grip on the team.

Let’s see if I’m right or wrong.

LOL .. we won out-tanked OKC today.. that’s a good start.

 

[The Midnight]

Let’s see what our records are following Locke’s comment.

 

[The Midnight]

Also it’s the first game of a 6 game road trip.. I'm predicting a bloodbath.. lol

 

[The Midnight]

@HermanG

Still insisting we’re not tanking my friend?

0-2 since our last conversation lol..

 

[HermanG]

@HermanG

Still insisting we’re not tanking my friend?

0-2 since our last conversation lol..

So now our record IS valid evidence? Interesting double standards you got.

You declared that actions are everything. What additional tanking measures have we taken since you insist on keeping this thread alive?