Game Thread Mar 05, 2023 05:00PM MT: Jazz at Thunder

[NUMBERICA]

How do you tank "right out of the gate" if you have an All Star starter and a dude who's among the top rookies?

You complete the Laker trade that Tony said was on the table that was Bojan and good expiring players (I don't remember specifically, but probably Beasley, Vanderbilt, and Clarkson) for Westbrook and an unprotected first before the season started.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Most people are rubes.

There's the armchair GM superiority complex I've come to expect. Nice.

You're not some mastermind who sees into the future. You're a dude who hopes his team loses.

That's it.

 

[Korisfani]

But in today's NBA, it's about the championship and nothing else. That is the mentality of teams and players.

No it's not. There isn't a Silver edict. This is nothing but fans personal choices.

 

[NUMBERICA]

There's the armchair GM superiority complex I've come to expect. Nice.

You're not some mastermind who sees into the future. You're a dude who hopes his team loses.

That's it.

I'm just a bigger purist than DA is about his own obvious plan to tank the hell out of this season.

 

[Elizah Huge]

There's the armchair GM superiority complex I've come to expect. Nice.

You're not some mastermind who sees into the future. You're a dude who hopes his team loses.

That's it.

No, there is just obvious rewards in a one season tank where we aren’t going to be serious contenders. What helps us more in the future? A play-in game or getting the 8th best lottery odds?

 

[just because]

All you folks who wanted to tank had better be happy. This bs is not even remotely fun to watch. I think getting a beat down like this is demoralizing and can't possibly be a good thing for long term growth.

 

[NUMBERICA]

All you folks who wanted to tank had better be happy. This bs is not even remotely fun to watch. I think getting a beat down like this is demoralizing and can't possibly be a good thing for long term growth.

In utter bliss.

 

[FrenchJazzFa]

I'm not going to flood this thread with the extent to which tanking helps, but if the Jazz were to try every game the incentive is....they get into the playoffs and get clapped? Maybe that's worth it to some, I can't decide for them. But in today's NBA, it's about the championship and nothing else. That is the mentality of teams and players.

I disagree. MJ era was all about winning, now it's much more about making as much money as possible.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

No, there is just obvious rewards in a one season tank where we aren’t going to be serious contenders. What helps us more in the future? A play-in game or getting the 8th best lottery odds?

Tankers are funny.

Making noise in the playoffs was apparently so unlikely that it wasn't even worth trying (never mind that we beat the living **** out of teams that are actually going to be in the playoffs) but hoping you hit the jackpot in the lottery with what are still ****ing awful odds AND expecting that draft pick to materialize into an actual difference maker, fast... that's completely rational.

 

[Elizah Huge]

All you folks who wanted to tank had better be happy. This bs is not even remotely fun to watch. I think getting a beat down like this is demoralizing and can't possibly be a good thing for long term growth.

We should all be happy it’s only 17 more games after this. It was an amazing first 60 games.

 

[framer]

But in today's NBA, it's about the championship and nothing else. That is the mentality of teams and players.

Is it though? maybe on message boards and twitter, but that isn't real life.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

How do you tank "right out of the gate" if you have an All Star starter and a dude who's among the top rookies?

You don't. That just doesn't happen, and that's what makes this **** even harder to comprehend.

But we still have those two players right now,

People wanted us to trade some veterans earlier. Sure seemed like it helped once that was done, no?