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yeah, my assumption here is that Phx is gunning for a good last squeeze out of the KD-Booker era. I don't think they've got some kind of long-term/recovery plan.

I'm not disagreeing with you. But how would you characterize Key's improvement? From today's ESPN Power Rankings: "Guard Keyonte George has spent a majority of his two NBA seasons as a starter but needs to improve his production to make a convincing case to secure his spot in the Jazz's...

I try to politely bow out of conversations once they get into semantics. There's very little point in spending mental bandwidth on these issues. But it struck me as very odd that you've just marshaled together evidence for your position, and all of it reads like a synopsis of message-board chat...

I think it's safe to say that they're bottomed-out by '31.

I think it's pretty obvious that the Suns are using those picks to improve their roster in the short-term. I think I like this move for us, but I'm gonna have to stew on it.

Suns are obviously trying to parlay those picks in win-now trades. This could work out well for both teams.

For the defense-first crowd.

Tanking is a strategy, and all strategies have a context. Talent acquisition, talent retention, and team building are that context.

ok, it's semantics. But if you want to get semantic, then I said "proper tank", iirc.

I'd be shocked if Bailey ever gets a hard look at #1 over Flagg.

I understand. But the question here was about a "risky" career move. In my experience, if I'm talking about where someone's career is at, then I'm concerned with more than just how their present employers see and value them. I'm sure Hardy is looking forward to the end of tanking (and part of...

I think every basketball team wants you to hit the open man when that's screamingly obvious. There have been times when Bailey didn't do that.

A lot of people seem to think that Bailey is trending in the right direction right now. I think I'm one of them. I've also already said that if we drafted him, I'd get hyped. And since you threw out KD, I'll just say that my eyeball test favors college-KD over Bailey right now. FWIW

I think the question is really whether there's been any shine knocked off of Hardy. When we got him, he was widely considered amongst the top of up-and-coming coaches. How much tanking before he's sullied in the eyes of his peers?

The entertainment value I was getting out of the "Jazz product" took a major hit when Quin Synder and Dennis Lindsey started a poo-flinging fight with one another—and hence effectively torpedoed the second half of any title window we might have had. And the entertainment value hasn't really...

It feels like some people need to be reminded that a proper tank involves more than just losing games. It also involves getting your contracts lined up to expire at the right times and in the right amounts. Being a good team is about more than just acquiring talent. It's also about having the...

Someone always has the option of becoming disappointed with something they used to love, and then subtracting it from their list of loves. They could do this without crying on a message board, too. It's just entertainment/basketball.

I just filled my hankie full of snot as I wept with you, bro. I also wish I lived in an Honest Basketball Nirvana. :`(

The only thing I've noticed about this source is that today at 8:17 AM, in this very thread, it was good enough forward someone's narrative.

what you should have seen is that he's just a ****ing idiot straight through.