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Its Time to Tank

Trading for a piece that is more likely to make an impact next year in a lost season is just standard roster building 101. That move is still based more on "win in the immediate future" than "build for the distant future". They didn't trade "to tank", they traded so that next year when Steph comes back they got a better team to compete with. Tanking was a byproduct of the Steph injury more than anything.

Acting like it was their masterplan to get to the top is insane, when it was 100% based on a serious injury to their biggest star. Also the impact of that "lost season" to their success can be questioned. Maybe they still draft Draymond and get there even without Barnes and Bogut? Or maybe they trade for Bogut in the offseason anyway?
 
HermanG said:
Trading for a piece that is more likely to make an impact next year in a lost season is just standard roster building 101. That move is still based more on "win in the immediate future" than "build for the distant future". They didn't trade "to tank", they traded so that next year when Steph comes back they got a better team to compete with. Tanking was a byproduct of the Steph injury more than anything.

Acting like it was their masterplan to get to the top is insane, when it was 100% based on a serious injury to their biggest star. Also the impact of that "lost season" to their success can be questioned. Maybe they still draft Draymond and get there even without Barnes and Bogut? Or maybe they trade for Bogut in the offseason anyway?
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Uhh, tanking is about getting better for the future man. You can spin it however you want, it's a tanking move.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I'll make sure to get an audio book version done for the reading challenged such as yourself
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I don't like to make things personal, but you really want me to so I will entertain you this once.
Show me proof that I cannot read. Like something along these lines:

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HermanG said:
Every player and pieces matters, but you cannot credit Barnes (and thus, their tanking) much for their 2015 chip or 2016 finals.
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HermanG said:
Tanking was a byproduct of the Steph injury more than anything.
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Your witty reply:
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Uhh, tanking is about getting better for the future man. You can spin it however you want, it's a tanking move.
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If you have trouble interpreting things, I will try my best to help you:
I was never arguing whether they tanked. I was arguing that it wasn't the tanking that brought them the chips.

Who looks like the illiterate one? You should really think carefully who you try to call out and what for....
 
HermanG said:
I don't like to make things personal, but you really want me to so I will entertain you this once.
Show me proof that I cannot read. Like something along these lines:

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Your witty reply:


If you have trouble interpreting things, I will try my best to help you:
I was never arguing whether they tanked. I was arguing that it wasn't the tanking that brought them the chips.

Who looks like the illiterate one? You should really think carefully who you try to call out and what for....
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You seem mad
 
HermanG said:
Annoyed would be a better term, but I guess that depends on the perspective. I do apologize for going over the top there. I am usually pretty civil while argumenting, but you just pushed the wrong buttons on a wrong day.
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All good man .. tanking’s a sensitive subject around these parts mostly because people want instant gratification.

Llife just don’t work like that.

Sometimes you gotta take a step back to make a jump.
 
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