We are too good to tank. Will take another long term injury or trade as well as moving Mike. Problem with trades is I want to keep Lauri, Beasley long term… team wants to keep JC long term… so moving Vando/KO/Mike might be tough to recoup good value.If we’re gonna tank, gotta trade Mike asap when he comes back. This season has already been a success in my mind, I don’t really care which direction we want to go
I don't think we are too good to tank into that 6 to 8 spot and I think that is a great spot to be in this draft. Still gives us a shot to move up but there will be plenty of great prospects to choose from if we stay in that range.We are too good to tank. Will take another long term injury or trade as well as moving Mike. Problem with trades is I want to keep Lauri, Beasley long term… team wants to keep JC long term… so moving Vando/KO/Mike might be tough to recoup good value.
I have my eye on Olynyk to the warriors to help facilitate more of the tank. I think Olynyk for Wiseman and Patrick Baldwin makes sense for both teams. I love the potential of Baldwin. He is the type of guy that if he got healthy and stayed in college would have probably been a lottery pick this year.
I've said this already, and it's even more true since we've racked up more wins: The 6-8 range is typically around 30 wins.I don't think we are too good to tank into that 6 to 8 spot and I think that is a great spot to be in this draft. Still gives us a shot to move up but there will be plenty of great prospects to choose from if we stay in that range.
Considering this is the hardest part of our schedule, in b2b's, road-heavy, games against .500+ teams, etc... and our remaining schedule is easy as hell, I'd say being above .500 after 22 games is incredible and the team would be dumb as hell to overreact to "almost being .500" after it.
I think it helps us. He has won us a few games this year and he provides great spacing whether he is shooting well or not.Trading Olynyk does not help us tank. He’s been awful lately.
This year is different. There are alot more solid teams than there has ever been.I've said this already, and it's even more true since we've racked up more wins: The 6-8 range is typically around 30 wins.
We're not going to finish 18-44.
No it isn't. 6 teams are currently on pace to finish under 30 wins.This year is different. There are alot more solid teams than there has ever been.
I don't think the pro-tankers realize how insane it would be at this point to expect this team to finish 18-44 against a relatively easy remaining schedule, even if they unload a couple vets for nothing -tonight-.
You don't seem to be paying attention to the standings. The jazz are a couple games away from being the 10th seed in the west and that is with the warriors and Lakers behind them. Both those teams could jump us easily. Then in the east you only really have 3 bad teams in the magic, Pistons and hornets. It would actually be pretty easy to get into that 6 to 8 range within a month.I don't think the pro-tankers realize how insane it would be at this point to expect this team to finish 18-44 against a relatively easy remaining schedule, even if they unload a couple vets for nothing -tonight-.
lmaoYou don't seem to be paying attention to the standings. The jazz are a couple games away from being the 10th seed in the west and that is with the warriors and Lakers behind them. Both those teams could jump us easily. Then in the east you only really have 3 bad teams in the magic, Pistons and hornets. It would actually be pretty easy to get into that 6 to 8 range within a month.
I’m just not sure… when I started the thread I thought we’d go 0-2 on the Suns Blazers games. Let down games like tonight and against the Knicks will happen… I think we have some auto wins coming down the road. We have a handful of guys that can go nuclear and it means you win some games you shouldn’t.I don't think we are too good to tank into that 6 to 8 spot and I think that is a great spot to be in this draft. Still gives us a shot to move up but there will be plenty of great prospects to choose from if we stay in that range.