For the millionth time, there is no "fine" or "not fine". If we are actually safely 6th, well it would be better if we were 5th. So on, so forth. When it's lotto night we're going to wish we were a spot higher. We don't lose anything besides temporary enjoyment from doing the bare minimum. It's not my place to tell people what they want, but I prefer a few more percentage points at top 4 in comparison to a few more wins.
Jackpotting Around 52 - Uproar Theory, Tankxiety, Keyonte, and Trade Talk
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FOr the millionth and one time, we know what the tank at all cost people value.
Some people just live in reality where player development matters and isn't just about putting players on the court to get blown out
Yup, confidence is one of the most important things to have in the NBA for your development. The game winners Keyonte has hit this season and his overall clutch play have accelerated his growth in a way that wouldn't be possible with just flat out season long tanking.
This didn't matter at all for the other tanking teams. I don't want to argue about this any further because it really is a "because I say so" argument. Anyone can attribute the development to whatever they want and there's no real substance to the arg other than how we feel. You think confidence comes from winning, I say confidence also comes from getting minutes and the opportunity to play through mistakes. But even if we're taking the premise that it's winning that's important, you're talking about the difference between a crappy team and a slightly less crappy team. How different can the development environment really be between two teams where one has a few more wins than another?
It's not like all those close game moments go away if you do some of the tanking stuff. Last night was a great example of that. This is also true for the "bad development" games. Those don't go away if we never tank. We've gotten blown out several times with Lauri playing. While it's true that we will have less close games/wins and more blowouts, it's not a substantial difference if we're talking about a difference of a few wins.
IMO, it's small change on something that already has small consequences to begin with. Those slight changes can make a big difference lotto position wise. I have a hard time seeing that to be true about development even if you run with this theory (which I find untrue to begin with).
Yes like I said for the millionth and second time I get some people don't believe anything matters with regards to development outside of playing basketball. The Jazz don't feel that way and I agree with them.
The tank at all cost people don't agree.
The Simons/Nurk trade looks like it could have wheels (unless Jake Fischer is just channeling your notion of Simons-for-random-big-and-duck-tax), but I don’t think Miami is a viable dumping spot for Simon’s because they can’t or won’t send back anything (their 2nd this year is a Nets pick that won’t convey).
I’m going to continue to ponder how to dial this trade in, but for the sake of simplicity still wonder if we could pry away the Celtics late-1st if we can sweeten the pot with superfluous youth or 2nds.
I’m going to continue to ponder how to dial this trade in, but for the sake of simplicity still wonder if we could pry away the Celtics late-1st if we can sweeten the pot with superfluous youth or 2nds.