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The Official 2014/15 Tank Watch thread

Boston and Indiana both win. NY doing their best to join Philly in the fight for mediocrity. And I have to say I'm a bit concerned about Cleveland. If they miss the playoffs, you KNOW the league doesn't want LBJ to leave; that would be horrible for the image of the NBA. So Cleveland would get the top pick again, allowing them to get the big (Okafor) that they so desperately need. Probably shouldn't worry, though. There's a chance 30 wins is good enough for the #8 seed in the EC this year.

Also, Big Al is out for 4 weeks. Charlotte is going to have a rough January.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Boston and Indiana both win. NY doing their best to join Philly in the fight for mediocrity. And I have to say I'm a bit concerned about Cleveland. If they miss the playoffs, you KNOW the league doesn't want LBJ to leave; that would be horrible for the image of the NBA. So Cleveland would get the top pick again, allowing them to get the big (Okafor) that they so desperately need. Probably shouldn't worry, though. There's a chance 30 wins is good enough for the #8 seed in the EC this year.

Also, Big Al is out for 4 weeks. Charlotte is going to have a rough January.
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Wow if Cleveland got the first pick yet again I might stop watching basketball all together.
 
Well, I think we can safely say Philadelphia, NY and Minnesota are locks for the 3 worst records. The surprising thing to me is that I thought Philly would EASILY out-tank everyone else. Not that easy

Indiana and Detroit picked up wins. Close miss for LA. Not much separation for the teams 4-11. Jazz are currently #7.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Well, I think we can safely say Philadelphia, NY and Minnesota are locks for the 3 worst records. The surprising thing to me is that I thought Philly would EASILY out-tank everyone else. Not that easy

Indiana and Detroit picked up wins. Close miss for LA. Not much separation for the teams 4-11. Jazz are currently #7.
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I'm OK with getting the #7 this year IF Gobert & Exum develops as rapidly as they've been. Both of them have the potential to be top 3 when it is all said in done in their respective draft class.
 
So ... we're currently #5.


- DX would have us drafting Porzingis (SCORE!!!)

- Chad Ford's big board would have us drafting Looney (WHAT?!?!)

- NBAdraft.net would have us drafting Winslow (Meh)
 
Bump before One Love does it.

Technically Orlando is now in 5th now by less than .001, with the Jazz 6th and Boston .001 back in 7th. Indiana just 1/2 game back in 8th.
 
It's going to be interesting to see how long Kanter remains as a starter. Moving Gobert into the starting lineup will damage the tank in a big way, but I don't know if you can continue justify Kanter starting when Gobert is so much better. Our tanking skills will be rigorously tested by the Rudy.
 
freakazoid said:
It's going to be interesting to see how long Kanter remains as a starter. Moving Gobert into the starting lineup will damage the tank in a big way, but I don't know if you can continue justify Kanter starting when Gobert is so much better. Our tanking skills will be rigorously tested by the Rudy.
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Just frickin' play the best guy out there, I don't see the conundrum here...
 
freakazoid said:
It's going to be interesting to see how long Kanter remains as a starter. Moving Gobert into the starting lineup will damage the tank in a big way, but I don't know if you can continue justify Kanter starting when Gobert is so much better. Our tanking skills will be rigorously tested by the Rudy.
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I don't know that it damages the tank that much. Kanter still gets his minutes off the bench. Jazz are 3-5 in their last eight, with Rudy playing >=29 mins in all but one game (the Laker win). Going back a little further, in the other games in which he had >25 mins, the Jazz were only 1-4. Put him in with the starters and the bench is a lot weaker. When a team has a rotation of Ingles, Hood and Millsap at SG, they're not going to win a ton of games.
 
Stifle Tower said:
I don't know that it damages the tank that much. Kanter still gets his minutes off the bench. Jazz are 3-5 in their last eight, with Rudy playing >=29 mins in all but one game (the Laker win). Going back a little further, in the other games in which he had >25 mins, the Jazz were only 1-4. Put him in with the starters and the bench is a lot weaker. When a team has a rotation of Ingles, Hood and Millsap at SG, they're not going to win a ton of games.
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This
Start rudy. We still will lose lots. Maybe win a couple more games but nothing drastic
 
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