What should the FO do if we are 0.500 by January?

[HermanG]

Has any team ever turned a corner aggressively early January? Teams who have assets to invest wanna hold them to see who comes available (and possibly to see how they can sustain their health and success) and teams who are mid dont know what direction to pick. The correct decision deadline is MUCH more likely to be late January or early February like it always is... and that would put us to 20-20+ and it would be a whole different situation.

Also why isnt "deal with OKC" an option? The way I see it we are likely going to waste assets here anyways (except with the tanking shenanigans.... but that may not be politically feasible for many reasons).

 

[rippimpc]

Would be funny if okc ends up with one of the big 3.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Has any team ever turned a corner aggressively early January? Teams who have assets to invest wanna hold them to see who comes available (and possibly to see how they can sustain their health and success) and teams who are mid dont know what direction to pick. The correct decision deadline is MUCH more likely to be late January or early February like it always is... and that would put us to 20-20+ and it would be a whole different situation.

Also why isnt "deal with OKC" an option? The way I see it we are likely going to waste assets here anyways (except with the tanking shenanigans.... but that may not be politically feasible for many reasons).

I picked early January because by late January you are already locked in to some degree. This not meant to be a realistic scenario.

 

[fishonjazz]

Would be funny if okc ends up with one of the big 3.

They would have to have one of the big 3 fall to the 9th pick for that to happen I think.

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[HermanG]

I picked early January because by late January you are already locked in to some degree. This not meant to be a realistic scenario.

Yeah I can see how this scenario and its options are much more limited at 20-20.

Personally only option that is off the table for me at that point is the "unethical tank" path. I dont think you can start that early January at 15-15 and not expect the league to get absolutely furious especially with media drooling for news that are related to result manipulation and therefore can be tied to gambling.

But I dont really have a clear preference of the other options. They all cost assets in one way or the other as you cant force early trades and try to win them. If I had to spend assets though, I would first explore the OKCpath.