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Should we tank for Victor?
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Philc1
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As much as I know no way Son of Stern Adam Silver let’s us get the number 1 pick I am so sick of not winning a championship. We should bench Brunson, Mitch etc, sign Elf and Eddy Curry and try to lose the rest of the way
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Yes- I want Wembenyama
8 votes
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No - I want to win 30 games and no playoffs and pick 8th for the 20th time


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SergioNYK
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11/3/2022  3:26 PM
Sorry but this is a dumb poll considering there is zero chance we would ever tank with Thibs and after throwing the bag at Brunson, RJ and Randle. And even if we did tank, we'd only have a 14% chance at Wembanyama at best so 86% chance we wouldn't get him anyway.
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11/3/2022  4:35 PM
This is like voting in a two-party system...
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11/3/2022  4:35 PM
We can pray for him, but not tank - but- if it's just squeaking into the play offs or missing, I'm for missing and praying.
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11/3/2022  6:17 PM
SergioNYK wrote:Sorry but this is a dumb poll considering there is zero chance we would ever tank with Thibs and after throwing the bag at Brunson, RJ and Randle. And even if we did tank, we'd only have a 14% chance at Wembanyama at best so 86% chance we wouldn't get him anyway.

So your saying there is a chance.
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11/3/2022  6:25 PM
SergioNYK wrote:Sorry but this is a dumb poll considering there is zero chance we would ever tank with Thibs and after throwing the bag at Brunson, RJ and Randle. And even if we did tank, we'd only have a 14% chance at Wembanyama at best so 86% chance we wouldn't get him anyway.

Ha - we couldn't even tank well when the lottery odds were not recalibrated so it's definitely pointless unless we're trying to land top 7 or 8.
Clean
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11/3/2022  7:50 PM
Our luck is so bad that I will never say we should tank from the start of the season but if we suck again the lottery chance hurting end of the season wins have to stop. It happens every year and all it does is kill draft position and we end up with Frank or Knox. Last year there was a point we were in the top 5ish pick and those wins at the end killed that. We would have gotten a really talented player if we stayed in that position instead of trying to trade up and teams ignore our calls when someone like Ivey drops to them.
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11/3/2022  10:13 PM
Is it tanking when you are just bad? Anyhow the league won't let the knicks win the lottery.
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11/3/2022  10:18 PM
We should always be tanking until the day comes when we don't need to anymore. That day has yet to come.
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11/4/2022  7:06 AM
SergioNYK wrote:Sorry but this is a dumb poll considering there is zero chance we would ever tank with Thibs and after throwing the bag at Brunson, RJ and Randle. And even if we did tank, we'd only have a 14% chance at Wembanyama at best so 86% chance we wouldn't get him anyway.

I don’t think we would have to actually attempt to tank to have a chance.

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11/4/2022  7:31 AM
No, we should not tank. But if we are organically not good we should not be buying via trade but selling and let yoot play.
If we suck with Drose, then trade him. let him play for a contender if they take his contract.
Randle? if we suck with him, I really don’t want to dump him with a pick, but……how can we take back money?
I like him on GSW if Dray Green goes down. They are not down with playing Kuminga. WIseman is still very raw and hurting them.
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11/4/2022  9:21 AM
There's no tanking in NBA...odds aren't favorable. Better to build a fighting/winning culture and keep on building, developing players. Tanking is an NFL thing.
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11/4/2022  12:14 PM
Another great reason why Utah traded with the Cavs:
Statistically (based on results) the Cavs lottery picks are much more likely than normal to become 1st overall picks over the past 2 decades:
2003 - Lebron (22.5%)
2011 - Kyrie (2.8% - though it was technically the Clippers' pick!)
2013 - Bennett (15.6%)
2014 - Wiggins (1.4%)

That's 20% success rate when their actual odds were dramatically lower.

The Knicks and Mavericks are among a number of teams that have consistently lost the lottery - that consistently draft worse than their record.

An optimistic gambler might say we're due for the big win.
A pessimistic gambler would say we're cursed and happily trade picks for real players. (this was our strategy for years!)

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Clean
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11/4/2022  12:38 PM
technomaster wrote:Another great reason why Utah traded with the Cavs:
Statistically (based on results) the Cavs lottery picks are much more likely than normal to become 1st overall picks over the past 2 decades:
2003 - Lebron (22.5%)
2011 - Kyrie (2.8% - though it was technically the Clippers' pick!)
2013 - Bennett (15.6%)
2014 - Wiggins (1.4%)

That's 20% success rate when their actual odds were dramatically lower.

The Knicks and Mavericks are among a number of teams that have consistently lost the lottery - that consistently draft worse than their record.

An optimistic gambler might say we're due for the big win.
A pessimistic gambler would say we're cursed and happily trade picks for real players. (this was our strategy for years!)

That nice and all but you have to be in the lottery to have a chance at the 1st pick and they are too good and too young to be in the lottery. So their actual chances will be 0%
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11/4/2022  12:41 PM
Clean wrote:
technomaster wrote:Another great reason why Utah traded with the Cavs:
Statistically (based on results) the Cavs lottery picks are much more likely than normal to become 1st overall picks over the past 2 decades:
2003 - Lebron (22.5%)
2011 - Kyrie (2.8% - though it was technically the Clippers' pick!)
2013 - Bennett (15.6%)
2014 - Wiggins (1.4%)

That's 20% success rate when their actual odds were dramatically lower.

The Knicks and Mavericks are among a number of teams that have consistently lost the lottery - that consistently draft worse than their record.

An optimistic gambler might say we're due for the big win.
A pessimistic gambler would say we're cursed and happily trade picks for real players. (this was our strategy for years!)

That nice and all but you have to be in the lottery to have a chance at the 1st pick and they are too good and too young to be in the lottery. So their actual chances will be 0%

Right, and even if they were in lottery, the law of averages suggest they are done getting the #1 pick.

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TheGame
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11/4/2022  1:08 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/4/2022  1:09 PM
We did not pay Brunson $100 million to tank. If the Knicks don’t make the playoffs or at least the play-in, everyone should be fired.
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11/4/2022  2:35 PM
TheGame wrote:We did not pay Brunson $100 million to tank. If the Knicks don’t make the playoffs or at least the play-in, everyone should be fired.

I think we are heading in that direction, if there are not significant changes.

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11/4/2022  4:01 PM
blkexec wrote:
TheGame wrote:We did not pay Brunson $100 million to tank. If the Knicks don’t make the playoffs or at least the play-in, everyone should be fired.

I think we are heading in that direction, if there are not significant changes.

Real question, did you expect to beat a team with Greek Freak, DM or Trae Young and DJM this early in the year?

Firing, imho, happens when teams are losing to teams that they are expected to beat.

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Nalod
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11/4/2022  4:57 PM
TheGame wrote:We did not pay Brunson $100 million to tank. If the Knicks don’t make the playoffs or at least the play-in, everyone should be fired.

WE did not pay for brunson. Dolan did.
Fans expectations are based on hope and emotion. Yet every pundit in the universe said we'd struggle to make play in.
You don't fire people out of anger or spite. You fire them for underperforming and thats at the discretion of the owner.
Thus, Dolan who has been known to make some dumb ass decisions and creating a dysfunctional FO has really not done so this time.
"everyone should be fired". What after 7 games this season have they been a dismal failure at after a 3-4 start?
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11/4/2022  5:17 PM
I want my 8th pick!! Just give it to me an be done with it. Can definitely get a rotation player and in most cases a starter with it. Our draft scouts are beyond solid. The only starter that was drafted above 8 is RJ. Mitchell and Brunson were from the 2 ND round even. I'll take my 8th pick pls, thank you very much.
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Philc1
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11/4/2022  7:39 PM
TheGame wrote:We did not pay Brunson $100 million to tank. If the Knicks don’t make the playoffs or at least the play-in, everyone should be fired.

Who are we drafting at 8?
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