Posted by JohnWallace44:
Posted by PresIke:
we're not tanking. this is pretty much restricted to internet fan's fantasies.
on top of that, this year's draft ain't all that.
we're trying to build a winning culture.
we're what. 2 1/2 games out of the 8th spot and we should tank after not being a playoff team since 2004?
our team has struggled to win hence why we lost the nets game. there just seems like little chance that this team is trying to tank. shoot we didn't even tank when we were worse than we are now.
akrud is so right. there are no can't miss prospects this year for the most part. sorry, this is NOT the year to tank when you are trying to be attractive to free-agents in a year.
orlando was able to sign mcgrady and hill (in their prime) after their team put up a solid season just before.
I have to disagree.
We're more than a year out from signing anyone. The Max guys are being told to resign now because of the economy so that's a pipe dream anyway.
How did what Orlando did two seasons before they signed Hill and McGrady effect their attractiveness as a landing spot?
I would argue that there are five players out there that would quickly change our fortunes - Thabeet, Rubio, Jennings, Maynor, Warren and Evans. Griffin will go #1, Hill will be in there somewhere...
You're getting into delicate territory when we're sitting at #9.
Also, what in the eff happened at the end of the Jersey game? We definitely could have won that.
This team really makes no sense at all.
that's cool, i can respect your view. i just don't think this team is tanking. do you think d'antoni is lying? why are we tanking since they stated we were trying to win and rebuild.
the jersey game is to me like many games we have gone through. we are just not a good team, and have worse players at the top than someone like the nets. harris and vince are generally considered better than any player we have, no?
orlando, in that instance, freed space, plus created a decent competitive team that was surprisingly good. i believe it made them attractive to mccgaady and hill, who we never know what could have been because of some unfortunate circumstances. now, in fairness, the celtics got top players, but they didn't sign with them. do you remember when we sucked and the idea was to sign chris webber and brian grant, or whatever? we were USED for the most part, to get them more money. part of that may have been because we were just bad with little future. JVG was smart enough to get out, even if I don't like him as a coach.
i would LOVE to get Rubio, but he isn't even entering the draft, from what I hear. We can still get Jennings, and I don't even think our chances of getting in the playoffs are great, but we HAVE to try. that's the difference. in the past i would support tanking, but this year, i think is transition. people or anything in transition is going to go through struggles. breaking the mentality that you are not "struggling" is the challenge.
if you listen to mike d that's what he seems to say CONSTANTLY. he says the team needs to learn how to win. the suns, i think had more guys ready to win. that's why duhon was so supported, but duhon is not nash. we are mediocre, with some talent, but we need to get away from the idea of tanking because it is self-defeatist as a player and coach. for a fan in dire need of a "star" of course it makes sense, and in years with a BIG star, you do it, but this time around...NO.
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3/11/2009 12:03 AM