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tanking will continue wheter you like it or not. What do you expect? Fight for playin? Then miss the playin and pick at 14? Even if the Blazers want that they are nearly not good enough
 
Labinot41 said:
tanking will continue wheter you like it or not. What do you expect? Fight for playin? Then miss the playin and pick at 14? Even if the Blazers want that they are nearly not good enough
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7...14 what's it matter
 
Draft Bronny fuck it.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I seriously don’t understand the people complaining about tanking. We weren’t good even when we played everyone. Meanwhile the Wolves and Thunder are in the second round after tanking for years. There’s a clear path to climbing out of mediocrity as a small market and it isn’t making the playin.
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it's just people having fits

people already saying "see...tanking doesn't work" What a crock of shit

in the last 3 drafts the Spurs have tanked their way to Sochan, Wemby, and the 4th pick
 
Ed O said:
Don't re-sign Grant. Don't re-sign Thybulle. Get value for Brogdon. Get value for Williams. Take bad contracts on for draft value.

Going half-way into a tank job just isn't smart. That's my criticism of Cronin--not that we should not be tanking.
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I guess it depends how you value those contracts. Grant, Thybulle are definitely positive trade assets in my book and resigning was the right decision...if we do indeed trade them. Brogdon/Williams can still be traded.

I think the "half-way" approach occurred due to injuries and season trajectory. We lost nothing doing what we did, and gained temporary veteran leadership.
 
Ed O said:
Don't re-sign Grant. Don't re-sign Thybulle. Get value for Brogdon. Get value for Williams. Take bad contracts on for draft value.

Going half-way into a tank job just isn't smart. That's my criticism of Cronin--not that we should not be tanking.
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personally, I'd add don't trade for Ayton and trade Ant, but yeah, it does appear the Blazers can't pick a lane
 
Well hopefully Shaedon and Scoot turn out to be stars. That's all we get folks.
 
Leaving the entire team building strategy to chance (especially with flattened odds) requires a real re-think. This isn't a situation where you have a 1 in 4 chance at the top pick by tanking for the worst record.
 
wizenheimer said:
personally, I'd add don't trade for Ayton and trade Ant, but yeah, it does appear the Blazers can't pick a lane
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I agree with your basic premise and could see how not taking on Ayton and trading Ant would make sense... I guess I'm willing to have those guys because they're young enough to potentially be in their prime by the time we'd emerge from a tank.
 
We won it but Adam Silver is an avid powerball player and was mad that Oregon just won the last lottery and said "They won't be winning two lottery's this year"
 
Maybe Joe will couple one of the picks with Simons and get a young scoring wing in that 6'8-10" range.
 
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