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Yeah, it’s a problem. But criticizing the league for it is just talk unless you’ve got a solution that’s better than what’s already in place. The issue is complex. And we’d be wrong to think the league hasn’t tried hard to solve it or that they won’t have other cracks at it.

You say you’re not an NBA fan anymore. But that’s how the cookie crumbles in the NBA and has crumbled for a long time. Teams tank to get a shot at drafting top players. As far as “mysterious injuries,” teams use various tactics to tank, but lying about injuries isn’t one of them (or at least it...

You got to be kidding lol

tank battle going down the wire

Collier starting to look better and better out there. Nice to see.

I'm not too worried about that. The FO knows the rules and that the league is watching. Other teams use the same tactics. Our advantage is that we have a lot of young guys who need to play.

Yeah, we should at least be able to trade Sexton. At this point, after we pivoted, I don’t see any point in keeping Sexton/Collins/Clarkson. We have seven young players already, and more are coming from the next draft. We need a star player on a rookie contract and are probably 3-4 years from...

Yeah, can’t take our foot off the gas. No pumping the brakes. Because if we do, other tanks will zoom right past us. Ending up as one of the bottom 3 is the target for me.

College basketball is great. Always loved watching it.

Yeah, made a three-point bucket too. Baby steps.

Yeah, we need to trade Sexton before the trade deadline. He isn’t a piece for our next contending team, and now that we’re tanking this season, this makes even more sense. I hope Danny finds a trading partner.

The stiff competition from other tanking teams doesn't change anything for me because our other option, sitting the kids and mainly playing just the vets, could give us another #10 pick or similar, or we could even lose the pick to the Thunder. We just have to dig in and beat the other tanking...

You’re absolutely right when you say tanking is often the only way for teams to get better. When that happens, they've got no choice but to tank. No other paths to improve. And that’s one of the reasons I find general discussions about tanking to be quite fruitless and uninteresting (like I...

Sure, tanking doesn't guarantee anything. We all know that. But let’s not forget why teams choose to tank. They do it because they believe it’s the best option for them in their situation. I’m not a fan of tanking. It sucks. But I support it if the alternatives are worse. Danny told us he might...

this is a fierce battle for cooper

awesome tank battle

Exactly. What’s the alternative? The Jazz changed direction and now have a bunch of young players. And I don’t think Danny himself is a big fan of tanking. He has talked about this before—how hard it is to draft star players. But in our current situation, tanking makes the most sense, and that’s...

I find a lot of your posts here quite hilarious. This is one of them.

Take a deep breath. Way too early for that kind of stuff.

Great episode. You guys get it. We have to see the big picture. And that means pulling out all the stops when trying to trade Sexton, Collins, and Clarkson. Hope our FO doesn’t spoil this by getting too greedy at the negotiating table.