14th Tank Platoon
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Bawse Dawg
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Come to peace with it my son.
Trevor, stop being a debbie downer.
Bawse Dawg
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Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Well, not a great night for the tank. But Sacramento was down 13 and came back. That proves they aren't just throwing in the towel. On the bottom end, I am worried about New Orleans. They have a tough schedule coming up and seem to be playing to lose. Let's hope that 4-game lead holds up. Detroit could also lose some ground in the next 2 weeks.
On a positive note, LA Clippers won, as did Portland and Houston. I'm not very optimistic on GS missing the playoffs, so it's important they climb no higher. Finishing #6 in the WC likely results in the 23rd pick. Not great, but still should add a decent reserve or perhaps the pick is an asset that can be traded.
On a positive note, LA Clippers won, as did Portland and Houston. I'm not very optimistic on GS missing the playoffs, so it's important they climb no higher. Finishing #6 in the WC likely results in the 23rd pick. Not great, but still should add a decent reserve or perhaps the pick is an asset that can be traded.
UGLI baby
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Looking @ schedules, legit kinda worried about NYK, NO, and DET catching us bros.
There is forrealz zero chance we can out tank any of...
1) Milwaukee
2) Philly
3) Orlando
4) Boston
5) L.A.
But I'm really really hopeful we can grab the #6 spot.
Most important teams to root for now:
1) Sacramento
2) New York (they just actually suck, and have a tough schedule)
3) Detroit
4) New Orleans
Would be super excited with anything better than 6th, decently excited with #6, ok with 7th, and wanting to murder someone if we finish 8th or below.
There is forrealz zero chance we can out tank any of...
1) Milwaukee
2) Philly
3) Orlando
4) Boston
5) L.A.
But I'm really really hopeful we can grab the #6 spot.
Most important teams to root for now:
1) Sacramento
2) New York (they just actually suck, and have a tough schedule)
3) Detroit
4) New Orleans
Would be super excited with anything better than 6th, decently excited with #6, ok with 7th, and wanting to murder someone if we finish 8th or below.
Primetime
Active Member
I'm not in any ways excited if we're not getting Andrew or Jabari but giving our actual situaion I have to agree. So sad! The 1-14 start was so promining
UGLI baby
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I'm not in any ways excited if we're not getting Andrew or Jabari but giving our actual situaion I have to agree. So sad! The 1-14 start was so promining
Would be excited with 6th or better because of the decent chance at moving up that it gives us. If we don't move up, it'll be disappointing.
#nTn
This draft kinda reminds me of the 2010 draft:
1. John Wall
2. Evan Turner
3. Derick Favors
4. Wesley Johnson
5. DeMarcus Cousin
6. Epke Udoh
7. Greg Moroe
8. Alfarouq-Aminu
9. Gordon Hayward
10. Paul George
It was really good between 1-5 (if you swap George with Johnson), then it got really bad from 6 onwards.
So if we did ended up with the 6th pick, it might turn out really disappointing.
1. John Wall
2. Evan Turner
3. Derick Favors
4. Wesley Johnson
5. DeMarcus Cousin
6. Epke Udoh
7. Greg Moroe
8. Alfarouq-Aminu
9. Gordon Hayward
10. Paul George
It was really good between 1-5 (if you swap George with Johnson), then it got really bad from 6 onwards.
So if we did ended up with the 6th pick, it might turn out really disappointing.
Are you kidding me? That was a very deep draft and right there in quality. Nothing too exciting at the top, 1 huge steal in the middle, but a lot of quality.
I mean if you wanna get franchise talent this year, you need top4 IMO. But fortune is a bitch.
I don't know what the Jazz are thinking, they might have a plan. I don't know what the role of ownership is.
But if they feel they can continue to build a contender around their role players or bundle some to get a big fish from another small market team that can't afford 2 top dogs, then it's going to be that way. Nothing you can influence. As a small market team you don't have a lot of luck on your side, and you need 5 times the luck of a huge franchise to be competitive in terms of contention.
The NBA ****ed up their talent pool by allowing too much expansion which they can't revert. The ping pong balls will decide at the end of the season if the Jazz have a chance to enter contention with top talent or if they are a good team designed to entertain casual fans and not those who want their team to be #1.
If the ping pong balls decide no top 4, then there's an outside chance you pick up a real steal behind that even though that's pretty rare. Otherwise you can try to tinker by moving parts or signing FAs. If that doesn't work there's some 5-9seed squads until the core getts broken up and the next attempt starts to rebuild. That's the lifecycle of an NBA franchise.
And if you feel bad about that, ask yourself how the fans of the Cavs, Pistons, Kings feel considering their front office's inability to build a team.
^^^
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I wanna add to my previous lil rant that the talent depth is the reason why I want a 40 min game in the NBA. That would mean smaller rosters. Smaller rosters mean more money for the individual and better teams. Plus 40 min games mean that more upsets happen as more variance in events exists. 1 turnover is no longer 1/100th of the games possessions, but it is 1/80.