2024-2025 Tank Race

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Holy cow the gods have blessed us

 

[Elizah Huge]

What a rollercoaster of a last few mins in the Wizards game. They were up 7 with 3 to go. Proceeded to get outscored 11-0. Down 4 with 8 seconds left they hit a three. Miami then committed a backcourt violation and Bub Carrington hit the game winner at the buzzer lol.

 

[framer]

And with that shot, the Jazz have secured the services of one Trey Johnson. . .

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Minnesota pick will come in at 20-22. If the Clippers beat the Warriors, the Twolves pick will be #21. If the Warriors beat the Clippers, the Twolves pick will be 20-22, as determined by coin flips.

 

[fishonjazz]

The Minnesota pick will come in at 20-22. If the Clippers beat the Warriors, the Twolves pick will be #21. If the Warriors beat the Clippers, the Twolves pick will be 20-22, as determined by coin flips.

I dont see you factoring a jazz win in there tho..........

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I dont see you factoring a jazz win in there tho..........

I'm assuming Minnesota wins, as does Denver.

 

[underdog]

What a rollercoaster of a last few mins in the Wizards game. They were up 7 with 3 to go. Proceeded to get outscored 11-0. Down 4 with 8 seconds left they hit a three. Miami then committed a backcourt violation and Bub Carrington hit the game winner at the buzzer lol.

no kidding, basketball gods having some fun

 

[idiot]

Former 2-way Jazzman Josh Christopher comes through with key backcourt violation that sets up Carrington's buzzer beater.

 

[rippimpc]

Where did sixers fall? Let’s trade Lauri and move up to sixers pick

 

[Douchebag K]

Mission Complete That all felt so dirty i need a cigarette

 

[MT Steve]

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Man I forgot we gave them this year's AND next year's 2nd rounder in that trade to Minny where we gave them Conley and NAW for nothing.

What a garbage trade.

 

[Rubashov]

Mission Complete That all felt so dirty i need a cigarette

I'm having a cigarette, I need a whore....

 

[kabenac]

Well, guys - we only got fined once and we finally tanked right. It's a huge win if we get Flagg or Harper.

 

[fishonjazz]

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Man I forgot we gave them this year's AND next year's 2nd rounder in that trade to Minny where we gave them Conley and NAW for nothing.

What a garbage trade.

Yep. I have consistently bashed that trade from the moment it was announced until now. So dumb

 

[KqWIN]

The next time we want to brag about how stingy Ainge is and how great that is, be reminded that waiting doesn’t always result in the better package.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

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Man I forgot we gave them this year's AND next year's 2nd rounder in that trade to Minny where we gave them Conley and NAW for nothing.

What a garbage trade.

Looks pretty rough. It was necessary to move some guys to aid the tank and if Taylor turns out to be awesome or the Lakers struggle in 2027 then it can be salvaged. Part of the deal was increasing our chances at getting lucky and we didn't.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The next time we want to brag about how stingy Ainge is and how great that is, be reminded that waiting doesn’t always result in the better package.

Yeah... just gotta get what you can and move along. It also would have been helpful to have other teams seconds to substitute if we could. I think NAW will be out of their price range this summer so hopefully won't keep benefitting from that throw in.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The next time we want to brag about how stingy Ainge is and how great that is, be reminded that waiting doesn’t always result in the better package.

1 (unprotected?) pick + proper tanking (Wemby, B Miller, Scoot, or a Thompson Twin) >>>>> 1 protected pick, Mike Conley saving a team whose draft futures we own, losing two 2nds that might as well be firsts, and terrible tanking (Hendricks)

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I can’t believe we took all the Wolves draft capital and then immediately proceeded to massively help them in trades multiple times.

The Mitchell Gobert years were managed horribly, but this tank hasn’t been handled very weak either. NAW and Agbaji were two of the better assets we accumulated in this tanking stretch and those were the ones we gave away. Conley saving the Wolves season (and that outcome being super obvious) was still worse though. They just haven’t been impressive with these moves since we’ve gone in the tank. Securing the worst record in the league this year was the most we’ve seen ‘the plan’ since this has started. And even still, we were two years late.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I can’t believe we took all the Wolves draft capital and then immediately proceeded to massively help them in trades multiple times.

The Mitchell Gobert years were managed horribly, but this tank hasn’t been handled very weak either. NAW and Agbaji were two of the better assets we accumulated in this tanking stretch and those were the ones we gave away. Conley saving the Wolves season (and that outcome being super obvious) was still worse though. They just haven’t been impressive with these moves since we’ve gone in the tank. Securing the worst record in the league this year was the most we’ve seen ‘the plan’ since this has started. And even still, we were two years late.

A lot of hindsight.

The year the Jazz acquired NAW he was one of the worst rotation players in the NBA. The Wolves wont even be able to afford him next year, so is it really that big of a deal?

Ochai was a 4 year senior who was one of the other worst rotation players in the NBA in his 1.5 years in Utah.

Conley looked cooked in his last year in Utah. Him still being a positive player at age 37 is crazy.