My point is that the entire team is motivated, not just the core players. This tells me that the coaches/management have told all of them that they will have a chance to compete for time on the floor. This is either a bold faced lie, which will only work for so many years in a row, or it is true, and they - including the management - want to win games, not tank.
They do want to win. They just built a situation where they will win in the future.