Game Thread Oct 25, 2024 07:30PM MT: Golden State Warriors @ Utah Jazz

[Tremendous Upside]

Hardy made the Jazz watch film because:

A) He wanted the players to learn from their mistakes, have some accountability, and improve?

This team has a very low ceiling AND we're tanking. I'm sure Hardy is getting nervous about his own career prospects if his Ainge's pet project permanently nukes his overall win/loss record. These stunts are meant to to telegraph "Some of us are still trying to win here!" to the rest of the league.

I see Hardy lasting few more years in Utah, no more than that.

 

[MT Steve]

People just don't realize how depressing and soul-killing true tanking really is. Not to mention, often completely futile.

Yeah, you should probably leave, since it's so soul-killing and there's no hope, only guaranteed doom and misery.

 

[Shad]

I'm loving and embracing the tank. Just watch Ace Bailey or Flagg and you will too

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Yeah, you should probably leave, since it's so soul-killing and there's no hope, only guaranteed doom and misery.

Tanking is the ultimate form of quitting. It's also cheating. The perfect storm of everything I hate in sports.

I'm motivated by the hope that for one reason or another, the tank will get destroyed and everyone will see the light:

Try to put together as good a team as possible without resorting to ugly tricks like tanking and then try to win every single game.

That's the road to sports happiness. If that approach doesn't lead to a championship, so be it.