LoPo
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You are so blinded by your point that you didn't even read what I wrote. I hope you actually read this.Holy **** this is wrong wrong wrong. Boston literally trade all stars to rebuild and were fortunate enough they didn’t have to tank for years cuz the picks they got by trading said all stars hit.
GS has tanked… multiple times. Warriors opted to let Baron walk and rebuild… allowed them to draft Steph… they tanked in the Barnes year… they tanked two years ago but ****ed up the pick… their culture is going just fine.
SA got Duncan by tanking blatantly… they got Robinson by being bad… that’s two number 1 picks and 4 titles.
If you hit when you tank you don’t have to keep tanking. You also don’t have to intentionally lose if you acquire other teams draft assets… it can be a short bottom out.
It’s almost the only way a non-glamour market can win at the highest levels and y’all are like “that winning titles **** is for losers… “
I know GS tanked. And SA tanked. I said that clearly. They tanked because they already had an ace in hand. GS with Curry/Klay and SA with Robinson. Tanking was the icing on the cake as they say. It wasn't planned - it played out due to injuries to Steph and DR.
Boston lost Ray Allen to Miami then decided to trade 36 year old Paul Pierce and 37 year old Kevin Garnett. They didn't tank to build around a roster gem. Ainge just built them from scratch. Completely different situation from GS and SA.
Going back to GS and SA - I have said all along trade Don if he wants to go. If he wants to stay, keep him. Maybe we have a bad start to 22-23, Don gets hurt, gets Lasix eye surgery, whatever. Maybe we tank then. Or maybe we do well enough in the Rudy, Conley and maybe Bojan trades that Ainge starts to build our own Celtics type core.
As for the AD comparison, it's spot on with regards to Don - IF DON WANTS TO LEAVE TRADE HIM. AD wanted gone. It was an easy call to trade him.
Keep Don and hope for a miracle. That's what GS and SA both did.
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