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KelianQatar
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JimmyJRaynor
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JimmiC
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Now the GSW Im all in cheering for blazers. | ||
JimmyJRaynor
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Lowry's left hand is fucked.. he needs to get out of the game. | ||
JimmiC
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zev318
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JimmiC
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JimmyJRaynor
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JimmyJRaynor
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kidleaderr
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Jerubaal
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PHI: We followed a multiyear plan involving tanking, smart FA decisions and requiring a lot of sacrifice. TOR: Our FO still thinks it's the 90s and selects players accordingly, but, luckily, a star player on another team threw a bitch-fit because his uncle wants him to play in LA. | ||
JimmiC
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I disagree with almost your entire post Jerubaal xD TO continuously tried to win and took the best they could when they could and developed a lot of talent than struck when they could in trades. PHI got so incredibly bad they discussed and made some rule changes. They ended up having so many high picks even with bad drafting and questionable trades they ended up with some talent. And they be entering another minor rebuild depending on Butler, Harris and Reddick. | ||
andrewlt
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JimmiC
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But then the sixers fired that front office. Probably partly do to howmuch they turned off the fan base, and impatience. There is no worse sport to watch or entertainment value than tanking teams, it is the anti game 7. | ||
Jerubaal
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JimmyJRaynor
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JimmiC
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On May 13 2019 12:37 Jerubaal wrote: So they did the best they could and...ended up with Kyle Lowry and Demar DeRozan? And would have gone into the playoffs with those same players if they hadn't been gifted with a bad situation. And if Embids knee never healed, or him or Simmons leave after their rookie deals because they don't think it can happen there, or they want LA or whatever. You are not talking about simming a few seasons. You have to live through that, it is overall bad for basketball. I want way more drastic lottery changes to stop people thinking it is a good idea. Cheering for your team to lose is shitty. | ||
andrewlt
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On May 13 2019 12:32 JimmiC wrote: Yes, cold a calculated. But then the sixers fired that front office. Probably partly do to howmuch they turned off the fan base, and impatience. There is no worse sport to watch or entertainment value than tanking teams, it is the anti game 7. Nope. The hardcore fans were accepting of the process and a large part of the fanbase was grudgingly accepting of it. However, accepting doesn't mean they were watching the process while it was going on. Philly is one of the largest media markets in the US and the other owners pressured the Sixers into hiring Colangelo as a counterweight to Hinkie. Hinkie resigned soon after. On May 13 2019 12:37 Jerubaal wrote: So they did the best they could and...ended up with Kyle Lowry and Demar DeRozan? And would have gone into the playoffs with those same players if they hadn't been gifted with a bad situation. That's all you could do without tanking for a long time. Get incrementally better through trades. Have enough trade pieces in reserve in case a superstar wants a change of cities. Try to strike gold late in the draft with players like Siakam. It's the same playbook Morey used to get Harden and CP3. It's how Ainge built the current Celtics. | ||
JimmiC
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On May 13 2019 14:10 andrewlt wrote: Nope. The hardcore fans were accepting of the process and a large part of the fanbase was grudgingly accepting of it. However, accepting doesn't mean they were watching the process while it was going on. Philly is one of the largest media markets in the US and the other owners pressured the Sixers into hiring Colangelo as a counterweight to Hinkie. Hinkie resigned soon after. That's all you could do without tanking for a long time. Get incrementally better through trades. Have enough trade pieces in reserve in case a superstar wants a change of cities. Try to strike gold late in the draft with players like Siakam. It's the same playbook Morey used to get Harden and CP3. It's how Ainge built the current Celtics. Well the hardcore fans will accept anything. I mean the browns still had fans and they were not trying to tank. The rest will "accept it" but won't show up or even watch games on TV. Other teams fans will not show up to watch their team play them. And worse than that now imagine a world where there are like 3 super teams and 27 teams tanking it? If this had worked they would have to make rule changes it is bad for the NBA. I | ||
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