Welcome 8th Pick from Brooklyn

[CavsFan07]

All these teams are huge teases.

ORL, CHI, and SAC all could have won tonight.

I mean seriously the bottom 7 teams, including the Nets, is there a single one you’d feel comfortably betting $100 on the over of 5 wins for the rest of the season?

All 3 SHOULD have won last night. All 3 were also at home. I have a theory that these tanking teams try hard to keep it close to keep the crowd engaged/wanting to come back for more, to only 'barely' lose at the end. Coaches can control that a bit by having really weird/wacky rotations that don't make sense at the end of games - which we saw a good amount of last night.

Sucks.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

I think you guys are too quick to equate shit teams being shit teams with purposely losing

The Kings were down by like 90 points in the first quarter last night. They had EVERY opportunity to just lay down and die

The Bulls lost by 1 to a red hot 6ers team. They played them tough the entire game then had a dumbass in bounds pass. Again, they’re a shit team. They lose much more often than winning. This shouldn’t be too surprising.

Orlando will probably trade the #1 pick if they get it to Phoenix for Payton back because they miss him and someone stupid like Bender. That’s how fucking terribly run that franchise is. So who cares about them they’ll blow it anyway

 

[wremy]

Even with Chicago tanking 3 games is alot to make up in 25 or so games... Nets go 6-19 then the Bulls have to go 3-22 ... They have some key head to head matchups and if Chicago wins just 1 of them I think they can hold off the Nets... Top 6 to me is so important especially if we make the pick to keep

 

[Heej]

I think you guys are too quick to equate shit teams being shit teams with purposely losing

The Kings were down by like 90 points in the first quarter last night. They had EVERY opportunity to just lay down and die

The Bulls lost by 1 to a red hot 6ers team. They played them tough the entire game then had a dumbass in bounds pass. Again, they’re a shit team. They lose much more often than winning. This shouldn’t be too surprising.

Orlando will probably trade the #1 pick if they get it to Phoenix for Payton back because they miss him and someone stupid like Bender. That’s how fucking terribly run that franchise is. So who cares about them they’ll blow it anyway

Players play hard regardless. The coaches are the ones tanking

 

[Derek]

Players play hard regardless. The coaches are the ones tanking

I don't even think the coaches are tanking. If they are, they're misguided. How often do we see the tank coach last through a rebuild?

 

[Heej]

I don't even think the coaches are tanking. If they are, they're misguided. How often do we see the tank coach last through a rebuild?

Ey man coaches know they have a 4 year shelf life on average. They're just following orders so they can at least make it to that many years. How many HCs were the Cavs paying last year?

 

[Derek]

Ey man coaches know they have a 4 year shelf life on average. They're just following orders so they can at least make it to that many years. How many HCs were the Cavs paying last year?

I don't agree. You don't become a coach without being a competitor. These guys don't want to have a bunch of losses attached to their name, just to get fired, and never re-hired.

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Two simply brutal, awful breaks between the Bulls and Kings last night. Even one of them pulling it out would have been huge given the two opponents.

I personally think we’re looking at 5,6 or 7 best odds. Possibly even decided by a coin flip.


Hollis Jefferson coming back Monday is annoying but if he’s hobbled by the groin at all he might not even be a positive for them.

 

[iWx]

Go Grizz? Cavs could always figure things out later lol...

 

[kosis]

Hawks lose. Dallas and LA is a win win at least. Clearly want Dallas to get the W, but their season is toast.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

No tanking team is going to win it seems. We could at least help our own case with games we can control, but we don't seem to be able or want to do that as well.

 

[Cement]

Clippers start their game vs the Suns on a 17-0 run.

 

[iWx]

Suns were losing 19-0 lol

 

[Cement]

Now 29-5.

 

[stoike]

Now 29-5.

Talk about tanking!