True... but it worked out pretty well for Cleveland (for a while) and San Antonio. Hell, even for us. We tanked the end of the season before we got Yao, although to be fair, that was much later in the game, and there was really little reason not to go for it at that time.
Errr... just to clarify, I'm not at all saying we should tank, but I'm saying it does pay off sometimes.
Honestly, he has to say that or other general managers will smell blood in the water and try to lowball him.
i can't see how him making that comment is going to make the fans happy. i love they guy but we can't sit around forever (2 1/2 season) waiting for YAO to get healthy.
They will smell even more blood in the water if the team actualy commences tanking. In the NBA, if your team fall on hard times, everybody tries to take advantage of you. People try to rob you of your best players for little in return on the rationale that "You ain't going no where with [Kevin Martin/Pau Gaso/Vince Carter/Chris Bosh/Tracy McGrady] anyway so why not trade him to me for a grab bag of [assets]." Frankly, it's mostly not a matter of choosing to tank. Tanking chooses you.
The 2011 draft seems to be pretty weak. There's probably 0 franchise level players so I don't think anybody is really tanking this year. I would say it's better to play hard, win and maybe let the value of our assets appreciate that way. I'm hoping for more players-for-picks trades from the management though and hopefully they will buy every decent pick for sale in the near future. If we have surplus picks, we are also more likely to be able to make more T-Will trades where we'll hopefully liberate former high picks from their original teams who are giving up on them.
Yeah, I read your thread. I don't really like either Thabeet or Randolph so forgive me for not being so enthusiastic about them as you. But if Morey happens to agree with you, then I certainly will welcome them
