Would you rather go to the playoffs this year being the 8th seed and lose in the 1st round or tank and get a high lotto pick? Also if we do get the high pick we could use it for trade offers like what the clippers/hawks did.
Play to develop talent, work on execution, and get players familiar with each other, not to maximize points. If that leads to a win, take it. If not, too bad. The point is to improve the team on the first three objectives. Ideal scenario: Improve the team tremendously, lose every game by 1 point, and land pick #1 in the lotto.
Thats exacltly what I've been telling my friends. Lets not tank like Spurs (I am only joking and pissed off when I say otherwise). Lets play Eddie, Oscar and Terrence to see if they really belong in our future. Play Cato 35-40 min if at all possible. If Cato does okay and Griffin keeps improving we should be in the playoffs next season.
I say tank, what good is it to win and get a low draft pick? Next year we need another quality player to compete in the west... with this line up of Francis/Norris Mobley/Torres Rice/T-Mo Griffin/Taylor Cato/Collier We are very weak at SF, Rice can't defend and his shot % is going down as he gets older. He's useless on this team. I don't think we'll able to win it all, we need to tank and trade our high pick, imagine if we trade the pick for another quality player (ie Odom, R.Lewis, Rose).
None of the above. I would rather see the Houston Rockets play their best and win a lot more games and when they get to the playoffs, they will try their best to advance to the next round.
Play Hard and Play to Win. Focus on Defense and experiement on offense! I don't care what San Antonio Sports Fans think to the contrary... if you quit people will quit with you. That is not a way to build for the future.
If you substitute the 1 for 6 or less, then we've been pretty much doing just that. I think the tanking scenario is not that great because it has 2 major downsides: 1)Obviously there is no guarantee that we would get the #1 pick even with one of the worst teams in the league. See the clippers for about 5 years in a row. 2)We miss the playoffs this year and all the pressure is on next year on Rudy, the Rockets (because Francis will be pissed off if we miss the playoffs again). And if our luck is bad next year, something(injuries, a really good season by a lot of teams in the west ala last year where 45 wins was not enough) we would miss the playoffs again and then risk pissing off Franchise enough to the point he would leave. And no free agents would come here. Rudy may be fired after missing the playoffs for several seasons in a row. We'll just have to see how it plays out. I say we get one long winning streak and we'll be right back in it.
Besides that fact that this topic have been covered a lot already on this BBS, it's still a dumb question. You dont' tank in pro sports...not intentionally. Doesn't happen. I agree with the idea of developing some of our younger players but not to the detriment of turning our core players into passive slugs watching games. Wanna see Steve leave Houston when his contract expires? Tell him to not give 100% or bench him.
Very well said!! In professional sports you don't tank, you are payed to win and the city and fans expect to see a winning product on the court, field, what have you. Nothing is guaranteed in sports, especially draft picks and trade scenarios, but giving 100% effort and trying to win is something you can control and build on.
win as many games as possible there are no good players in this years draft not even the top 3. WE need Players who know how to win not more talented players look at the blazers and knicks when you have to many good players they all want to play selfish and not a team game 3 solid power fowards all have completly different games 3 solid small fowards all have different type of games 2 solid same as above 2 solid point guards 2 solid shooting guards we should have a much better record