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Would it be worth it to be a bottom 4 team

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rockets Pride, Jun 6, 2012.

  1. Rockets Pride

    Rockets Pride Member

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    For 3+ years? I mean just look what the Sonics/Thunder did.
    Durant
    Westbrook
    Harden
    3 years in a row. They are now a contender until they break apart.

    Our attendance is horrible anyways. No shot at the fans, I made 7 games this year. I just wish our organization could just completely 100% commit to rebuilding. It's a disgrace to pick 14th three seasons in a row. You have to get multiple top 5 picks at some point.
     
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  3. Rockets Pride

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    And sorry for the mistype in the title of thread. On phone.
     
  4. heypartner

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    It certainly wasn't worth it to be the Seattle Supersonics. They were so bad; they lost their team.
     
  5. Rockets Pride

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    And now look like idiots for letting them leave. Houston has the market to keep the Rockets even if we suck. No Bud Adams
     
  6. Big MAK

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    If we're going to continue to be a lotter team, I'd much rather be a bottom 4 team for a couple years than our current position.
     
  7. daywalker02

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    Get some quality talents out of the draft! Not some No. 14 picks. Period!
     
  8. supa

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    Or we could end up like the 98 to 2004 Clippers who drafted in the top 8 each year and had Five top 5 picks in those years yet never did anything
     
  9. True Rocket

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    We should have been tanking the past three years, we haven't gone anywhere.
     
  10. True Rocket

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    Or we can just keep drafting role players and fail miserably to aqiure a superstar year after year and be the best team to not make the playoffs to draft role players. oh wait we are.
     
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    If you ain't first, you're last.

    - Ricky Bobby
     
  12. J Sizzle

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    You can bash me if you want...but I will never morally support purposely losing games.
     
  13. supa

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    Is that any worse that what the Clippers did?? There is inherit risks with both strategies. And for the record I am in favor of tanking, just wanted to point out the risks involved.
     
  14. amaru

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    It isn't promised but we can be sure that players of Durant's caliber don't usually fall to #14 LOL.

    But at least we get an "nba ready" 6'7" pf!
     
  15. amaru

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    The Clippers were rotten/lucky enough to get into the lottery and land Griffin. A few years later and they now have CP3........while the Rockets have...Patrick Patterson and Marcus Morris lmao
     
  16. Ricksmith

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    I was looking forward to watching the suckage this season, but no, they just had to battlefight. What is it with this city and moral victories?
     
  17. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    I ain't Scuuuurd! I welcome challenging the Thunder for years to come!
     
  18. TEXNIFICENT

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    Houston is the home of the moral victories.
     
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    Right, but some of our "intellectual" posters will pull out some useless stat to tell you why OKC is a fluke and the Rox are an excellent path. SMH.:rolleyes:
     
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    Not on purpose no. By giving a whole bunch of young players playing time who can develop while also grabbing higher picks? Then yes that is called rebuilding. Tanking? No Its not worth it. Got to have some young talent and then try to acquire more talent. The worst thing to do is gut the team of talent for the sake of losing. It has to be through giving young guys minutes.
     

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