Tank Watch -- It's Crunch Time!

Well crap, I just noticed Utah is going to be on the second night of a back-to-back when they fly into LA for Thursday's game. Not good for the tank, but hopefully they can keep up their recent streak of solid play all the same.

And yes, the fact that we are seemingly in every game until the last few possessions, regardless of who the opponent is, does rattle some nerves. At some point those late bricks will inevitably go in and cause us to accidentally win a game or two. That said, if the team can keep up this trend of losing but hanging tough then it's great experience for our young guys...you know, when they aren't benched down the stretch in favor of a squad made up of vets auditioning for contracts with other teams.

In an ideal situation our young players would be getting tons of minutes and lose every game for the rest of the year by 1. That isn't likely to happen though, and the fear of heading into the summer and losing the pick, which is the only positive thing that can come from this awful season, causes fans to hope for the team to be beaten soundly rather than barely get the desperately needed loss.

 

hopefully this tank will land us a cornerstone and we won't have to talk about tanking for decades.

 

^They've been 9-1 in their last 10 games. The 1 L that they had was to us...funny enough.

 

Yes, that's why I said hopefully they keep up their recent streak of solid play. They have been good since the All-Star break. Are they really this good? Probably not, and that's where there is some concern about them regressing. As Randle mention, they did lose to us once already. On top of that, getting them on the second night of a back-to-back when we are on 3 days rest and playing at home isn't a good thing.

Hopefully they still beat us, but hey, we have beaten GS, ATL, SAS, TOR, etc this year. Even with as well as they have been playing nothing is for certain.

 

Also,

Yes, they are this good. Hayward is having a fantastic year, Gobert has been great, and they upgraded their coaching staff with Snyder who is doing a great job. They'll add another solid draft pick next year and will compete for the PO's as the 8th seed, IMO.

 

Who do you think NYK, MIN and PHI would target?
NYK probably for Okafor. PHI wouldn't want another big buy, right?
and MIN is a question of how much does they like Dieng versus Towns.
3rd pick is necessary.

 

knicks win! knicks win!

 

NY wins but ORL tanks down the stretch, and Tobias got hurt. We really need ORL to win a game or two at some point. Unfortunately it's looking like the only chance the Lakers have of moving up is if they lose out or maybe win once as long as it isn't over PHI or MIN. Nearly impossible to do that without obviously trying to throw games.

 

Stupid. Why didn't the Knicks win by 5, so stupid.

 

I can't believe the Knicks won that game. While it's still possible for us to catch the teams ahead of us we're going to need some luck or a better tanking strategy.

 

I hope this is the last year for the next decade, that i know when the draft lottery is...