The Official Tank Thread - 2019 Edition

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  1. fabfourlakers

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    yeah i'm seeing the opposite effect...now 8-10 teams are tanking versus bottom 3...that's not good.

    And now, you've increased the odds of a "better" team getting the #1 pick..

    I'm confident we can jump to the top 4....the NBA owes us
     
    fabfourlakers, Mar 28, 2019
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    Probably a great #2 guy. I don't think he's a great creator/finisher all on his own, but that may make him a great team player that ends up being really fun to watch. He seems to fit very well inside the team concept with his game. I'm glad he got a good year in college under an excellent coach.
     
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  3. sirronstuff

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    tanking gone wrong

     
    sirronstuff, Mar 28, 2019
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    Toneloc, Mar 29, 2019
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  5. fabfourlakers

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    We need to lose tonight's game. Period.

    Then we need to lose Sunday's game.

    We have a realistic shot at 8th still...Memphis has a few winnable games with 2 games against the Mavs and a game against the Suns...that'll put them at 33 wins and then if they steal one against Clippers, Blazers, Detroit or GS, they'll finish ahead of us.

    Pels and Grizz can still finish ahead but we need to lose out and this is the time to actually tank. We can literally double our odds at #1 and jumping into the top 4 from sliding down to 8th from 10th. We at least need to slide down to 9th. 8th has moved up 5 times into the top 3 (including once to #1) and 9th has moved up to #1 TWICE. I'll take our chances on that pick versus 10th (which has only moved into the top 3 ONCE and that was way back in 1990)
     
    fabfourlakers, Mar 29, 2019
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  6. karacha

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    We can’t even tank properly.
     
    karacha, Mar 30, 2019
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  7. KareemtheGreat33

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    I'm confident we can have the best player available if we don't allow the two clowns at the top to make the choice here.Allow Ryan and Joey to pick our guy.
     
    KareemtheGreat33, Mar 30, 2019
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    i'm against shameless tanking, but having our vets play heavy minutes to win meaningless games is an odd choice.
     
    abeer3, Mar 30, 2019
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    Absolutely. You get D-League players and then ride your vets to victory.
     
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    What is happening here?

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    This is what happens when you let losing dominate your teams for too long. Just sad.
     
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    It's depressing is all I know. I do not even know myself when I look in the mirror anymore.
     
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    We'll probably get a top 10 pick; I wanted top 5, but I guess we couldn't decide to keep LeBron out 10-12 games ago as to oppose to "now." Goodness. This organizations is a MESS...
     
    LaVarBallsDad, Mar 31, 2019
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    Our guys decided to dominate today.
     
    karacha, Mar 31, 2019
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    I finally get on the tank train and we win 4 out of the last 5....WTH?
     
    Cookie, Mar 31, 2019
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    Officially downgraded to out
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    Kuzma is out for Sunday's game against New Orleans, Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com reports.
    No LeBron. no Kuz should be easy loss right ?
     
    KuzmoBall17, Mar 31, 2019
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    They are working very hard to disappoint you at every step.
     
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    the lakers wait until literally not a single player i want to watch is available to start playing good basketball? sheesh. 5 more games. end this.
     
    abeer3, Mar 31, 2019
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    We can’t even tank properly.
     
    Kou, Mar 31, 2019
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    This thread is a disgrace. Just thought I would remind everyone.
     
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