Race to the Bottom thread

Tetsujin said:
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Good thing about the Kings is they had a bottom 5 record when playing the vets heavy minutes so it's not like the league can jump in and say they're tanking because the vets are playing less minutes. The Kings could easily just say that the vets weren't winning so they're going another route in order to try and win.
 
Apparently, according to Stiles, the nba has players on each they label “stars” and Domas and DDR fall into the category. So that who nba watches……if what Stiles is saying is true.
 
ESP47 said:
Good thing about the Kings is they had a bottom 5 record when playing the vets heavy minutes so it's not like the league can jump in and say they're tanking because the vets are playing less minutes. The Kings could easily just say that the vets weren't winning so they're going another route in order to try and win.
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The same could be said for Utah and Indiana though right? (well, bottom 6 record in Utah's case) Of course the big difference there is that the Kings have not traded a pick with protections this year which they are now trying to avoid having to give away as Utah and Indiana both have.

That Indiana trade giving the Clippers their pick if it's between 5 and 9 almost looks as bad as the Pelicans trading away an unprotected pick last summer. Regardless of where they finish in the bottom 5 teams there's going to be a 48-58% chance they'll have to give this year's pick away. And they also gave up their 2029 first round pick and Bennedict Mathurin in the deal. Hard to see why they wanted two years worth of Ivica Zubac that badly.
 
A great way to race to the bottom is to trade away or release all your players, creating instant instability. There are only three Kings remaining from the winning season of 2023-24: Sabonis, Murray, and Monk. The current front office has explored trading away two of those guys, and they may yet succeed.
 
jiimbob said:
Sure seems this way especially with San Antonio. OKC’s star player SGA was an an eleventh pick takin well after everybody’s crush Luka. However they did a masterful job accumulating picks and did get Chet before really turning the corner.
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SGA is a manufactured star player courtesy of the NBA officiating and rules where defenders can't hand check but offensive players can throw your shoulder into you for separation
 
jiimbob said:
Sure seems this way especially with San Antonio. OKC’s star player SGA was an an eleventh pick takin well after everybody’s crush Luka. However they did a masterful job accumulating picks and did get Chet before really turning the corner.
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The got Chet by doing things like sitting Al Horford for half a season and SGA for multiple games
 
It might just be for "resting"... That has no place or designation in the NBA and flaunts what they are doing... Come up with an injury. Those two are the only teams I've seen pulling that this year
 
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