Race to the Bottom thread

Capt. Factorial said:
You want to be a fan of a team that tanks so flagrantly that it gets fined? And not only that, gets fined by the biggest enforce-nothing commissioner you can imagine.
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Do I want to be a fan of a team that plays the game smart enough to develop a Championship contender vs one whose ceiling is a first round exit…….. hmmmm. Yes
 
Warhawk said:
Because Christie's job is on the line and the players have some pride.

Look, ideally, yes, DDR plays 20 minutes a game, our G-leaguers and rooks play more minutes, and we maybe lose an extra game or two.

But Doug can't play that game. I know his record sucks this year but if he ever wants another job again actively tanking games isn't going to get him one.

You think Max and others will be happy with the team intentionally losing games? This is their careers you're talking about. They want every damn win they can get.

And with the flattened odds, chances to get the #1 pick are much more spread out than before. After the lottery we could be cursing the fact that if we had won only 2 more games (or whatever) we would have gotten the #1 pick. It's all a crapshoot.
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Doug's career doesn't hinge on whether or not he is tanking. The coach doesn't just take it upon himself to tank. If a team is tanking, it's because the owner, GM and coach are all on board that it's the best thing for the franchise. No team is going to look at Doug and not want to hire him because he did what the franchise wanted to do and played the young guys more minutes. They aren't going to hire him because he's just not a good coach in general. You think the Kings or some other team are going to be interested in Doug because DDR went off for 40pts against a Jazz team led by Cody Williams? These wins aren't saving his job. What could save his job would be the young players developing, looking promising, yet still losing because they aren't seasoned enough to beat legit teams on a regular basis. That would make him look good. Merely letting DDR and Westbrook do their thing is not good coaching. Anyone can do that.

Max's career isn't hinging on anything either. Every year plenty of teams tank to get a good pick and their young guys don't flame out because they got to play more minutes instead of riding the bench for 35yo+ players that are trying to thump G League lineups at the end of the year when the team has been a bottom dweller all year.

We've already talked about the lottery odds so there's no need to rehashing that argument. If you think there's no real difference in finishing last or 4th to last, then don't complain when the Kings fall out of the top 5 because there is a zero percent chance of that happening if they finished last.
 
ESP47 said:
Doug's career doesn't hinge on whether or not he is tanking. The coach doesn't just take it upon himself to tank. If a team is tanking, it's because the owner, GM and coach are all on board that it's the best thing for the franchise. No team is going to look at Doug and not want to hire him because he did what the franchise wanted to do and played the young guys more minutes. They aren't going to hire him because he's just not a good coach in general. You think the Kings or some other team are going to be interested in Doug because DDR went off for 40pts against a Jazz team led by Cody Williams? These wins aren't saving his job. What could save his job would be the young players developing, looking promising, yet still losing because they aren't seasoned enough to beat legit teams on a regular basis. That would make him look good. Merely letting DDR and Westbrook do their thing is not good coaching. Anyone can do that.

Max's career isn't hinging on anything either. Every year plenty of teams tank to get a good pick and their young guys don't flame out because they got to play more minutes instead of riding the bench for 35yo+ players that are trying to thump G League lineups at the end of the year when the team has been a bottom dweller all year.

We've already talked about the lottery odds so there's no need to rehashing that argument. If you think there's no real difference in finishing last or 4th to last, then don't complain when the Kings fall out of the top 5 because there is a zero percent chance of that happening if they finished last.
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I would point out that our GM has said publicly that he doesn't believe in tanking.
 
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TheMobb said:
You state Westbrook is horrible, say you want the Kings to lose then get mad when they play Westbrook?
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It’s called losing with your youth why are you acting like you don’t know this we should’ve brought in Cousins and sat Max too huh smh
ESP47 said:
Doug's career doesn't hinge on whether or not he is tanking. The coach doesn't just take it upon himself to tank. If a team is tanking, it's because the owner, GM and coach are all on board that it's the best thing for the franchise. No team is going to look at Doug and not want to hire him because he did what the franchise wanted to do and played the young guys more minutes. They aren't going to hire him because he's just not a good coach in general. You think the Kings or some other team are going to be interested in Doug because DDR went off for 40pts against a Jazz team led by Cody Williams? These wins aren't saving his job. What could save his job would be the young players developing, looking promising, yet still losing because they aren't seasoned enough to beat legit teams on a regular basis. That would make him look good. Merely letting DDR and Westbrook do their thing is not good coaching. Anyone can do that.

Max's career isn't hinging on anything either. Every year plenty of teams tank to get a good pick and their young guys don't flame out because they got to play more minutes instead of riding the bench for 35yo+ players that are trying to thump G League lineups at the end of the year when the team has been a bottom dweller all year.

We've already talked about the lottery odds so there's no need to rehashing that argument. If you think there's no real difference in finishing last or 4th to last, then don't complain when the Kings fall out of the top 5 because there is a zero percent chance of that happening if they finished last.
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That’s how OKC coach survived the rebuild that and not playing an over the hill pg over SGA
 
Joshyjosh31 said:
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It’s called losing with your youth why are you acting like you don’t know this we should’ve brought in Cousins and sat Max too huh smh
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Just throwing Carter out there for 30 minutes doesn’t magically make him better. Real development happens through skill work with work on shooting, ballhandling, decision-making and it happens mostly outside of games.
 
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