NewArena
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This is important. Anything can happen lol i just hope a team like the Mavs doesn’t get the ultimate prize
Race to the Bottom thread
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I'm so pumped our fans want to intentionally throw games! Makes this place THAT much more enjoyable to keep coming back to!
Very few games this year were "vets only" wins. I distinctly recall a contingent here pissed when Devin Carter went off for 20+ in the 2nd half and said we should have benched him to lose that game vs Indy.
Yeah DDR+Russ ball was incredibly annoying and they carried a few wins. They also carried a BUNCH of losses and were basically a main component of why this team was where it was.
Max was 17-10 from March 1st on. Should he have been benched during some of the bigger games he had? Should we have pulled Carter amidst his huge scoring surge in that Indy game? Just fully kill the last sliver of confidence that kid might have? Nique dropped 23-6-5 on 16 shots vs NOP. Tell him to take a hike? Or when he dropped 20-6-6 on 14 shots vs GS? Same thing?
I've been fully on board with turning this to the kids WAY sooner than we ended up doing. But people acting outraged when we win a game with the kids playing extremely well is just par for the course for a few here. I might respect your stance if you just come out and say they should have intentionally thrown the game, at least you wouldn't dance around your take.
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"BUT THE 2 VERY OBVIOUS TOP 5 PICKS, HE'S THE DRAFT GOD"
Seems like we've won about 80% of the coin flips we've been in over the last decade. Can't win 'em all.We can't even win a damn coin flip. SMDH
I'm not 100% on this, but I think if we jump Utah in the Lottery then Utah's second round pick will slip in front of ours. But if that happens, we won't care, I promise.
Well at least Utah’s pick won’t convey to OKC, not yet anyway. They already have the Clipper’s lottery pick, im not sure about the protections on that one, and the 76ers pick around 17.
Their own pick goes to Dallas. Amazing how many first round picks they have accumulated.
I also think we have won the majority of tiebreakers over the years. I’m not too fussed, it might mean the difference of Acuff vs another possibly better PG, but I expect a trade or two in the summer which could alter our fortunes as much as the pick.
Their own pick goes to Dallas. Amazing how many first round picks they have accumulated.
I also think we have won the majority of tiebreakers over the years. I’m not too fussed, it might mean the difference of Acuff vs another possibly better PG, but I expect a trade or two in the summer which could alter our fortunes as much as the pick.
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Kingster
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The highest probability of getting Ben McLemore, Jason Williams, Bobby Hurley, Walt Williams or Lionel Simmons. Of course beloved Killian Hayes was also a 7th overall pick. Woo woo!
coolhandluke
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What the hell? On the first try today at Tankathon 
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The funniest possible outcome for tanking discourse lol
The pacers doing what they did all season just to lose their pick would be must see TV
You guys need to stop spinning the Tankathon simulator, you're using up all of our luck.
HndsmCelt
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I think for some folks it’s like a Tibetten prayer wheel
MizzouKing
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It would help spread the karma, as Utah is still mad at Sacramento for tanking Jimmer's path to superstardom... having to give us AJ might rip a hole in the space-time continuum starting in downtown Salt Lake City.
Wait, what? Is this actually a thing? Utah had the third overall pick that year and we took Jimmer 10th. If they really wanted him they could have drafted him at #3 or traded down. It's not like there was a ton of "can't miss" talent in that 2011 draft either. They took Enes Kanter and ended up trading before the end of his rookie contract.
I don't they're mad about us drafting him, but rather made with us "ruining his career. Nevermind that he had peaked in college like a Texas high school FB player.
