MrDollarBills wrote:gigantes wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:
An NBA head coach isn't going to throw a game on purpose to help out another coach. They probably aren't going to rest their guys against us in the next game either unless they've secured the #1 overall seed of the playoffs, so we're going to get beat down again in a few days.
Yeah, close friendship is fine, but at the end of the day, 'helping out a buddy' has to be WAY down there on the list of concerns a head coach would have.Resting starters to alter the playoff race could also get a HC or team in some hot water, I would think. This is the elite league of leagues we're talking about, with billions of dollars in play and millions of eyes scrutinizing it.
Maybe possibly there could be some obvious reasons to rest starters, and if you wanted to help out a buddy as an additional thing, and weren't too worried about it backfiring, you might slide that card under your top card so to speak.
Just like Miami fans from last year tho, it's really the last thing you should expect another team to do. It's a ridiculous thing to expect IMO.
The sense of entitlement from Miami fans was hilarious. What made it baffling is that people outside of that fanbase made it seem like that the Nets had an obligation to play their players.
The Bucks are already almost guaranteed the home court advantage throughout the playoffs, 1 more win and they're #1 throughout the whole league. Teams resting their starters against teams trying to get into the playoffs happens every single year, this isn't unheard of. I bet you the Bucks rest their starters when they play the Sixers next though which will be really messed up.
What happened with Miami fans though? I don't recall this.
