WuTang_OG wrote:ArthurVandelay wrote:Gavin_TDThree wrote:if there's a time to soft tank this is it
I said it in another thread, however if we move BB and JP for pick/prospects, we will end up in the bottom 5-7 of the league. Little lottery luck and we will be drafting in the top 3 and grabbing a franchise altering talent to pair with scottie
We aren't going full "trust the process" and stripping it to the bones. But a starting lineup of IQ, RJ, GD, SB, 2024 1st round pick. That team is fun to watch but doesn't win a lot, at least not yet.
Teams that will be worse than us:
Wizards, enough said
Portland
Hornets - who knows, maybe miller is legit, Ball is healthy and they win a few more game. Most likely still worse than us
Teams that will improve:
Spurs - I think are going to surprise a lot of people this year and not be as bad
Detroit wants to get better by all accounts
So 3 teams will 100% out tank us and two others who I think will likely out tank us but we may see improvement.
Reasonably we could find our way to the bottom 5.
Just seems like if there's going to be a year to tank, this is it
I smell what you’re cooking…couldn’t agree more. I’ll add:
Utah will likely do what they’ve done last two years, compete until trade deadline
Memphis will get a lot better,,,,
Brooklyn could easily get worse
Then add a team that collapses due to injury
Long story short: Raps won’t have to do much in terms of tanking to finish bottom 8.
I think BRK will do better and be in the play in at least. New coach, if they keep Bridges I expect him to be better under Jordi. Claxton looks like he's staying too.
TOR will try as they always do every season. But we are going to have to be 95% healthy to be a 35-40 win team and for everyone to get better and everything clicking. That's best case. A couple of injuries, we can easily be back at 25 wins. Masai will see how season goes and tank it once season is lost
Boston
76ers
Bucks
Indy
NY
Cavs
Miami
Orlando
are for sure better than us next season. That's 8 teams.
ATL ? what happens with them
Bulls ? same thing .. both are better than us today.
Both teams TBD - gotta see what they do.
We should be outside of the play in again and I'd guess back at 25-30 wins
25-30 is my guess too.
Decision needs to be made at Christmas which way they go though. Trade deadline too long to wait.