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Tank World Order (2.0)

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At 10-13 where do you stand now?

TWO: True tank... Sell all assets and start hoping to land a Top 5 pick through the Lottery
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15%
Asset-Building Mode: Trade Powell/Lowry but Keep Long-Term Core
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46%
Asset-Building Mode: Wait Until Trade Deadline and Let Lowry Make His Own Call
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Buyer Mode: Trade Multiple Picks/Players to Get Star... Continue Competing with Lowry
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Organic Growth Mode: Likely Means Waiting Until Offseason Unless No-Brainer Trade Presents Itself
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1981 » by 720 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:14 am

OakleyDokely wrote:
720 wrote:
Los_29 wrote:
We added Khem Birch and a 23 year old undrafted G-leaguer. Are you being serious right now? I am amazed with what I am reading in this thread. We rested three of our starters tonight.

Didn’t address my point. There was no reason to add Center depth this late into the season. For what reason? Play in tournament aspirations obviously.
You're right, the raps should only dress 4 players and play 4 on 5.

Enjoy the treadmill.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1982 » by Caped Crusader » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:15 am

Well **** Detroit might even beat the Clippers.

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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1983 » by 720 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:18 am

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720 wrote:We play all our starters big minutes. Lowry wasn’t traded and instead will help us compete. We added two big bodies when Baynes was doing great as the tank commander.

This team isn’t tanking. We’ve lost despite their treadmill tactics. Once Fred and Lowry are healthy watch them go even harder to get a chance to get whooped by the nets.

:lol:


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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1984 » by dgr81 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:18 am

looks like the bottom of the east is going to try to make the play-in tournament :lol:
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1985 » by Los_29 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:19 am

raptorforlife88 wrote:I'd love to lose a few more games at this point but some of you guys have lost your mind.

They added a g league center because they needed to fill that roster spot and signed Khem Birch who has never averaged more than 5.5 points in a single season in his career.

What are you smoking? They didn't have three of their best five players playing. The loss is on the Spurs failing.


It really is unbelievable haha. Maybe they want us to run Boucher, Siakam and OG into the ground by having them guard 260lb centers every night instead. Before we signed Birch and Gillespie we had ONE center on our roster. People need to stop acting like Birch and Gillespie are difference makers.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1986 » by OakleyDokely » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:19 am

720 wrote:
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720 wrote:Didn’t address my point. There was no reason to add Center depth this late into the season. For what reason? Play in tournament aspirations obviously.
You're right, the raps should only dress 4 players and play 4 on 5.

Enjoy the treadmill.
They aren't going to lose every single game. Even the worst teams in the league win some games.

The raps are resting starters consistently. They wouldn't be doing that if they were trying to win.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1987 » by Par36 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:20 am

Well accepted team would draft 7-8th.

Just flat out got to lose the Bulls and wizards games.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1988 » by Los_29 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:26 am

720 wrote:We play all our starters big minutes. Lowry wasn’t traded and instead will help us compete. We added two big bodies when Baynes was doing great as the tank commander.

This team isn’t tanking. We’ve lost despite their treadmill tactics. Once Fred and Lowry are healthy watch them go even harder to get a chance to get whooped by the nets.

:lol:


You need to calm down and take a bit of a breather. :lol: Lowry and FVV have barely played. OG, GTJ and Siakam are getting rested. Look at the teams below us. We are resting more of our guys than all the other teams near us in the standings.

We are tanking harder than everyone right now.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1989 » by Mehar » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:26 am

720 wrote:
OakleyDokely wrote:
720 wrote:Didn’t address my point. There was no reason to add Center depth this late into the season. For what reason? Play in tournament aspirations obviously.
You're right, the raps should only dress 4 players and play 4 on 5.

Enjoy the treadmill.


Let these treadmill lovers enjoy getting getting crushed in the first round, and end up drafting 15th. There was no reason to play Pascal tonight, after Nurse mentioned that yesterday that the guys who were out due to COVID-19, are still not totally 100%. Nurse has played his starters heavy minutes, and him and Masai are not serious about getting a top pick.

Let them enjoy getting swept in the first round and draft 15th overall. What a lossed opportunity with a month left in this awful year, to solidify a top 5 bottom finish, but this team is now going for the "play-in" game. There was no reason to add Birch also. I said last week, we should let Baynes start every game from now until the end of the year, and to target Birch in the summer as a free agent for a backup role. This team wants to finish 10th for the play-in game, and get swept in the first round, so let MLSE enjoy their playoff birth.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1990 » by OakleyDokely » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:27 am

Mehar wrote:
720 wrote:
OakleyDokely wrote:You're right, the raps should only dress 4 players and play 4 on 5.

Enjoy the treadmill.


Let these treadmill lovers enjoy getting getting crushed in the first round, and end up drafting 15th. There was no reason to play Pascal tonight, after Nurse mentioned that yesterday that the guys who were out due to COVID-19, are still not totally 100%. Nurse has played his starters heavy minutes, and him and Masai are not serious about getting a top pick.

Let them enjoy getting swept in the first round and draft 15th overall. What a lossed opportunity with a month left in this awful year, to solidify a top 5 bottom finish, but this team is now going for the "play-in" game. There was no reason to add Birch also. I said last week, we should let Baynes start every game from now until the end of the year, and to target Birch in the summer as a free agent for a backup role. This team wants to finish 10th for the play-in game, and get swept in the first round, so let MLSE enjoy their playoff birth.
This thread is a disease

Reading comprehension is also a big problem.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1991 » by anotherhomer » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:27 am

i rather tank, but if the raps make the play-in while resting their guys, then that's ok
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1992 » by Mehar » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:28 am

Par36 wrote:Well accepted team would draft 7-8th.

Just flat out got to lose the Bulls and wizards games.


Try 11th to 15th instead. This team is not drafting 7th to 8th.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1993 » by Caped Crusader » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:28 am

Par36 wrote:Well accepted team would draft 7-8th.

Just flat out got to lose the Bulls and wizards games.
If the Bulls can't beat us then they are quite possibly the worst run organization. Yes even worse than the Kings and Wolves lol.

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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1994 » by Los_29 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:28 am

OakleyDokely wrote:
Mehar wrote:
720 wrote:Enjoy the treadmill.


Let these treadmill lovers enjoy getting getting crushed in the first round, and end up drafting 15th. There was no reason to play Pascal tonight, after Nurse mentioned that yesterday that the guys who were out due to COVID-19, are still not totally 100%. Nurse has played his starters heavy minutes, and him and Masai are not serious about getting a top pick.

Let them enjoy getting swept in the first round and draft 15th overall. What a lossed opportunity with a month left in this awful year, to solidify a top 5 bottom finish, but this team is now going for the "play-in" game. There was no reason to add Birch also. I said last week, we should let Baynes start every game from now until the end of the year, and to target Birch in the summer as a free agent for a backup role. This team wants to finish 10th for the play-in game, and get swept in the first round, so let MLSE enjoy their playoff birth.
This thread is a disease


It really is but these last couple of pages have provided excellent entertainment.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1995 » by Par36 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:35 am

Mehar wrote:
Par36 wrote:Well accepted team would draft 7-8th.

Just flat out got to lose the Bulls and wizards games.


Try 11th to 15th instead. This team is not drafting 7th to 8th.



Sure buddy..sure.
Havint seen as awful a take since the TD2 thread..
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1996 » by 720 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:38 am

Los_29 wrote:
720 wrote:We play all our starters big minutes. Lowry wasn’t traded and instead will help us compete. We added two big bodies when Baynes was doing great as the tank commander.

This team isn’t tanking. We’ve lost despite their treadmill tactics. Once Fred and Lowry are healthy watch them go even harder to get a chance to get whooped by the nets.

:lol:


You need to calm down and take a bit of a breather. :lol: Lowry and FVV have barely played. OG, GTJ and Siakam are getting rested. Look at the teams below us. We are resting more of our guys than all the other teams near us in the standings.

We are tanking harder than everyone right now.

Yeah bro, tanking so hard we added depth to a position of weakness and continue to play our core guys big minutes. Siakam played 37 minutes today, 40 minutes yesterday. So much for tanking. :lol:
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1997 » by Mehar » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:38 am

Par36 wrote:
Mehar wrote:
Par36 wrote:Well accepted team would draft 7-8th.

Just flat out got to lose the Bulls and wizards games.


Try 11th to 15th instead. This team is not drafting 7th to 8th.



Sure buddy..sure.
Havint seen as awful a take since the TD2 thread..


Are you looking at the same schedule and standings I am? This team has the same number of wins as Chicago right now. When FVV and Lowry returns, the Raptors with all their guys healthy, will beat Orlando and Charlotte this week. The Bulls and Wizards are god awful. The Raptors will reach 10th place by default. This organization by adding Birch and Gillespie, and with everyone healthy, will make the "play-in" game.
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Re: Tank World Order (2.0) 

Post#1998 » by niQ » Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:39 am

Locking this at 100 Pages. You can start a new thread if you wish.

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