GT#72 - F Brooklyn - Mon Mar 25, 2024 - 730PM EDT - SN/590AM

DelAbbot · Post #21 » by **DelAbbot** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:37 pm

This blatant tanking makes me sick

metafisical · Post #22 » by **metafisical** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:39 pm

artsncrafts wrote:Assuming Raptors lose the final 10, need Portland to win 4 or 5 which is extremely unlikely.

Looks like Sharpe will be back soon. How many games he ends up playing is up in the air, but hopefully he can spark a mini-run to end the season?

Kingsway_fan · Post #23 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:38 pm

DelAbbot wrote:This blatant tanking makes me sick

Blame it on the pathetic lottery process... this NBA commissioner is a joke...

A third of the NBA TEAMS blatantly start tanking after the allstar game ... hate to be a aeaon ticket holder during these times... wasn't that way under Stern era...

Son Goku 25 · Post #24 » by **Son Goku 25** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:45 pm

Why do the raptors always tank in a weak draft year? So damn annoying. It's like they feel guilty so they must have ass it.

tdotrep2 · Post #25 » by **tdotrep2** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:05 pm

Son Goku 25 wrote:Why do the raptors always tank in a weak draft year? So damn annoying. It's like they feel guilty so they must have ass it.

A bad draft with at best a 50/50 chance to get a role player it seems... makes me sigh but hey, this is where we are at. A sarr/risacher would be really nice on this team

Tofubeque · Post #26 » by **Tofubeque** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:10 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:This blatant tanking makes me sick

Blame it on the pathetic lottery process... this NBA commissioner is a joke...

A third of the NBA TEAMS blatantly start tanking after the allstar game ... hate to be a aeaon ticket holder during these times... wasn't that way under Stern era...

Tanking has only gotten LESS favorable since the Stern era. Teams have just gotten smarter about it, and the whole league is more profitable so they don't have to care about ticket sales.

The only way to abolish tanking would be to get rid of the draft lottery or give everybody flat odds.

Syd-TK3 · Post #27 » by **Syd-TK3** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:12 pm

This the one game I had on the schedule that was a win for us Brooklyn is complete garbage. So tank is on pause for today

mtcan · Post #28 » by **mtcan** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:30 pm

Son Goku 25 wrote:Why do the raptors always tank in a weak draft year? So damn annoying. It's like they feel guilty so they must have ass it.

A high pick in s bad draft is still hopefully an NBA player.

Being a lottery team doesn't preclude us being a lottery team next year as well.

This is about asset retention and giving the Spurs the worst pick possible. Hopefully we no longer a lottery team if not next year or the year after. Poeltl trade looks better if the pick we give up is mid to late first round.

Zeno · Post #29 » by **Zeno** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:20 pm

There is no way Porter doesn’t have very legitimate personal reasons for missing the game just like RJ and Quickly. Guy is on a two way contract. Every chance he has to prove himself and earn a full contract is important to him. Hopefully it is good news in his case though, as his brother is still with the Nuggets and playing.

Bruin · Post #30 » by **Bruin** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:18 pm

Smh

Read on Twitter

?s=46&t=6Hx3ZCSHlysihvhqh0K3hw

alienchild · Post #31 » by **alienchild** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:39 pm

Zeno wrote:There is no way Porter doesn’t have very legitimate personal reasons for missing the game just like RJ and Quickly. Guy is on a two way contract. Every chance he has to prove himself and earn a full contract is important to him. Hopefully it is good news in his case though, as his brother is still with the Nuggets and playing.

The personal reasons are "ass in a sling"

ForeverTFC · Post #32 » by **ForeverTFC** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:40 pm

ArthurVandelay wrote:
OakleyDokely wrote:
tecumseh18 wrote:
Spoiler:

Read on Twitter
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This "personal reasons" thing is acceptable to the league office? These are professional athletes. I can see IQ being on sympathy strike with his ex-Knick buddy RJ over his lost brother. But how could Porter be out for personal reasons?

I mean, I'm glad for the tank. But a bit mystified.

the blatant tanking at the end of the season is getting ridiculous.

The NBA is making their stars hobble around the court so they qualify for all-nba teams, but the bottom teams can dress gleague lineups for 1/4 season.

Agreed. I hope they up the lottery slots and flatten odds further.

Put in a rule that a team can't have back to back top 5 selections. Takes away the incentive of a multi-year tank and lessens the need to lose every game possible at the end of the season. All teams in the top 5 last year slide down to 6+ until the top 5 is a fresh set from last draft.

You still allow teams to bottom out for a reset while pretty much taking away the process.

ForeverTFC · Post #33 » by **ForeverTFC** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:41 pm

Bruin wrote:Smh

Read on Twitter
?s=46&t=6Hx3ZCSHlysihvhqh0K3hw

Oh come on....

Was he shaving his rebounds per game or something?

ArthurVandelay · Post #34 » by **ArthurVandelay** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:49 pm

Never expected personal reasons to cover prop betting

Dalek · Post #35 » by **Dalek** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:02 pm

We may have the disgrace of Jontay Porter doing prop bets and we may be tanking to keep our pick, but nothing beats the Nets who are only a couple games worse than us, playing their regulars because they don't own their pick. Houston still laughing about that Harden trade.

Zeno · Post #36 » by **Zeno** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:11 pm

League deserves this if there if there is anything to it. But them nailing a two way on the Raptors would be such a cover up for the refs and other more legit players that may be doing this.

Boardbreaker · Post #37 » by **Boardbreaker** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:19 pm

Broadcast will mention the Porter news followed by the Fanduel Same Game Parlay

bape_lovers · Post #38 » by **bape_lovers** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:24 pm

The betting commercials are so annoying. I don’t even get why betting is ok but alcohol cant be bought anywhere but lcbo/beer store

Boardbreaker wrote:Broadcast will mention the Porter news followed by the Fanduel Same Game Parlay

shmoosicle · Post #39 » by **shmoosicle** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:38 pm

DelAbbot wrote:This blatant tanking makes me sick

Most of the guys are injured or away for serious personal reasons. We saw the severity of the injuries when they happened and we know why the other players are away so I don't agree it's blatant tanking.

ArthurVandelay · Post #40 » by **ArthurVandelay** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:46 pm

That was a very impressive finish by Dick over Claxton

And Agbaji layup was a very impressive sequence from Raptors…you can really see what Darko is working towards at times