OKC is a disgrace

[ChipotleWest]

2015 Hawks surely?
OKC has a legit superstar and maybe 2nd best HCA in the West, so they are in much better positioned for postseason.

I should have said in the West, the East was a joke then except for Lebron.

The 20/21 Jazz perhaps?

Yeah I'll give you that one.

[ShootersShoot]

I should have said in the West, the East was a joke then except for Lebron.

The 20/21 Jazz perhaps?

Yeah I'll give you that one.

I'd say there are some stark differences in comparison to the 20/21 jazz. First, the thunder are extremely young. This will be Chet's and JWill's first year in the playoffs and the team itself has assets to work with in the form of draft capital. They literally have zero starters that are 26 years old or older.

[ChipotleWest]

The 20/21 Jazz perhaps?

Yeah I'll give you that one.

I'd say there are some stark differences in comparison to the 20/21 jazz. First, the thunder are extremely young. This will be Chet's and JWill's first year in the playoffs and the team itself has assets to work with in the form of draft capital. They literally have zero starters that are 26 years old or older.

Yeah I wasn't really knocking what the team has done it's impressive just that I don't see them as contenders this year. I think they could use another rim protector and they just need experience. This is the first time since 1955 the youngest team in the NBA is the #1 seed, it's impressive. I just don't think they're winning more than a round in the playoffs.

[ShootersShoot]

Yeah I'll give you that one.

I'd say there are some stark differences in comparison to the 20/21 jazz. First, the thunder are extremely young. This will be Chet's and JWill's first year in the playoffs and the team itself has assets to work with in the form of draft capital. They literally have zero starters that are 26 years old or older.

Yeah I wasn't really knocking what the team has done it's impressive just that I don't see them as contenders this year. I think they could use a rim protector and they just need experience. This is the first time since 1955 the youngest team in the NBA is the #1 seed, it's impressive. I just don't think they're winning more than a round in the playoffs.

Yea thats fair.. young teams need to gain experience and to prove themselves. Its very likely based on historical data and just simple reasoning that a team where most of its core hasnt even played in a playoff game yet will most likely not go far in the playoffs.

[Capn'O]

To be fair, SGA was actually out yesterday due to concussion protocol and Giddey has been sick. If a team just has bad pieces it's not as egregious as when they actively sit healthy players. That just doesn't sit well with me.

I stand by my thoughts here. Presti is one of the top GMs in the game, if not the best one. I did find them basically shelving Horford when he was helping them win distasteful. I hope the NBA comes up with something to prevent teams from doing that.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

I don’t really get the point of the bump, nobody’s going to be eating crow for saying 3 years ago that shamefully tanking is a disgrace. I don’t even see anyone saying it wouldn’t work, just that it’s incredibly lame. We already know it “works” even by the time this thread was made because the Sixers did the same thing to get an MVP level player

Something can be simultaneously extremely pathetic and also objectively a decent way to build a team, if ownership signs off on it

Where exactly were they shamefully tanking? They've had 2 top 10 picks in the last 10 years, one was Giddey at 6th and the other was Chet at 2, outside of Chet that their previous top 5 pick was Harden in 2009.


There have been teams picking top 5 a lot more frequently than them with absolutely nothing to show for it in terms of wins.

[Lalouie]

What kind of roster is that today?
Might as well not play the game at all?
How the hell are the 70 percent of the squad injured? I thought medical technologies have advanced?
Plus, how the hell are the broadcast companies paying billions of dollars for this kind of product?

Please discuss.

theyre resting

the joke is on tv and the fans

[ThunderBolt]

I’m bumping this thread not to troll. Let’s assume Indiana wins the ECF. Now we have a battle or small market franchises that took very different approaches to rebuilding. This will be interesting as the Pacers are a formidable foe.

[Raps in 4]

Lmao

[Childs]

Whoever made this thread is a disgrace

[Kawaii Leonard]

Aged like a carton of milk left out on a piping hot summer day

[Zeno]

The disgrace is that they didn’t even tank as much as people think they did. Utah is an actual disgrace. In the end, the Thunder was built on the Paul George trade. Without that it is still a long process. And the Pacers were built on trading with a dumb team too(a lot of good decisions beyond that for sure). So step 1 to a great rebuild is finding some team willing to do something stupid.

[MoneyTalks41890]

I’m bumping this thread not to troll. Let’s assume Indiana wins the ECF. Now we have a battle or small market franchises that took very different approaches to rebuilding. This will be interesting as the Pacers are a formidable foe.

It’s a pretty diabolical bump

[ThunderBolt]

I’m bumping this thread not to troll. Let’s assume Indiana wins the ECF. Now we have a battle or small market franchises that took very different approaches to rebuilding. This will be interesting as the Pacers are a formidable foe.

It’s a pretty diabolical bump

Sshhhh

[bluemj32]

Lol, this thread

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[Beethoven]

Well, this thread hasn't aged well completely yet

We'll see in two weeks if they can still be considered a disgrace.

[azcatz11]

Thunder showed you exactly why they will be a dynasty in 3-4 years. Expected to be worst team in NBA yet hovered around .500 until they decided to spare the league humiliation further. Then at the PERFECT time they start resting guys once the point has been made.

Now they stack top 3 draft picks couple years. Just be glad they aren’t unleashing SGA, Dort and Poku on your team right now bro. Even 2k21 lists SGA as out for “personal reasons”. They know he’s nice and just wants to give the league time to catch up and delay the upcoming dynasty.

Damn

[Mavrelous]

All of the key players on IND and OKC, except for Chet, weren't the result of tanking.

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

Well, this thread hasn't aged well completely yet

We'll see in two weeks if they can still be considered a disgrace.

It feels like you're being sarcastic, but you're wrong

Benching healthy players is a disgrace. The fact that tanking can be long term beneficial to a team doesn't mean it's good for the league

[Fencer reregistered]

All of the key players on IND and OKC, except for Chet, weren't the result of tanking.

Ditto the Celtics the year before.