Tank World Order (10.0) The Empire Strikes Back

will · Post #1401 » by **will** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 3:20 pm

Toronto Wizards. Committed to the treadmill.

will · Post #1402 » by **will** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:08 pm

The dream is actually going down the drain.

SMH

Coco Costanza · Post #1403 » by **Coco Costanza** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:19 pm

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Basketball_Jones · Post #1404 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:20 pm

JB7 wrote:
Kevin Willis wrote:
Brinbe wrote:he's right. hustling backwards

Exactly.

1. Who knows if we would've even picked Kessler if we kept that pick.
2. Jakob is more productive than Kessler right now and Koloko might be more productive in the future.
3. Those picks are not great.

Hustling backward he's right but really he's wrong. At this point tWo can continue, if we got Durant it could not.

Agree. Jakob is probably better right now, and Koloko looks a lot more mobile than Kessler, so if Koloko continues to develop, he easily could be more productive than Kessler in the future. Kessler is just getting the benefit of minutes and collecting easy numbers around the basket. I think in a playoff series, he easily gets played off the floor because he is not as mobile.

I just hope the plan is not to try and play themselves back into the playoffs this year. Get that pick, in a great draft, and let next year's in a weak draft go.

lol Koloko is way behind Kessler now and won't easily be ahead of him, it's still a long shot. Koloko in extended minutes barely does anything so it isn't about opportunity. The lane intimidation is real though, he provides that and I'm sure that's why he has some favourable +/- games

DelAbbot · Post #1405 » by **DelAbbot** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:39 pm

Raptors_128 wrote:
Brinbe wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:Raps have really become the Washington Wizards.

If you told me that they were planning to sign Siakam to a 5-year supermax with a NTC I would believe you.

Yeah, it's the MLSE of old. We look at things through a sporting lens, but the owners have seats to fill and tv ads to sell. Unless things got real bad, they'd be incentivised to stick to the status quo and win-out as long as they're still making bank.

Yeah I get it. Just can’t believe I bought that winning over everything bull from Masai.

42-40 is still winning.

Play-in is still winning.

The charlatan wasnt lying

stanch sabonis · Post #1406 » by **stanch sabonis** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:01 pm

DelAbbot wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:
Brinbe wrote:Yeah, it's the MLSE of old. We look at things through a sporting lens, but the owners have seats to fill and tv ads to sell. Unless things got real bad, they'd be incentivised to stick to the status quo and win-out as long as they're still making bank.

Yeah I get it. Just can’t believe I bought that winning over everything bull from Masai.
42-40 is still winning.

Play-in is still winning.

The charlatan wasnt lying

There are people who argue with you when you clown Masai. Literally afraid to question this guy. This thread may as well get locked. Enjoy your Wizards.

ItsDanger · Post #1407 » by **ItsDanger** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:07 pm

Brinbe wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:Raps have really become the Washington Wizards.

If you told me that they were planning to sign Siakam to a 5-year supermax with a NTC I would believe you.

Yeah, it's the MLSE of old. We look at things through a sporting lens, but the owners have seats to fill and tv ads to sell. Unless things got real bad, they'd be incentivised to stick to the status quo and win-out as long as they're still making bank.

I havent seen their financials in a long time but its the TV money and now with Bell/Rogers its the advertising revenues. Back then, I was surprised at the TV money vs ticket/arena revenues. I can only imagine how much they're raking in these days. For those that doubt, just consider some of these recent independent online creators who are making a lot of money off advertising.

rocky_da_best · Post #1408 » by **rocky_da_best** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:10 pm

DelAbbot · Post #1409 » by **DelAbbot** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:30 pm

stanch sabonis wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:

Yeah I get it. Just can’t believe I bought that winning over everything bull from Masai.
42-40 is still winning.

Play-in is still winning.

The charlatan wasnt lying

There are people who argue with you when you clown Masai. Literally afraid to question this guy. This thread may as well get locked. Enjoy your Wizards.

You missed my sarcasm

Klayforspicy · Post #1410 » by **Klayforspicy** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:36 pm

Mans were excited to get Cam Thomas, the spirit of this board has been usurped lol

ontnut · Post #1411 » by **ontnut** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 5:49 pm

It's ok guys. We'll make the play-in this year, lose the play-in, win the lotto, get Wemby, and win dinosaur championship in 24-25. I had some ayahuasca last night, and saw the future.

stanch sabonis · Post #1412 » by **stanch sabonis** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 6:01 pm

DelAbbot wrote:
stanch sabonis wrote:
DelAbbot wrote:42-40 is still winning.

Play-in is still winning.

The charlatan wasnt lying

There are people who argue with you when you clown Masai. Literally afraid to question this guy. This thread may as well get locked. Enjoy your Wizards.

You missed my sarcasm

I wasn't talking about you. I'm sorry it came across that way lol

But yeah this thread is mad depressing now

720 · Post #1413 » by **720** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 6:15 pm

We have two more hours. This feels like the Tampa year where we were all waiting for the Lowry trade at the deadline and it never happened.

720 · Post #1414 » by **720** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 10:53 pm

For me personally, they picked a direction. Masai says he wants to see what this team does in a full season before he can decide who stays and who goes. He improved this year’s roster, ruining our draft position. So at this point, I gotta shift the way I view the team as a fan. No point in looking at the lottery standings (or the standings in general). We’re going to be a play in team probably. So just gotta watch the growth of our players and see where it takes us. A shame because we had a legit shot at getting a difference maker in this year’s draft. Oh well.

Raptors_128 · Post #1415 » by **Raptors_128** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 10:58 pm

I don’t give a ****. I’ll be the lone fan cheering for loses still.

Brinbe · Post #1416 » by **Brinbe** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 10:58 pm

720 wrote:For me personally, they picked a direction. Masai says he wants to see what this team does in a full season before he can decide who stays and who goes. He improved this year’s roster, ruining our draft position. So at this point, I gotta shift the way I view the team as a fan. No point in looking at the lottery standings (or the standings in general). We’re going to be a play in team probably. So just gotta watch the growth of our players and see where it takes us. A shame because we had a legit shot at getting a difference maker in this year’s draft. Oh well.

Can only hope for a bit of lotto luck and there'll still be decent players in the teens. I know we were hoping for Wemby or Scoot but that was always a long-shot especially considering how soft this schedule is to close out the year. I think we all know this team played under its head big-time.

And they could always choose to blow it up in the summer or make a move at the draft.

bballsparkin · Post #1417 » by **bballsparkin** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 11:04 pm

We always knew this would be a everything falls in place tank. I still have hope for a top 10 homerun pick.

720 · Post #1418 » by **720** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 11:09 pm

Brinbe wrote:
720 wrote:For me personally, they picked a direction. Masai says he wants to see what this team does in a full season before he can decide who stays and who goes. He improved this year’s roster, ruining our draft position. So at this point, I gotta shift the way I view the team as a fan. No point in looking at the lottery standings (or the standings in general). We’re going to be a play in team probably. So just gotta watch the growth of our players and see where it takes us. A shame because we had a legit shot at getting a difference maker in this year’s draft. Oh well.

Can only hope for a bit of lotto luck and there'll still be decent players in the teens. I know we were hoping for Wemby or Scoot but that was always a long-shot especially considering how soft this schedule is to close out the year. I think we all know this team played under its head big-time.

And they could always choose to blow it up in the summer or make a move at the draft.

Nah I don’t think it was a long shot (getting a top 4 pick). Move one of Gary or Fred and we’re gonna struggle because we lose whatever little shooting we had. We had a 19 percent shot at getting pick 1 or 2 at 6 and I strongly believe we could have held onto 6. I would have been fine moving up tp even 3 or 4 and added Miller or Thompson, etc. It wasn’t a Scoot/Wemby or bust for me. We benefited from some fake wins too which hurt the tank. But it is what it is at this point.

JShuttlesworth · Post #1419 » by **JShuttlesworth** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 11:10 pm

Tough day family.

Stay strong.

bballsparkin · Post #1420 » by **bballsparkin** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 11:13 pm

720 wrote:For me personally, they picked a direction. Masai says he wants to see what this team does in a full season before he can decide who stays and who goes. He improved this year’s roster, ruining our draft position. So at this point, I gotta shift the way I view the team as a fan. No point in looking at the lottery standings (or the standings in general). We’re going to be a play in team probably. So just gotta watch the growth of our players and see where it takes us. A shame because we had a legit shot at getting a difference maker in this year’s draft. Oh well.

You're probably right. Thanks. I will focus all my tank energy towards the Vancouver Canucks for the time being.

How should the team move forward this season?