GreekAlex wrote:Kalamazoo317 wrote:BDM22 wrote:Even though I don't particularly care about this lottery, I do think it was incredibly stupid that the team was playing those ridiculous G-league lineups at the end of the year, clearly trying to stay below Washington in the standings. That's some bad basketball karma IMO, and offensive to the fans.
Maybe after dropping to #5 this many times we'll stop operating with such a loser mentality and prize winning games (any games, no matter what) over "increasing our odds." I think we've just been a little too "cute" with how our franchise operates, trying to outsmart everyone and doing nothing but building a losing culture.
Houston loaded up on solid vets to try to support their young guys, were in legit contention for the play-in all season, and got rewarded by the fates. Atlanta held onto their treadmill team instead of trading off any of the major names, and got rewarded by the fates.
Maybe we should just focus on what we can control, which is trying to bring in good players and get better and fight every night instead of creating such a permission structure for losing because "it's smarter."
Totally agree with the bad karma and offensive to fans. Lets root out all the folks in the front office who thought kicking the can down the road and not really trying to compete yet was "smarter" and bring in some winners who actually hate losing instead.
I don’t disagree with your premise of try to win games, but for the sake an accuracy, their 3rd overall pick is because of them getting Brooklyns pick, not their own.
Fair point! Though Brooklyn also cared more about winning last year. They fired their coach (who was still a better coach than Monty) in the middle of the season because they were so fed up with losing.