Tanking: It's fun for both the fans and the players

[D5150]

thanks FARMERMAN10, i am glad at least one person agrees with me. i was starting to feel like i was taking crazy pills.

[Dick Tate]

intentionally losing in no way gurantees draft position.

Finishing with the worst record secures no worse than the 4th pick. In a draft that looks to be about 5 deep in impact players, that's huge. Finishing with 17 wins sure didn't hurt the Cavs chances of landing LeBron.

[D5150]

ok dick. you win.

wait, one last question dick. are you saying the team is intentionally tanking to secure a high draft pick, or to turn fans away so that they can more easily slip out the back door to okc?

[Dick Tate]

I think the high pick is priority #1 in Bennett/Presti's "Skipping no steps" strategy/mantra. The alienation of the fans is the added side benefit. The timing of the rebuild couldn't work out more perfectly for Bennett. He can put out a god awful product for the remainder of the lease, then roll into his next destination with 3-4 top five picks on the roster.

[Dick Tate]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/355576_thiel19.html

Before the autopsy is made public, guard Earl Watson offered a concise summary.

"I've been saying all year," he said Tuesday, "that this season is about humiliation."

Or, as owner Clay Bennett might have put it: Here's to you, Seattle.

From the git-go, the season has been a tank job. That doesn't mean that individual players and coaches have quit as much as their options have been curtailed by the deliberate pursuit of another high lottery draft pick and the economics of franchise sabotage.

[D5150]

good for you dick, you and art thiel are on the same page. i guess that makes your premise a fact. case closed.

[D5150]

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