Number 1 pick or Trying to Win a Title.

A.J. · Post #1 » by **A.J.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:45 am

What would you rather do?

Have the number 1 pick or try to win a title.

SportsWorld · Post #2 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:46 am

Number 1 pick

Baller 24 · Post #3 » by **Baller 24** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:47 am

What do you mean by "try" how far are we getting here in the playoffs?

A.J. · Post #4 » by **A.J.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:48 am

SportsWorld wrote:Number 1 pick

Posey H8er · Post #5 » by **Posey H8er** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:48 am

Unless you are a top team then I would rather have the #1 pick.

SportsWorld · Post #6 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:48 am

Baller 24 wrote:What do you mean by "try" how far are we getting here in the playoffs?

Well if it's the Rockets then not very far.

But yeah, it depends on how good that team is. If it is a #1, #2, or #3 seed then I would say title. Otherwise, #1 pick.

A.J. · Post #7 » by **A.J.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:49 am

Baller 24 wrote:What do you mean by "try" how far are we getting here in the playoffs?

I meant in the playoffs, and trying your best to win a title.

Baller 24 · Post #8 » by **Baller 24** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:51 am

SportsWorld wrote:
Baller 24 wrote:What do you mean by "try" how far are we getting here in the playoffs?

Well if it's the Rockets then not very far.

But yeah, it depends on how good that team is. If it is a #1, #2, or #3 seed then I would say title. Otherwise, #1 pick.

Well if your talking about the Rockets then yes I'll take the number 1 pick, you have Rose and Beasly who have great potential, so I think I'd rather go in the rebuilding mode.

NothingButNet · Post #9 » by **NothingButNet** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:53 am

Rockets "try" to win a title every year, and look where that gets them.

#1 pick, please.

Baller 24 · Post #10 » by **Baller 24** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:54 am

Oh btw, especially with the way some of these young guys are leading teams to success...players like Deron, Paul, Dwight, and Roy, I'd easily rather rebuild if I'm a 4 or under seed. But then again you can't really ask this topic to the west, because the 4th seed of the west won 55 games, which isn't bad at all.

Number34 · Post #11 » by **Number34** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:01 am

Title, easily. Winning is what playing basketball in the nba is about.

A.J. · Post #12 » by **A.J.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:08 am

Number34 wrote:Title, easily. Winning is what playing basketball in the nba is about.

Thank You, at least some one has sense.

Patty Mills · Post #13 » by **Patty Mills** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:24 am

are the rockets trying to get the number one pick?? or is just this just a hypothetical question

Black_Jack21 · Post #14 » by **Black_Jack21** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:45 am

So your basically asking?
Do you want to be the Spurs or the Celtics or Lakers or Pistons
Or do you want to be Knicks, Miami etc?
I'll take playoffs over mediocrity!

farzi · Post #15 » by **farzi** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:08 am

Take the Boston approach...it obviously works.

Tank horribly and obviously trying to get a once a decade center.
If that works, pair him with a very good PF and an all star SF.

If that doesn't work, trade your very good PF and scrubs for a first ballot hall of famer PF, and send your draft pick with some other scrubs for a former all star SG who's still effective despite being on the decline of his prime

PPAW4Life · Post #16 » by **PPAW4Life** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:32 am

farzi wrote:Take the Boston approach...it obviously works.

Tank horribly and obviously trying to get a once a decade center.
If that works, pair him with a very good PF and an all star SF.

If that doesn't work, trade your very good PF and scrubs for a first ballot hall of famer PF, and send your draft pick with some other scrubs for a former all star SG who's still effective despite being on the decline of his prime

Yea that doesn't work often at all.

Both those teams that KG and RA came from were lottery teams and decided to go rebuilding mode.

It's not easy to trade for stars....let alone 2 in the same off-season.

Post #17 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:59 am

Depends who is in the draft I guess.

Hornets tried pretty hard this year, but I would have taken a first round out for some LeBron, Greg Oden or Dwight Howard to pair with Paul :lol:

Prophet_C · Post #18 » by **Prophet_C** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:36 pm

You play the game for titles so I'd much rather go for a title than a #1.

JD225 · Post #19 » by **JD225** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:38 pm

I'll take Andrea Bargnani over the title.

Ming Kong! · Post #20 » by **Ming Kong!** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:30 pm

Lets just say for a second that the Celtics did tank the 2006-07 season...

The fifth pick isn't the prize they would have been seeking. They traded the 5th pick along with a handful of players in return for a star. That was a great move to win, but they did have to sacrifice some, or atleast some might say so.

Then they traded Al Jefferson, who'll never be KG but he'll still be a stud in 5 years, and KG will be well on the decline by then. This a trade that made sense for both sides IMO.

Then they got good vets for a good price. Comes with the attractive situation in Boston.

Boston earned their title because Danny Ainge was aggresive and made all the right moves. He took a team with much depth, but too much youth, and he found the GMs willing to invest time his youth.