fishercob wrote:chubby_1_kenobi wrote:Ruzious wrote:I always thought that kind of logic was assinine - "Don't help your team if it means helping a rival" - even when you're not really competing with the "rival".
Z would serve no purpose here. He'd take PT from the youngsters. And a vet like him near the end of his career deserves the opportunity to play in the playoffs. Meanwhile, he can choose to go to another team - if there's a better match - he doesn't have to go to Cleveland. Either way, I'll be rooting for a Cleveland/Dallas NBA finals.
Pride is not about logic. Pride is about putting up a fight when you're about an inch from dying even when logically giving up would be the less painful route. It's about saying to your fanbase "yes, this season has been a disaster but that doesn't mean we have to let other teams use our face as a stepping stone to championship."
Z has absolutely no purpose in Washington, I completely agree. It's the message your franchise is sending out to your fanbase by letting him go is what baffles me.
I was a Wizards fan afterall when MJ was playing. ( a bandwagon one, yes, but a fan nevertheless).
You, my friend, are a bad businessman if you would let emotions sway you from doing whats in the best interest of your company or team.
As a Wizards fan, I care first and foremost about the Wizards. I want our execs to do only what moves us closest to contention, with no regard for whom else it might help. If you're sore because Z returning to the the Cavs hurts your team du jour's chances of a title, well tough titties.
And who are you -- an admitted bandwagon fan -- to criticize anyone else's pride? Any true and self-respecting fan sticks with his (or her, perhaps?) team through thick and thin. They don't hop around based on who Nike tells them to worship that day,
Boom. Roasted.
NBA is a business but sports is all about mentality. What you wrote is like saying to the Beatles; "your main objective is not to create beautiful music but to sell records."
Z leaving makes sense from a financial point of view but it does not make sense from sports fans point of view.
Were or were you and Cleveland not rivals just a few years ago?
By letting Z goes, your franchise has admitted that the rivalry is dead. We lost. Cleveland can do whatever they want to us.
Ask yourself this; why does the Sacramento Kings franchise continue to be successful even when they're losing. Why does Arco arena rocks like no other whenever the Lakers come to town?
The answer is pride.