The Tank 11'12 thread.

ILOVEIT · Post #1421 » by **ILOVEIT** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:53 am

We have to give credit to the owners for tanking big time. I think we all said they should...and man are they!

Detroit and Toronto should both pick up one more win....worse the Warriors can do IMO is tie for 7th at this point with two other teams....

Hey...at least we aren't sitting here with no chance at the pick.

bay2hk · Post #1422 » by **bay2hk** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:10 am

Are we keeping Nate or what? If not, we should cut his ass already. He doesn't care about tanking...

shazam_guy · Post #1423 » by **shazam_guy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:26 am

Best of all, they're tanking the right way, finally: Get every even marginally-injured regular out of the lineup and play the young folk. Beats the hell out of sabotaging a team while they're playing the actual games by all the conspiracy-theory stuff, bad time-outs or lack of time-outs, intentional bad fouls and defense, etc.

migya · Post #1424 » by **migya** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:01 am

Screw worrying about whether we'll keep the pick, let's aim high and look to get 4th pick

The warriors likely won't win anymore games and the way the teams below us are playing, maybe three of them could pass us.

RGMirs · Post #1425 » by **RGMirs** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:53 am

don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

I heard that guy is a warriors fan but became bitter after the monta trade. The article didn't even mention the kings in it which turned me off.

I dont know. I don't really believe in luck in general. I stand by probability. This is a new management so that should get rid of most of the "bad luck". The rest of the "bad luck" cannot be used for future events since they are all independent events. Its a gambler's fallacy. Each new event is independent of the past events. Just like after flipping a coin and getting tails 9 times, the 10th coin flip still has a 50% for tails or heads. Each flip is independent via independent probability.

killacalijatt · Post #1426 » by **killacalijatt** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:15 am

With Detroit winning. We control our own destiny.
If we dnt win anymore games we are gauranteed to finish the season at 7th becuase NJ and Toronto play each other one more time and both are tied with us so one has to win.

shazam_guy · Post #1427 » by **shazam_guy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:00 am

don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

Man, SOMEBODY sounds a little butthurt here. It's worse to sit your injured players and trade for a real center (and probably fudge the Lee injury) than to roll out the squad Charlotte brings game after game? As a wise man once said, "Nuh-uh."

KevinMcreynolds · Post #1428 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:44 am

don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

LOL, what a douche. I like how he trashes NOR for tanking and they've won 5 straight.

don nelson · Post #1429 » by **don nelson** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:11 am

KevinMcreynolds wrote:
don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

LOL, what a douche. I like how he trashes NOR for tanking and they've won 5 straight.

You forgot to mention the following excerpt from the New Orleans Hornets section:

On April 24 — the Super Bowl of tanking — the Hornets will travel to Oakland to take on the Warriors, who hopefully will still have work left to do to lose their way into keeping their pick in this year's draft.

Coxy · Post #1430 » by **Coxy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:24 am

Our tank is horny.

TaylorMonkey · Post #1431 » by **TaylorMonkey** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:49 am

shazam_guy wrote:
don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

Man, SOMEBODY sounds a little butthurt here. It's worse to sit your injured players and trade for a real center (and probably fudge the Lee injury) than to roll out the squad Charlotte brings game after game? As a wise man once said, "Nuh-uh."

Yeah. We didn't trade Ellis just to tank. We traded Ellis for a potential massive upgrade that happens to be injured. The trading-Ellis-to-tank myth seems to be popular with those who don't like the Bogues/Ellis trade, and I think I remember this guy being pretty against it.

Also Steph has a bum ankle and needs more than a few weeks for a proper recovery. Sure, we're not particularly motivated to push him to play, but he's not 100% either. Did this guy forget that he sprained it like 7 times this season by us trying to play him prematurely? What changed?

Bah, pretty crummy take on us about those two but the Lee sitting is a tad fishy. RJ, I'm not so sure since he had some pretty tanktastic giveaways late in games, and if we really want to sit someone at the 3 we probably sit Rush.

migya · Post #1432 » by **migya** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:45 am

shazam_guy wrote:
don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

Man, SOMEBODY sounds a little butthurt here. It's worse to sit your injured players and trade for a real center (and probably fudge the Lee injury) than to roll out the squad Charlotte brings game after game? As a wise man once said, "Nuh-uh."

Please cease with religion jabs. - H15

Northx57 · Post #1433 » by **Northx57** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:13 am

don nelson wrote:I found the following link on the Utah board regarding the Warriors tank that is quite amusing:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/782 ... st-stretch

Im willing to bet that if the team he follows is in a tanking situation, this article wouldnt exist.

EvanZ · Post #1434 » by **EvanZ** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:18 am

Supposedly he's a Warriors fan. Some fan.

GSForever · Post #1435 » by **GSForever** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:45 pm

I have an idea to out tank Minny and NO but if I mention it all the other teams would pick up on it

Coxy · Post #1436 » by **Coxy** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:58 pm

GSForever wrote:I have an idea to out tank Minny and NO but if I mention it all the other teams would pick up on it

Good idea not mentioning it then.

GSForever · Post #1437 » by **GSForever** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:37 pm

All u have to do is foul out most of your guys till your down to 4 guys. You can continue a game with only 4 players

Mylie10 · Post #1438 » by **Mylie10** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:52 pm

Let's get something straight..... It was Monta and Udoh for Bogut and trash..... Not Monta for Bogut.

Little Digger · Post #1439 » by **Little Digger** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:19 pm

Mylie10 wrote:Let's get something straight..... It was Monta and Udoh for Bogut and trash..... Not Monta for Bogut.

Yep the key to the trade was Milwaukee being desperate to dump Cap Whack and his contract.

TB · Post #1440 » by TB » Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:59 pm

How does that Jay Kang guy have a job at Grantland?

Thats like 3 or 4 articles about the warriors that have been terrible. I suppose if you knew nothing about the warriors it would look like decent writing... but anyone with actual knowledge of the situations could counter argue almost everything he says.

I like the 2 man draft comment as well. Idiot.