Tank for Wiggins?

+ Kyle + · Post #1 » by **+ Kyle +** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 5:00 am

We don't look very good this year, do you think we should tank for Wiggins? At this rate, we won't be making the playoffs so the best option would be to see where this leads, and shut it down. I think Wiggins would put us over the top for sure and back to our usual form.

JesusHCoxMd · Post #2 » by **JesusHCoxMd** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 7:12 am

Do not overreact, we start slow. In January and February you'll be seeing whole different Miami Heat team.

RexBoyWonder · Post #3 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 11:22 am

I assume the OP is being sarcastic despite forgetting the green font.

The thing is, we won a lot of close games last year, i beliebe our recored in close games was 18-4 or something like that. statistically you couldn't expect to keep that ratio this year.

And fair enough, we lost 2 very close games to start the season. Got to play harder and get some separation.

Post #4 » by **DayofMourning** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 1:05 pm

I don't think we'll get lucky enough to get Wiggins. We've never had great lotto success. So the best we can hope for is a guy like Randle. Unfortunately he'll be playing behind Haslem for the start of his career....

SWadeUP · Post #5 » by **SWadeUP** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 3:50 pm

Im all in for tanking

Ratchet_Rio · Post #6 » by **Ratchet_Rio** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 5:15 pm

Mods do your job

ifrosty13 · Post #7 » by **ifrosty13** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 5:56 pm

Holy crap, you can't be serious. We just won back to back championships, our big 3 is in their contract year, and you want us to TANK?!

BAN THIS FOOL!

Smash3 · Post #8 » by **Smash3** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:00 pm

I say tank, but let´s go with Randle instead

OtW · Post #9 » by **OtW** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:01 pm

TRADE LBJ
FIRE SPO
AMNESTY WADE
WAVE BOSH

BUILD AROUND BEASLEY.

TANK FOR WIGGINS.

HeatNation88 · Post #10 » by **HeatNation88** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:09 pm

Last time i done something like this like a joke i got suspended smh. -_- -_- -_-

Gwynplaine · Post #11 » by **Gwynplaine** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:09 pm

OtW wrote:TRADE LBJ
FIRE SPO
AMNESTY WADE
WAIVE BOSH

BUILD AROUND BEASLEY.

TANK FOR WIGGINS.

KDS91 · Post #12 » by **KDS91** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 6:16 pm

OtW wrote:TRADE LBJ
FIRE SPO
AMNESTY WADE
WAVE BOSH

BUILD AROUND BEASLEY.

TANK FOR WIGGINS.

No no no. We can do better.

BUILD AROUND JOEL

Dynasty.

Slot Machine · Post #13 » by **Slot Machine** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 8:43 pm

agentk16 wrote:
OtW wrote:TRADE LBJ
FIRE SPO
AMNESTY WADE
WAVE BOSH

BUILD AROUND BEASLEY.

TANK FOR WIGGINS.

No no no. We can do better.

BUILD AROUND JOEL

Dynasty.

Even better,

BRING JUWAN OUT OF RETIREMENT

TRG · Post #14 » by **TRG** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 8:57 pm

I'm all in for tanking.

Joel will be our tank commander.

RexBoyWonder · Post #15 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 9:27 pm

Totally hypothetical thought :

Could you see a secnario where a contending team desides to tank for a year and waste a chance to contend for a specific draft in order to get a franchise player in the draft and by doing so increase their contending window by a few years and also increase their chances to actually win the all thing?

It will be a total bitch move, but i wouldn't be quick to role out to logic.

I believe it won't happen in today's NBA mainly because of the media backlash, but Take a team like Clippers for example. They're considerd real contenders. Yet their chances to win are no higher then 20-30%. Wouldn't it be shrewd of them to find a way to tank hard for this year (fake injuries, play rookies huge minutes, whatever it takes to miss the playoffs) and get a stud young SF like Wiggins (or even another top pick in the 2014 draft) and by that be a much stronger contender for the foreseeable future?

On paper, it will probably increase their overall chance to win the ship. They'll lose one year of 20-30% chance to win and gain a few years of 50% to win.

Like i said, hypothetical..won't happen. But interseting to think about.

Alex Trevelyan · Post #16 » by **Alex Trevelyan** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 10:50 pm

Some of the threads and the replies to those threads, on RealGM, are so bloody absurd, it is sometimes difficult for the rabble to distinguish between sarcasm and the actual thinking state of many of the posters. Green font is almost mandatory in such an environment.

Slot Machine · Post #17 » by **Slot Machine** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 11:38 pm

RexBoyWonder wrote:Totally hypothetical thought :

Could you see a secnario where a contending team desides to tank for a year and waste a chance to contend for a specific draft in order to get a franchise player in the draft and by doing so increase their contending window by a few years and also increase their chances to actually win the all thing?

It will be a total bitch move, but i wouldn't be quick to role out to logic.

I believe it won't happen in today's NBA mainly because of the media backlash, but Take a team like Clippers for example. They're considerd real contenders. Yet their chances to win are no higher then 20-30%. Wouldn't it be shrewd of them to find a way to tank hard for this year (fake injuries, play rookies huge minutes, whatever it takes to miss the playoffs) and get a stud young SF like Wiggins (or even another top pick in the 2014 draft) and by that be a much stronger contender for the foreseeable future?

On paper, it will probably increase their overall chance to win the ship. They'll lose one year of 20-30% chance to win and gain a few years of 50% to win.

Like i said, hypothetical..won't happen. But interseting to think about.

Essentially what happened with the Spurs when D-Rob went down and they got Duncan.

RJM · Post #18 » by **RJM** » Sat Nov 2, 2013 11:53 pm

This guy.

RexBoyWonder · Post #19 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Sun Nov 3, 2013 12:02 am

Slot Machine wrote:
RexBoyWonder wrote:Totally hypothetical thought :

Could you see a secnario where a contending team desides to tank for a year and waste a chance to contend for a specific draft in order to get a franchise player in the draft and by doing so increase their contending window by a few years and also increase their chances to actually win the all thing?

It will be a total bitch move, but i wouldn't be quick to role out to logic.

I believe it won't happen in today's NBA mainly because of the media backlash, but Take a team like Clippers for example. They're considerd real contenders. Yet their chances to win are no higher then 20-30%. Wouldn't it be shrewd of them to find a way to tank hard for this year (fake injuries, play rookies huge minutes, whatever it takes to miss the playoffs) and get a stud young SF like Wiggins (or even another top pick in the 2014 draft) and by that be a much stronger contender for the foreseeable future?

On paper, it will probably increase their overall chance to win the ship. They'll lose one year of 20-30% chance to win and gain a few years of 50% to win.

Like i said, hypothetical..won't happen. But interseting to think about.

Essentially what happened with the Spurs when D-Rob went down and they got Duncan.

Pretty close, but IIRC the Spurs didnt really tank, the Admiral really went down early with a sirious injury and the rest of the team around him wasn't good at all. He was a big part of that team. But the Spurs example shows you how effective such a move can be - inject a young superstar into a winning franchise with legitimate veteran stars = dynasty.

Post #20 » by **DayofMourning** » Sun Nov 3, 2013 4:00 am

In the Spurs case, pair a once in a generation player (Duncan) with a still serviceable once in a generation player (DRob). I really enjoy watching those two together. Basketball bliss for me as a fan of post men. Sampson and Olajuwon were another fantastic pairing.