Tank World Order

anotherhomer · Post #921 » by **anotherhomer** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:21 am

man....i guess the raptors have 8 more games to tell mgmt to tank or not

Stromile12 · Post #922 » by **Stromile12** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:21 am

Looks like we got our hopes up for nothing

_MidNight_ · Post #923 » by **_MidNight_** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:22 am

This team legit makes me fearful for the tank.

I think we finish the season between 7-10 spot with a first round exit.

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #924 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:27 am

Need OG to continue to shoot fadeaways out of the post.

Bruin · Post #925 » by **Bruin** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:28 am

Our only wins are against Sacramento, the Knicks on a historically bad shooting night, and Charlotte. I’m still not convinced this team is good enough to do anything noteworthy. The next several games are much more difficult and I’m fully expecting the losing streak to start Monday

T-d0t · Post #926 » by **T-d0t** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:32 am

I don't know how some of you still try to reason with the anti-tankers in the GT. I just glance over their short-sighted posts.

Marty_Budda · Post #927 » by **Marty_Budda** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:32 am

Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

JN · Post #928 » by JN » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:37 am

Marty_Budda wrote:Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

You mean the schedule of death that includes two games against a 4-7 team that just lost to the Pistons?

Raps in 4 · Post #929 » by **Raps in 4** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:39 am

Marty_Budda wrote:Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

Fred and Pascal also played like **** today. This kind of a performance is an L on most nights. Charlotte just outtanked us. It happens. We're new to this thing.

Steelo Green · Post #930 » by **Steelo Green** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:40 am

JN wrote:
Marty_Budda wrote:Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

You mean the schedule of death that includes two games against a 4-7 team that just lost to the Pistons?

Without Jimmy Butler, yeah.

Or is a superstar not playing no big deal? He's played 6 games.

Marty_Budda · Post #931 » by **Marty_Budda** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:40 am

JN wrote:
Marty_Budda wrote:Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

You mean the schedule of death that includes two games against a 4-7 team that just lost to the Pistons?

They’ve been really hit with COVID. All their guys should be back by the time we play them hopefully.

Inevitable · Post #932 » by **Inevitable** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:42 am

Butler and Bam should be cleared by Monday

JN · Post #933 » by JN » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:42 am

ark26 wrote:Lowry and Boucher has to be traded. Masai is not gonna re-signing either of them imo.

You think that we would not pick up the team option on Boucher?
Everything is on the table right now, but Boucher is not a free agent at the end of the year.

PhilBlackson · Post #934 » by **PhilBlackson** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:48 am

Back to the BC days...

9th place or die trying!! Anti-tankers rejoice.

JN · Post #935 » by JN » Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:52 am

Steelo Green wrote:
JN wrote:
Marty_Budda wrote:Guys we still have the 4th worst record in the league. Pistons are about to beat the heat. And we start our schedule of death on Monday.

Believe.

You mean the schedule of death that includes two games against a 4-7 team that just lost to the Pistons?

Without Jimmy Butler, yeah.

Or is a superstar not playing no big deal? He's played 6 games.

Overlooked that (you know the feeling , except you do it intentionally). Thanks to those other than Steelo who pointed that out.

That being said they started the year 3-4 when they were all fairly healthy. So they are not world beaters yet this year, but they are better then us no doubt. I wouldn't be very surprised to see us have a good shooting night and take 1 of the 2 games.

Mehar · Post #936 » by **Mehar** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:13 am

Have faith guys. The last two games were terrible for the tank. Looking at this team's schedule, they can easily go 0-6 or 1-5 given the tough teams they will face. They can be 5-13 or 4-14 after 18 games, and definitely in the bottom 5. After that, hopefully Lowry and Powell are traded sooner than later.

Mehar · Post #937 » by **Mehar** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:27 am

HKBOY wrote:Sell high on Boucher right now and start the tank. This team needs to stay bottom 4 and get as many Ls as possible in case the season gets cancelled midway.

Absolutely. Boucher also can be a bargain for a contending team next year with a 7 million option. Package him with Powell/Lowry, and get back draft picks. If this organization knows what is good for them, they will do the right thing.
The wrong thing would be finishing 9th and drafting in the 18th spot or so. This team will be swept in the first round if it is lucky to

make the playoffs. As a fan, there is no point in that. Lowry and Powell will be both free agents. Time to put the the tank in full
force. It is pathetic the number of fans who do not have this mindset, but are content on being a "treadmill", and finishing 8th or 9th this year only to get destroyed in the first round. The reward will be a guy like Cade being our star for the next several years, or any other of the top talent in the first 5 picks of the 2021 draft.

Mark_83 · Post #938 » by **Mark_83** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:30 am

Boucher is the anti-tank. :lol:

beanbag · Post #939 » by **beanbag** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:40 am

Mehar wrote:
HKBOY wrote:Sell high on Boucher right now and start the tank. This team needs to stay bottom 4 and get as many Ls as possible in case the season gets cancelled midway.

It is pathetic the number of fans who do not have this mindset, but are content on being a "treadmill", and finishing 8th or 9th this year only to get destroyed in the first round. The reward will be a guy like Cade being our star for the next several years, or any other of the top talent in the first 5 picks of the 2021 draft.

Why does it matter to you what other fans think regarding tanking or not tanking? If you guys want to play out your Raptors fan fiction in here, have at it.

bballsparkin · Post #940 » by **bballsparkin** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:49 am

Stromile12 wrote:Looks like we got our hopes up for nothing

Tanking rule #1: Never get your hopes up.