Blazers vs Thunder game tonight is a disgrace to the league (tanking)

Shock Defeat · Post #1 » by **Shock Defeat** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:15 am

Matchup between the most blatant tankers in the league. Disgraceful lineups.

OKC is literally starting 2 guys they just signed on 10-day contracts, while sitting Poku who played well last game (for no actual reason)

Portland has like 8 guys "injured" all of them happen to be their best players

Gorilla Monsoon · Post #2 » by **Gorilla Monsoon** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:23 am

Don't hate the player, hate the game. You give every incentive for teams to tank in order to get stars- this is what you're going to get, especially in small markets like OKC.

I wish the Knicks had the balls to do it.

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #3 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:33 am

We would all do the same lol

JRoy · Post #4 » by **JRoy** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:33 am

Scalpers night off

NyKnicks1714 · Post #5 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:36 am

BeatDaCavs420 · Post #6 » by **BeatDaCavs420** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:37 am

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #7 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:39 am

looks fine to me

Slacktard · Post #8 » by **Slacktard** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:40 am

Probably were g-league games this year with a more interesting starting lineup on both sides.

Post #9 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:41 am

OKC won a meaningless game on a Muscala 3 last year at the end of the season that cost them ping pong balls. Anyone remember that game? No. But I remember that they picked 6th.

PapaBear53 · Post #10 » by **PapaBear53** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:44 am

What ever happened to trying to win????

KembaWalker · Post #11 » by **KembaWalker** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:44 am

two teams that have shown they can't do anything but waste draft talent plan to waste more draft talent

Ducklett · Post #12 » by **Ducklett** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:44 am

PapaBear53 wrote:What ever happened to trying to win????

More teams than superstars. Someone has to lose.

heatwillbeback · Post #13 » by **heatwillbeback** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:45 am

It's horrendous but league addressed it IMO the best way they could with the odds changing.

League cant fix every ill.

rapstarter · Post #14 » by **rapstarter** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:46 am

When there are multiple teams with superstars, there's bound to be some crappy teams.

Post #15 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:47 am

KembaWalker wrote:two teams that have shown they can't do anything but waste draft talent plan to waste more draft talent

You keep saying stuff like this while your team has wasted two decades of draft talent and hasn’t won a playoff game in 17 years. OKC is doing fine, but thanks for the input.

ishoy123 · Post #16 » by **ishoy123** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:47 am

No one cares, both teams are already eliminated and there's only 5 more days till the season ends.

KembaWalker · Post #17 » by **KembaWalker** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:47 am

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:
KembaWalker wrote:two teams that have shown they can't do anything but waste draft talent plan to waste more draft talent

You keep saying stuff like this while your team has wasted two decades of draft talent and hasn’t won a playoff game in 17 years. OKC is doing fine, but thanks for the input.

my team dodges the whole issue by avoiding taking draft talent altogether. i don't root for them because I think they're well run.
OKC is a dumpster fire lol, they aren't hard to spot from my time spent rooting for one

sp6r=underrated · Post #18 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:50 am

I'd imagine the owners dislike this with their big and disgraceful pushing of gambling.

sp6r=underrated · Post #19 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:52 am

Anyway this is all due to the draft. It should have been abolished years ago, along with the rookie scale. Every person should enter the NBA as an unrestricted free agent.

With the soft cap and luxury tax there is no reason to worry about every rookie signing in NY/LA.

Post #20 » by **Goudelock** » Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:56 am

Thabo Sefolosha wrote:looks fine to me

No Poku though