I been saying this is the perils of tanking but some Knicks fans
@I.V. Swear that tanking is foolproof.
I try to be nice.
But you are fukking retarded.
The reason Philly has continued to tank, is to acquire as much talent as possible... which is the guard against one of those picks not panning out.
In the knicks' case: which you are dim-wittingly-referring to... the Knicks had to tank because they had ONLY ONE SHOT at a high pick.
And that is because they have been stupidly selling out their future for mediocre
in the moment moves for the better part of the last two decades. This team would be in GREAT position if they owned next year's pick... but they don't.
Do you want to talk about why the Knicks don't own next year's pick? Or would you rather avoid it...
Because it crushes your simplistic understanding of the sport as a business.
Again... you wanted this team to compete and play hard and show grit this season, instead of tanking. And they did JUST THAT in the last three games of the season. And it cost us the first pick.
You wanna talk about that too, or nah?
If Joel never plays another game... this team will have Nerlens/Saric/Towns as their core. Which is better than they would have if they'd tried to play hard and sign free agents over the last two seasons.
A couple of short hand notes to help you understand the game:
- Basketball is about acquiring talent and assembling it. Just like all sports.
- The knicks got a top 4 pick, and a bunch of cap space.
- They will use BOTH of those things to add talent to the roster.
- If they had won 25 game this season, they would have a mid-round pick and cap space
- That would give them LESS ability to acquire talent.
- The knicks were shytty last year, when you thought they'd be a playoff team
- The knicks will likely be shytty THIS year, as well...
- But that is okay, because teams making shrewd decisions can make a leap quickly
- Like the Warriors, or the Heat before them, or the Celtics before them...
- Bad luck is not bad theory or bad execution
Print this out. Keep it next to your computer for when you're thinking about responding to a post of mine.
It will make things easier on the both of us. :knickphil:
