Tanking in the NBA doesn't work

[the cool]

this years nba all star game 95 percent of the players were the 6th pick and later


not every player pans out. d'angelo russell and brandon ingram look like busts....meanwhile bogdan won mvp...patick mcCaw looks like a steal. etc

 

[LeftCoast]

why u single out the lakers youngins

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

 

[the cool]

Cleveland wasn't tanking back then

 

[Buckeye Fever]

You only tank when there is a LeBron, Shaq, or AD type talent.


You got teams out here tanking to draft a player with the last name Fultz

 

[Floyd Pinkerton]

Cleveland wasn't tanking back then

Don't mind me, just . The 76ers aren't much better off for it, that's for sure.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Bad example you used. Tanking doesn't necessarily imply just getting the #1 pick. Golden State tanked one year just to draft 7th.

If you really wanted an example, the only teams in the lotto era to win a title with the guy they drafted at #1 were San Antonio and Cleveland and they needed TWO of them.


Also, not every player pans out, but at the top is usually where they reside, and they're definitely in the lottery, and tanking doesn't guarantee you shyt, but if you draft well high, you're likely to be good again unless you ain't shyt as a franchise.

 

[the cool]

Bad example you used. Tanking doesn't necessarily imply just getting the #1 pick. Golden State tanked one year just to draft 7th.

If you really wanted an example, the only teams in the lotto era to win a title with the guy they drafted at #1 were San Antonio and Cleveland and they needed TWO of them.


Also, not every player pans out, but at the top is usually where they reside, and they're definitely in the lottery, and tanking doesn't guarantee you shyt, but if you draft well high, you're likely to be good again unless you ain't shyt as a franchise.

Golden state didn't tank that year breh breh smarten up

The top is where the used to reside back in the day...not in today's NBA

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

You got teams out here tanking to draft a player with the last name Fultz

Boston won 53 games to take him

 

[tremonthustler1]

Golden state didn't tank that year breh breh smarten up

The top is where the used to reside back in the day...not in today's NBA

yes they did. If they didn't pick 7th or better in 2012 they woulda lost the pick to Utah.

Here's what trying to get higher picks gets you as an organization: hope. I can't sell hope through the 18th pick in a draft unless that player pans out, and if he does, then you should have no problem building a team.


Of this year's all stars, 9 of them weren't lotto picks (2 of them were pick 15th), but there are many others that didn't go this year that were picked higher and seemingly every team other than Memphis maybe got at least 2 lotto picks on their squad.

 

[the cool]

yes they did. If they didn't pick 7th or better in 2012 they woulda lost the pick to Utah.

Stop it slime tanking wasn't even a thought back then

Look at that warriors roster. They couldn't win if they tried

 

[Malta]

Cleveland wasn't tanking back then

They tanked like crazy to get LeBron

And your point about the all-stars is as well, out of the 25 players 16 of them were lottery picks

 

[momma]

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[CarltonJunior]

It works breh.

 

[Armchair Militant]

Where did you get that stat from breh