What is your level of "Tank" acceptance this year?

82-game preseason; wins and losses basically don't count this year in my mind. The player we draft will either suck outright, or will be awesome except for that one fatal flaw that keeps us from truly competing on the big stage, so I don't give a fuck which pick we get.

 

I hovered between "I root for the win, but dont mind if we lose" and "W/L are irrelevant"... Because, well, it's true. lol.

 

I guess the way that I look at it, I'm some mix of "rooting for them to win, not upset when they lose" and "wins/losses are irrelevant as long as we're developing."

If our guys are developing, wins will come along organically. If we're getting absolutely destroyed, that means the development isn't coming along as quickly, which is fine, but it also means that we're further away from being back in the mix and it will take more to get us back to where we were.

At this point though, I think the draft is most likely our best chance at adding another foundation player.

 

What? No option to vote "Fuck the Lottery?"

 

Yeah, I wanted to pick both, because both are true.

 

Along with both of the "Fire Stotts" statements.

 

Basically this. Beat the Lakers, beat the Spurs (oh well) and then everyone else, play well and if we lose we lose.

 

How about: "I love close games because they are fun to watch, but losing them is like the icing on the cake" ?

Actually, I'm always pissed right after the losses, but let some hours pass and I'm happy to be closer to a top pick.

 

I don't believe in tanking you go out to win every game. But if we loose then you take it and try to get better next time out. This year is about who we keep next year. Plus see who develop through out the season and who going be more consistent throughout the year those players you keep.

 

Same here. And, from the looks of it, we weren't the only ones.

 

Ive thought about this alot the last couple of days. I think this is a bit off. No... W/L are not as important, but I dont think its irrelevant if we lose.

I think losing builds a negative psychy regardless of what your trying to do ( Win, develop, lose, etc.)

I was concerned after Dallas that the guys would start getting down on themselves. The post game interviews help me squash that concern a bit, but Losses can affect confidence especially in a younger player. The one downfall about losing is these guys regress due to lost confidence. I dont want to see that either.

 

Eh, once we start winning in 2 years regularly it'll be okay.

 

I fixed that for ya.

Winning regularly seems to be held up by fourth quarter lack of execution for various reasons. I am hoping we turned the corner on that last night and winning regularly comes sooner than later. We have been very competetive this year with playoff caliber opponents... except the first 5 minutes and last 5 minutes.

 

I wonder if the poll results would be the same if we just lost to Indiana

 

You mean when the game matters?

You're optimism is noted.

But we're not having many games like last night.

It's okay to be patient. We don't have a playoff team this year. Nothing wrong with that. (I do realize you're probably going to change it to say "we have a playoff team this year. Nothing wrong with that.)

 

Probably not. I think people are pretty sturdy in their beliefs for the season.