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  1. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    We aren’t the Kings or Suns though. Tanking is the right thing to do.
     
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    Don't look now, but the Spurs are good again. This happens EVERY SINGLE YEAR, and every single year I think it's not going to happen. I guess I'll never learn.
     
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    Tanking is NEVER the right thing to do.
     
    CupWizier, Jan 9, 2020
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    Good again? Because they won 2 games in a row? They are 6-4 over the last 10 games, are 16-20 over all and a game ahead of us, they are 5-11 against teams over .500 and we are 4-13. I guess we are very close to being good again?
     
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    They will have played 6 fewer road games than us after tonight
     
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    No, you've got it backwards. They won those games because they're playing well. And why not mention who they beat and by what margin? Also, your stats include when they were playing badly. They WERE playing like shit.
     
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    And 2 games doesn't miraculously turn a team around. Spurs still have their brutal rodeo trip to make. Now they may keep playing well, but i certainly wouldn't annoint them as turning their season around. Lots of games to be played yet.
     
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    Baloney. Depends on the circumstances.
     
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    Sorry, i disagree. There is no reasonable circumstance to try and lose. You will never convince me otherwise.
     
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    Wrong. They have turned their season around. Whether they maintain the new direction is an entirely different matter.
     
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    Have we turned our team around? They are 6-4 and we are 5-5 in the last 10 games. Like was pointed above, they have like 6 more home games than us as well. They also haven't had near the injuries we have had. Maybe your definition of " turning it around" is different than mine. :smiley-beerchug:
     
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    Portland is 4-6 over the last 10, and 2-6 over the last 8...and those two wins came against teams missing their best player and more rotation players than Portland
     
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    and I never said we have turned our season around either. Spurs have a worse road record and have played 6 less road games after tonight. They need to win more games on the road in order to consider them as having turned their season around in my book.
     
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    We have been consistently up and down. The Spurs were consistently bad and are suddenly pretty competitive. I'm sure you can see the difference there.
     
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    I think you missunderstood my point. Neither team has done enough yet to be heading in the right direction in my opinion. Spurs might continue on the path and after about 5-6 more games will show me where they are at.
     
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    You're changing the narrative now. Turning things around is less definitive than heading in the right direction.
     
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    If they came from another team and already developed there not that untouchable!
     
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