Blazers are tanking for 4th year in a row

LOL...you can't be serious

people are losing their jobs because of fucking stupid vindictive decisions by capricious politicians, struggling to put food on the table, and going broke paying medical bills; all while 20-something NBA players make 2-5M dollars a month....and it's the context of NBA games that gauge right and wrong?

 

The suns might out tank us with Booker and Durant. How does that even happen?

 

Their defense sucks ass and ours is decent to good?

 

Commitment

 

What a ridiculous argument. You think any injustice in the world means that the Blazers are excused from doing the ethical thing? By that standard, everybody in the world has an excuse to do anything they want.

 

wrong....I'm saying you calling an NBA 'process' that has been in place since the draft started unethical is ridiculous

 

Ninth isn't ideal but it's way better than 12th which was a real and terrible possibility before tonight. After tonight I think we're definitely dedicated to keeping this lotto spot and the Lakers have no reason to want to lose. I would think the Wolves would be the Lakers first option out of the three teams that they could face but landing the third spot in the West would allow the Lakers to avoid the Thunder until the WCF.

I'm pretty confident we'll end up with 35 wins.

 

No he’s right. You can’t trash his argument because there are worse real world problems. That means you shouldn’t be able to post on this board at all. But as for the “process,” it is not supported by the league. They’ve flattened the odds, added a play-in, fined teams for resting players or even discussing a tank. It is the league’s position that there is a right and wrong. You’re supposed to try to win every game.

 

The Lakers have already landed the third spot. They have no motivation to win on Sunday.

 

They also have no motivation to lose and we do. Their bench is better than what we had out their tonight. I guess we'll see but again, we have a reason to tank this game and they just don't.

 

The Fakers have motivation to win due to their hoard of fans that are sure to be in attendance.

 

you are clearly missing the point and your counter point is actually "ridiculous"

but then again not surprised, you're on of the few on here that thinks if they aren't thinking the same as you, they are wrong lol.

 

Good post.

 

if we tanked wholeheartedly this year, it might be the last

 

They haven't done enough. All of the best teams (who aren't in destination cities) were built with many great drafts.

Being a bad team with a bad plan and getting lucky late isn't a great way to be a great team. Look at Milwaukee. Look at Denver. Yeah, they got one. They lucked out, found some more luck in the postseason, and got one.

Your overall talent is what matters. You do need a star. But if you put yourself in place to have multiple opportunities at drafting the best quality talent you're more likely to get a star.

So the best teams will always be destination cities or cities who tank for draft position correctly.

 

you're missing the point

I'm saying that team choices on who plays or doesn't play don't reach the level of unethical or ethical. NBA games are not that important. In fact, in the grand scheme of things they don't matter at all

here's a test:

* Houston has secured the 2nd seed. In the last 3 or 4 games they are resting and protecting starters from injury...is that unethical?
* OKC has secured the best record and #1 seed. They rested and protected their top-7 players in a road game last night. Unethical?
* the Lakers have secured the 3rd seed and have nothing to gain against Portland and will likely rest starters. Unethical?

Answer no to any of those questions? Teams have been doing this for decades in games where there is nothing to be gained by winning (Blazers have done it several times). They essentially tank the game, or a last few games. If you're ok with this than you've abandoned any ethical/unethical debate and are just arguing matters of degree rather than principle. You're conceding that it's not unethical to not try and win every game. If it's not unethical, then you don't get to cherry-pick when it is just to fit into your argument of the day

 

Go back and look at your own post, Einstein. You said nothing about “an NBA process that has been in place since the draft started.”

 

That’s right, but the NBA ignores its own rule all the time. Look at Portland’s long list of supposedly “injured” players last night. You don’t have to be a genius to see they were throwing the game, and yet the NBA league office did nothing about it.

 

I am sorry I tried to stay out of this post cause the OP is just silly ...

This team never tanked at least when it counted to tank they were in it ( play in ) until like a week ago so there was NEVER any tanking this season even if some of us thought there should be -- I thought they should have started to tank even a little after the break but whatever since tanking did not work out ( No Wemby and not last year 1st pick ) so whatever maybe this will work out for the best.

This thread should be closed cause it's just fucking stupid -- I had my say now I am done -- LOL

 

here's what you said:

in response I'm saying a couple of things: one is that the notion that the results of NBA games define ethics is theater of the absurd

the other thing I'm saying is you pretending your viewpoint is the ethical one, while those that disagree are unethical is absolute bullshit. You aren't the oracle of what is "right or wrong"