You don't care how they play. You just want to lose. Claver and Leonard have started games for us and Freeland had 10 good minutes for us tonight. But, with the exception of Leonard, why should we be seeing how they play in minutes we don't have for them in the future? I've watched every game. I have seen a lot of all our players. I know what they can do. Our coach and GM do too. You just want us to tank. Own up to that. It's a horrible attitude. They work their ass off to be in this position (2 losses out of playoffs) and you want to yank the starters and tell them to quit? That's insanity.
One could say that we might as well make the playoffs because the #12 pick will probably just be an average between another Babbitt (who went #16, I think?) and Bayless (#10?). The gain in getting playoff experience would exceed the gain in the draft pick.
At this point I'm actually rooting for us to make the playoffs because I think we're going to get stuck in no-mans-land anyway. I'd rather at least get Dame some playoff experience in the process.
Explain to me why you'd like the 12th pick (Babbitt type player) instead of increased cap room and playoff experience for our budding superstar.
with the 12th pick you could throw a dart at the top 30 remaining prospects and get someone better than babbitt.
point was babbitt is closer to a 2nd-rounder than a 12th pick. eric could have just as well said 'another leonard' type player, since he was 11th.
Babbitt was like 16th. Much closer to 12th than 2nd round. Lamb was 12th pick last season. He's hardly played at all.
the odds of us getting a useful player (or useful vet via trading the pick) IF we get it are much greater than the odds of us making the playoffs.
I don't know if you've been paying attention; but we are only 3 losses behind lakers. If lakers skid three games and the blazers win three; we are tied with them. The odds are slim; but I can name many players that didn't pan out at #12.
We are 2.5 games behind the Lakers and they have to come play at the Rose Garden. They are going on a road trip next week. We play 8 of our last 12 at home.
