I've always been nothing but honest. Sometimes that comes off as negative, and most Homer's can't handle that. Portland could lose the rest of their games if they can't gel, and it wouldn't shock me. "SUCKING" is not what they are doing though.
Thank you for trying but this post is the exact proof that just deciding to tank in the middle of a season without something happening is flat out ridiculous. 1) We only have 8 back-to-backs left on the schedule so doing the load management thing wouldn't make a huge difference. 2) You assuming that Dame would just "see the handwriting on the wall" is utterly laughable. Unlike you Dame wouldn't give up a season in his prime nor should anyone ask him to do that. Only when we're eliminated from playoff contention would this even become an option. 3) I know you said trade CJ when available but you can't trade CJ until January 30th so we still have 2 months of games before implementing this part of your tank. 4) Acquiring a star whether aging or not and telling him that they're gonna sit them or limit their minutes would only work in certain situations but most of the scenarios would result in free agents not wanting to come here because of the way we treat players. 5) Skal, Nas, Ant, and Trent could all earn plenty of minutes on this team even if they're winning. 6) Coaches and players do not tank. Teams with this much talent don't tank on purpose. It would take Dame getting seriously injured and no one should be rooting for that to happen. If it does then we see the silver lining but having back spasms is not going to lead the tanking process.
