Welcome to the Treadmill

[sahara]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

[DarkAzcura]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

lol, exactly, and I'd say.. "why yes, I'd love to have a team with elite 3PT shooting, elite post defense, good perimeter defense, and solid isolation players" they didn't have the names, though, so I guess they were a treadmill team. 

[Nerf DPOY]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

TP very true. I'm as surprised as anyone by their ascension, but that doesn't change that they were the quintessential example of "Doomed treadmill team" by most who warned against the dangers of a middle of the league record.

[Celtics18]

Not sure if this is a veiled reference to Guns and Roses, or Pink Floyd.

Probably David and David.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M7zeEvWNO0

[Nerf DPOY]

I thought of that movie 'Welcome to the Dollhouse' with the girl who dated D.J Conner on Roseanne.

[D.o.s.]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

lol, exactly, and I'd say.. "why yes, I'd love to have a team with elite 3PT shooting, elite post defense, good perimeter defense, and solid isolation players" they didn't have the names, though, so I guess they were a treadmill team. 

They also had a tradition of making it to the playoffs and never going past the first or second round. They had none of those things last year, and while their roster is similar it is not the same as it has been, nor has their coaching staff remained the same.

When people said "do you want to be the Hawks" they weren't referring to a future point where the team would be good , they were referring to the franchise's history of tepid mediocrity. I disagree with the idea of a treadmill team, but this is such a stupidly incorrect point that it needs correcting.

[Celtics18]

I want to be the Hawks, and I wanted to be them before this breakout season.  They've made the playoffs, what, six or seven years in a row?

I like the way they've run their franchise.  It would be nice to see them go far this season. 

[Nerf DPOY]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

lol, exactly, and I'd say.. "why yes, I'd love to have a team with elite 3PT shooting, elite post defense, good perimeter defense, and solid isolation players" they didn't have the names, though, so I guess they were a treadmill team. 

They also had a tradition of making it to the playoffs and never going past the first or second round. They had none of those things last year, and while their roster is similar it is not the same as it has been, nor has their coaching staff remained the same.

When people said "do you want to be the Hawks" they weren't referring to a future point where the team would be good , they were referring to the franchise's history of tepid mediocrity. I disagree with the idea of a treadmill team, but this is such a stupidly incorrect point that it needs correcting.

Or maybe people interpreted it differently than you did. To me, "do you want to be the Hawks"  usually also implied that the core of their current starting 5 and continually adding picks in the teens like Payne and Shroeder was hopeless if the goal was to ever be a contender.

[fantankerous]

There's no easy way to build a championship team.  I think tanking would have been the slightly easier path.  I fully admit that is a judgment that I could be wrong about (and that no one knows except in hindsight).  However, making the playoffs doesn't doom us to the "treadmill."  It just changes the path we have to take.

[Celtics18]

The treadmill and tanking buzzword push in the national media is one of the worst things to happen to the NBA. So dumb.

Last season the negatives`point was: "You want to be the Hawks?"

Hmmm...

lol, exactly, and I'd say.. "why yes, I'd love to have a team with elite 3PT shooting, elite post defense, good perimeter defense, and solid isolation players" they didn't have the names, though, so I guess they were a treadmill team. 

They also had a tradition of making it to the playoffs and never going past the first or second round. They had none of those things last year, and while their roster is similar it is not the same as it has been, nor has their coaching staff remained the same.

When people said "do you want to be the Hawks" they weren't referring to a future point where the team would be good , they were referring to the franchise's history of tepid mediocrity. I disagree with the idea of a treadmill team, but this is such a stupidly incorrect point that it needs correcting.

Or maybe people interpreted it differently than you did. To me, "do you want to be the Hawks"  usually also implied that the core of their current starting 5 and continually adding picks in the teens like Payne and Shroeder was hopeless if the goal was to ever be a contender.

This is the case.  The term "perpetual mediocrity" was thrown around a lot, implying that there is no path for middle of the road teams to get better other than to race to the bottom.

I've never believed this to be true, because it never has been true. 

[GratefulCs]

This treadmill seems to be more of an escalator with a slow, yet steady, incline


But I've got to admit, they're getting better. A little better all the time

It'll be a long and winding road

But tommorrow never knows...



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