The real cost of not tanking: having to read people whining about how the Celtics should have tanked, didn't tank hard enough, and need to tank again.

Quote from: Ogaju on June 26, 2014, 10:05:14 PM

is ending up with a player that is thought of less than a gimp project from Cameroun. Glad to see Hood made it out of the first round. Looks like a nice kid.

I cannot get the song 'where is the love' off my mind right now.

Where is the fireworks promised by the Cs.

This has been one disappointing season.

I hope we have learned our lesson, and TANK HARD next season.

just to point out the obvious -- tanking achieved nothing.  Cleveland -- not the team with the worst record nor a team with a record worse than us -- won the lottery.  this year was just more proof that the lottery is a crapshoot and pinning your hopes on winning it is foolhardy at best. 

Philly was the prime example of all out tank effort this year and they still only got the 3rd pick. 

I'd rather have the team play to win and just let the chips fall where they may.

Quote from: slamtheking on June 26, 2014, 10:50:35 PM

Quote from: Ogaju on June 26, 2014, 10:05:14 PM

is ending up with a player that is thought of less than a gimp project from Cameroun. Glad to see Hood made it out of the first round. Looks like a nice kid.

I cannot get the song 'where is the love' off my mind right now.

Where is the fireworks promised by the Cs.

This has been one disappointing season.

I hope we have learned our lesson, and TANK HARD next season.

just to point out the obvious -- tanking achieved nothing.  Cleveland -- not the team with the worst record nor a team with a record worse than us -- won the lottery.  this year was just more proof that the lottery is a crapshoot and pinning your hopes on winning it is foolhardy at best. 

Philly was the prime example of all out tank effort this year and they still only got the 3rd pick. 

I'd rather have the team play to win and just let the chips fall where they may.

Exactly. Looks at Philly's picsk too. I get Embiid. But Saric too? They wont have Embiid for almost half the season at best, Saric not for 2 years. Noel, who knows yet. And they gutted their roster and may only have MCW and some second rounders to show for their awesome tanking powers.

DA did fine. Played for the tank, but didn't give the farm to get really bad. He can still make moves starting next week to make the team better.

Quote from: Sketch5 on June 26, 2014, 10:57:53 PM

Quote from: slamtheking on June 26, 2014, 10:50:35 PM

Quote from: Ogaju on June 26, 2014, 10:05:14 PM

is ending up with a player that is thought of less than a gimp project from Cameroun. Glad to see Hood made it out of the first round. Looks like a nice kid.

I cannot get the song 'where is the love' off my mind right now.

Where is the fireworks promised by the Cs.

This has been one disappointing season.

I hope we have learned our lesson, and TANK HARD next season.

just to point out the obvious -- tanking achieved nothing.  Cleveland -- not the team with the worst record nor a team with a record worse than us -- won the lottery.  this year was just more proof that the lottery is a crapshoot and pinning your hopes on winning it is foolhardy at best. 

Philly was the prime example of all out tank effort this year and they still only got the 3rd pick. 

I'd rather have the team play to win and just let the chips fall where they may.

Exactly. Looks at Philly's picsk too. I get Embiid. But Saric too? They wont have Embiid for almost half the season at best, Saric not for 2 years. Noel, who knows yet. And they gutted their roster and may only have MCW and some second rounders to show for their awesome tanking powers.

DA did fine. Played for the tank, but didn't give the farm to get really bad. He can still make moves starting next week to make the team better.

What Philly is doing is smart.  Normally when you bottom out, only have a few high picks and then the guys you pick (if you have any idea what you're doing) become too good for you to add more blue chippers through the draft.  Philly now has the rights to four potential stars, with another high lottery pick coming next year.  They most likely won't all pan out, but by getting guys who can't play right away and get them out of the top few picks in the draft, they're ensuring that they get one of the best guys in the draft for several years in a row.  They could have a monster team in a few years if all of these guys they're taking pan out.

That said, I have no complaints about how the Celtics handled this draft.  Smart's a talented player and I love his aggressiveness.  Young has ton of upside as a scorer too. I would have preferred Gary Harris (he and Smart would be a killer defensive backcourt), but Young could be a really good player.

Quote from: Ogaju on June 26, 2014, 10:05:14 PM

is ending up with a player that is thought of less than a gimp project from Cameroun. Glad to see Hood made it out of the first round. Looks like a nice kid.

I cannot get the song 'where is the love' off my mind right now.

Where is the fireworks promised by the Cs.

This has been one disappointing season.

I hope we have learned our lesson, and TANK HARD next season.

just to point out the obvious -- tanking achieved nothing.  Cleveland -- not the team with the worst record nor a team with a record worse than us -- won the lottery.  this year was just more proof that the lottery is a crapshoot and pinning your hopes on winning it is foolhardy at best. 

Philly was the prime example of all out tank effort this year and they still only got the 3rd pick. 

I'd rather have the team play to win and just let the chips fall where they may.

The tanking got us Smart and Young, which is a pretty good haul IMO. I'm excited to see them in action, particularly Smart.

You know what NOT tanking gets you? Capped out with a disgruntled all star and a cast of role players good enough to win but not good enough to make the playoffs. Im not talking about us. See: Minnesota.