Poll: Anybody feel differently about making/not making playoffs?

[oldtype]

From a purely theoretical standpoint it was terrible that we made the playoffs and missed out on Winslow or Turner, but I don't know what Danny could have done to make the team worse without completely destroying the good vibes around the organization and losing the players' trust.

It would have been nice to tank, but there was no way to do it.

[csfansince60s]

From a purely theoretical standpoint it was terrible that we made the playoffs and missed out on Winslow or Turner, but I don't know what Danny could have done to make the team worse without completely destroying the good vibes around the organization and losing the players' trust.

It would have been nice to tank, but there was no way to do it.

Danny was pretty clear that he didn't want us in the playoffs unless we could win a series.....we couldn't.

Stevens and Wyc wanted us to make the playoffs. Stevens had an excuse to rest both IT and Smart with their injuries and force-feed Young minutes. He chose not to do that. If he had, we wouldn't have made the playoffs. It was that close.

[BitterJim]

From a purely theoretical standpoint it was terrible that we made the playoffs and missed out on Winslow or Turner, but I don't know what Danny could have done to make the team worse without completely destroying the good vibes around the organization and losing the players' trust.

It would have been nice to tank, but there was no way to do it.

Danny was pretty clear that he didn't want us in the playoffs unless we could win a series.....we couldn't.

Stevens and Wyc wanted us to make the playoffs. Stevens had an excuse to rest both IT and Smart with their injuries and force-feed Young minutes. He chose not to do that. If he had, we wouldn't have made the playoffs. It was that close.

Brad's job is to win games, not lose on purpose

[LarBrd33]

Pho convinced me that brad will stick around regardless of whether we make the playoffs... So I think selling some assets and getting another quality pick might be the best move here.

[csfansince60s]

....................  I care about our Nets pick, our free agency period and whatever we can do in trades.  The team is fun to watch for the most part, but I'm not really concerned with wins or losses at this point.

TP....I agree with this specifically (and the bulk of your post that I left out).

However, the losses would be a lot more tolerable with Winslow, Turner or whatever asset we could've traded #10 or #11 for (Porzingis?) in our possession.

[MJohnnyboy]

I'm really beginning to side with the notion of selling off the best assets and dropping out of the playoff race. Mainly because that seems inevitable regardless of whether or not we keep them.

[csfansince60s]

From a purely theoretical standpoint it was terrible that we made the playoffs and missed out on Winslow or Turner, but I don't know what Danny could have done to make the team worse without completely destroying the good vibes around the organization and losing the players' trust.

It would have been nice to tank, but there was no way to do it.

Danny was pretty clear that he didn't want us in the playoffs unless we could win a series.....we couldn't.

Stevens and Wyc wanted us to make the playoffs. Stevens had an excuse to rest both IT and Smart with their injuries and force-feed Young minutes. He chose not to do that. If he had, we wouldn't have made the playoffs. It was that close.

Brad's job is to win games, not lose on purpose

Immediate gratification to forsake long term gains.....I get it.

[The Rondo Show]

In retrospect, making the playoffs & getting swept was an absolute killer.

[SHAQATTACK]

Unless Da spends some assets

Does his job and finds talent

I not sure this team has enough talent to reach the playoffs .......the games are getting worse ......they lost to Lakers , Nets .....the dregs of the NBA

No fun watching a team that is suppose to make the playoffs look like they are high school basketball team.....

They look like they don't care if they win to me .

If that's the case .....no point in watching.

[Chief]

Unless Da spends some assets

Does his job and finds talent

I not sure this team has enough talent to reach the playoffs .......the games are getting worse ......they lost to Lakers , Nets .....the dregs of the NBA

No fun watching a team that is suppose to make the playoffs look like they are high school basketball team.....

They look like they don't care if they win to me .

If that's the case .....no point in watching.

I'd rather have another good pick and develop our current rookies than have another first round beat down.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

From a purely theoretical standpoint it was terrible that we made the playoffs and missed out on Winslow or Turner, but I don't know what Danny could have done to make the team worse without completely destroying the good vibes around the organization and losing the players' trust.

It would have been nice to tank, but there was no way to do it.

Danny was pretty clear that he didn't want us in the playoffs unless we could win a series.....we couldn't.

Stevens and Wyc wanted us to make the playoffs. Stevens had an excuse to rest both IT and Smart with their injuries and force-feed Young minutes. He chose not to do that. If he had, we wouldn't have made the playoffs. It was that close.

Brad's job is to win games, not lose on purpose

Immediate gratification to forsake long term gains.....I get it.

Why do we have to go through this every season?! Talking about forsaking long-term plans as opposed to what? Taking the path the kings took? Bobcats, Jazz, Kings, Raptors, NOP, Bucks etc took? You may look at all those teams and say, "they have more talent than we do, I'm jealous." Now, name one of them who have done anything in years worth mentioning... what do you want us to do long term, lose like those teams??


Yeah, long term losing is SOOOO much better than immediate gratification (of competing for wins and being WATCHABLE)! It's no secret that when we lose (like now) not many will watch it. The same people who want the team to tank are the same ones who don't watch the losing! Not saying they aren't fans but I see/hear a lot of people calling other people bandwagon fans but are the first to stop cheering while we "tank" then come back for the winning.

[cltc5]

I didn't mind the playoffs last year because I think we got 3 quality players regardless and the team fought hard.  This year I don't want this team in thenplyoffs cause I don't feel like watching another cremation and it's pointless until we get a consistent starting 5 with some talent.

[jpotter33]

I don't have any regrets about last year, because ultimately there wasn't that much we would've changed given that everybody was tanking and so bad.

However, we can do something RIGHT NOW about this year, and it's as simple as trading IT and Bradley to the highest bidder, waiving ET and AJ, and playing our young guys major minutes. Smart is never going to reach his full potential until we actually give him the reins.

[jambr380]

Moving forward this season, I would rather make the playoffs and get the 16th pick than miss them with the 14th pick. If we somehow go on a total downward spiral and cement a top 10 pick for ourselves (in addition to the BKN pick), then I think I would lean that way; but there are a number of teams that need to leapfrog us. And, while we haven't played great, we have been playing these games way too closely to only win 10 or so games the rest of the season.

[hwangjini_1]

I don't have any regrets about last year, because ultimately there wasn't that much we would've changed given that everybody was tanking and so bad.

However, we can do something RIGHT NOW about this year, and it's as simple as trading IT and Bradley to the highest bidder, waiving ET and AJ, and playing our young guys major minutes. Smart is never going to reach his full potential until we actually give him the reins.

and what do you think we could get for them that would improve the team? i dont think a low first round pick would come our way. such picks belong to bad teams. IT or bradley would not turn a bad team around so such teams are unlikely to trade their picks for them.

good teams that would want IT or bradley to push them to the next level have only mid to high first round picks.

not sure how trading them improves the team since the return is likely to be worse talent.