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What the hell are the Bobcats doing?

SuperJTheGreat

By SuperJTheGreat,
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bLACKpANTHER Proficient

bLACKpANTHER

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next year when teams are not purposely losing, they will be right back to being a bottom feeder…. the record they have now is a result of teams just purposely losing this year to get a top pick.

 

im sure that is the case, SOME.. i dont think it is every bit of our success- if you want to call 11-14 a success..

 

but the winning this year builds confidence- similar to the Panthers when they went on an 8-0 run. we dont win against San Fran and New England back-to-back in week 5 or 6 after beating the Giants or Minnesota.. the compounding wins breeds success- it builds confidence in the players that "hay, we are alright and can play with the best in the land!"

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next year when teams are not purposely losing, they will be right back to being a bottom feeder…. the record they have now is a result of teams just purposely losing this year to get a top pick.

 

I'm not completely sure I agree with this. I think most teams are losing based on poor talent. The worst teams are going to add some solid rookies. Those rookies might turn out to be stars in the future, but the likelihood that even 1 or 2 set the world on fire right out of the gate is pretty low. Jabari Parker is the only one I see making his team significantly better from the start, and even then, I think he will do it pretty inefficiently.

 

I think we will be battling for the 5th or 6th seed in the East next year with the 8th at worst.

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The Knicks and the Nets don't have a first round pick so the conspiracy theory about them winning the lottery can stop.

 

Denver owns the Knicks unprotected pick

Atlanta owns the right to swap picks with the Nets.

 

For that reason, neither the Knicks or Nets will tank this season- they just aren't playing good although the Nets are turning it around and the Knicks get back former NBA Defensive POY tonight so they might improve as well.

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It is amazing how the last three "franchise changing" players to get drafted (Wall, Irving, and Davis) has propelled their teams to perennial contenders, while teams that built through the draft without tanking like Portland and Indiana are floundering.

 

/ sarcasm

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listen up- they are trying to build a solid foundation of winning (maybe 8-6 seed this year) so when the name change comes- there will be a decent team on the court to watch.

Tanking this year for a top 10 pick would most certainly hurt the sales for next year when the Hornets come back.. they are doing well enough

Fans don't care. All we want is to have the Hornets back and we are. Not tanking this year is going to hurt the sales for next year even more when we are watching the same guys on the court next season. A top 5 pick + the Hornets would make MJ mighty rich.

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The Knicks and the Nets don't have a first round pick so the conspiracy theory about them winning the lottery can stop.

Denver owns the Knicks unprotected pick

Atlanta owns the right to swap picks with the Nets.

For that reason, neither the Knicks or Nets will tank this season- they just aren't playing good although the Nets are turning it around and the Knicks get back former NBA Defensive POY tonight so they might improve as well.

PIE!

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