The front office might want to be bad, but I have a feeling Scottie/Quickley have other ideas.
unclekarl_
If we remain healthy next year we won’t be bad bad enough to land one of the top picks next year. I expect us to be contending for a play-in spot.
CazOnReddit
The FO might want to for Flagg or Bailey but unless their opening schedule is that brutal or an injury happens, we’re probably looking at a play-in spot
Also let’s not overlook that RJ/IQ/Ochai/Olynyk were midseason additions – a training camp will absolutely help them build chemistry
kpeds45
This is a lot of analysis with nothing backing it up. Nowhere does be show where he gets the idea that the Raptors want to be bad. It’s basically a Reddit post.
Cheechers23
I think the “Masai doesn’t tank” thing isn’t true but it is true that he has never gone into a season with the intention of tanking. Even that first season he was with us, he gave that Rudy Gay team 1.5-2 months before he traded Rudy. He could have traded Rudy and Kyle in the offseason he got here if he truly wanted to tank from day 1.
I’m 100% sure we won’t be tanking from day 1 of the season. If the season isn’t going great or we get bit by the injury bug again, we probably go down the “maximize lottery odds” route again, but the goal going into the season is probably to make the play-in.
KINGTHANOS8
You can’t tell your players to “play bad’ or “be ok with losses”.
What you can do though, is curb the minutes so the losses pile up regardless. Have BBQ Dick play minutes together to develop, but not a ton, and cap each of their total minutes per game to 30 or so. Additionally, if anyone is harbouring any ailments, even small, rest them (this can set a bad precedent so you need to walk a line with it).
This is how a smart developing team should tank. I don’t want any of this “it’s all part of the process” tanking where the players accept the losses and become used to them. It’s extremely difficult to teach players that winning matters if you indoctrinate them into losing.
Klaytheist
they aren’t going to have a choice.
nin_culus
we lost 15 in a row and barely moved down tanking is harder than it looks, this year was a bad draft, the tank for cooper flagg will be even harder
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The front office might want to be bad, but I have a feeling Scottie/Quickley have other ideas.
If we remain healthy next year we won’t be bad bad enough to land one of the top picks next year. I expect us to be contending for a play-in spot.
The FO might want to for Flagg or Bailey but unless their opening schedule is that brutal or an injury happens, we’re probably looking at a play-in spot
Also let’s not overlook that RJ/IQ/Ochai/Olynyk were midseason additions – a training camp will absolutely help them build chemistry
This is a lot of analysis with nothing backing it up. Nowhere does be show where he gets the idea that the Raptors want to be bad. It’s basically a Reddit post.
I think the “Masai doesn’t tank” thing isn’t true but it is true that he has never gone into a season with the intention of tanking. Even that first season he was with us, he gave that Rudy Gay team 1.5-2 months before he traded Rudy. He could have traded Rudy and Kyle in the offseason he got here if he truly wanted to tank from day 1.
I’m 100% sure we won’t be tanking from day 1 of the season. If the season isn’t going great or we get bit by the injury bug again, we probably go down the “maximize lottery odds” route again, but the goal going into the season is probably to make the play-in.
You can’t tell your players to “play bad’ or “be ok with losses”.
What you can do though, is curb the minutes so the losses pile up regardless. Have BBQ Dick play minutes together to develop, but not a ton, and cap each of their total minutes per game to 30 or so. Additionally, if anyone is harbouring any ailments, even small, rest them (this can set a bad precedent so you need to walk a line with it).
This is how a smart developing team should tank. I don’t want any of this “it’s all part of the process” tanking where the players accept the losses and become used to them. It’s extremely difficult to teach players that winning matters if you indoctrinate them into losing.
they aren’t going to have a choice.
we lost 15 in a row and barely moved down tanking is harder than it looks, this year was a bad draft, the tank for cooper flagg will be even harder