03-24-2023, 10:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-24-2023, 10:04 AM by StrandedOnBeauboisHill.)
(03-23-2023, 02:21 PM)F Gump Wrote: I am speaking to the idea -- often expressed, and again implied in your response -- that this Mavs team certainly WILL make the playoffs, if they (simply) want to. That ignores the reality that -- even with Luka and Kyrie -- they are a fairly bad team. That's what renders a "decision to win the rest of the games" fairly meaningless -- ie, meaningless in relation to what it will produce. They aren't good enough to decide themselves into the playoffs, no matter how hard they want it.
Certainly wasn't trying to imply that and I don't disagree that they have looked like a bad team since the trade (although we don't really have any real sample size because of health to base much of anything on IMO). I guess what I'm trying to say is that making the decision to intentionally lose games would be meaningful and I think that is really being glossed over in the conversation.
(03-23-2023, 01:53 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I think Luka will get over two weeks of tanking
You don't think Luka watching the playoffs from his couch would bother him at all? The dude hates losing and loves the stage and you think intentionally pushing him into a situation to have to deal with both those things wouldn't have any affect on him?