Team Tank 2022-23

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Kevin O'Connor reporting that Luka and Kyrie were both agitated when being asked to tank after the Hornets losses and played anyway.  Could honestly see that lead to Kyrie looking for the door right after he got here and Luka asking for a trade after this season because it will be hard to build a roster if Kyrie walks for nothing.

I hope I am wrong and that we can move into more of a "winning cures all" sort of season next year but I kept pointing out in this thread that everyone here seems to ignore the human element when it comes to tanking and there can be very severe repercussions from that.  These guys are all athletes and competitors, not pawns, and in the NBA, the talent has all the leverage all the time.  

I agree with the decision to tank once we lost those awful awful Hornets games and I do wish that the message was better received by the players than it is being reported, but it's very fair to point out that the decision has pros and cons from an asset management standpoint.

Sorry, but the players lost the right to bitch after playing uninspired ball in must-win games against absolute trash like Charlotte.  Kyrie is a guy who looks for ANY REASON to be disgruntled.  If it wasn't this it will eventually be something else.  As I watched the clock tick down on OKC last night after getting dominated inside by Minny I was so thankful the Mavs didn't keep pushing for Pyrrhic Victories.  The Mavs would've been destroyed by Gobert and KAT.  If Kyrie and Luka are that short-sighted to see they need help then good riddance.