12-30-2025, 11:06 AM
(12-30-2025, 08:36 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Again, we are 5th in lottery terms in losses...right now. We owe the road so many games and it gets worse in January (while Kyrie isn't playing. 10 of the next 16 are at home. Then 19 of the final 30 are away. We are 3/12 away from home.
It isn't hard to imagine AD coming back for a few games and then being shipped off and the team being extremely cautious with Kyrie's return. I don't think it will be that hard to stay in the 5-8 range. With the flattened lottery odds, that isn't a bad place to be.
Great points Dan. Way to cheer up my outlook!
Quote:It isn't hard to imagine AD coming back for a few games and then being shipped off and the team being extremely cautious with Kyrie's return.That part is what I wondered. Will those at the controls abandon the illusion that this season should be about anything more than developing the team, esp. Cooper and getting the best lottery pick odds possible?
If they make those moves with AD and Kyrie (rest up more young man) then they will be indeed executing real stealth tank.
Being firmly out of the playoff and playin picture might help insure that mindset.