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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
I'm not sure Minnesota or Milwaukee "tanked" either. They were bad, but I don't think they were intentionally bad. They also hit on some picks (including a second rounder in Mil) and made good trades (Love to the Cavs).
Philly openly tanked and it has, now, paid off. However, for a while, their direction didn't make much sense at all. I mean, how many centers/pfs do you need on one team?
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After the Wolves traded Garnett, they tried winning the honest way. It didn't work. They were just bad. Not bad on purpose. Just bad.
After years of being bad and getting shit on by the NBA lottery in 2011 when they should have had the #1 and Kyrie Irving, I think their moves lined up perfectly with the tanking strategy. They traded their only good player (Love) for all young guys. They threw the dice on supremely talented yet ultra raw college players like Lavine and Muhammad. They even traded a half decent veteran and like the 2nd best player on the team at the time for an overpriced Kevin Garnett, clearing the way for more losses. Sportscasters openly complained about them tanking all the time for the past couple years.
Just because you're already bad to begin with doesn't mean you're not tanking.