To tank or not to tank...

Is there even one person on the "not to tank" side? Just curious

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even one person on the "not to tank" side?

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me

learn to play as team. two of the better guys were out most of the year.

set the tone for excellence. Buddy and AD. Jrue and Evans. nice core.
need a real defending center. or a beast power forward.
one inside player away from competing with the best of them.

Certainly beating the Cavs and Spurs says they can compete as is.

Do your best. always.

I tried to find one sentence I agreed with. Genuinely did, but I couldn't. Aside from maybe the mantra of always doing your best.

I can when you see this draft class and the potential of what this team could be if we can get one of these top 5 guys. I care about the future not some present time shitty 8 seed just to get swept by GS

Don't you want your kid to be happy when he is 10 though? And he won't even remember his sad six year old nights.

We need to tank hard. There's too much talent this year to miss out on a key piece. This is the year where you can draft a wing we desperately needed for years now or an elite 6th man like Monk... and if you get lucky, you grab one of the elite point guards. This is probably our best shot to grab a legit wing in the draft and we better waste away the opportunity...

Bulls aren't trading butler for a pick unless it's the number 1 pick

This year isn't like 3 years ago when we were fighting for the 8th seed and won. That team had potential going forward, and they won 45 games that year. That year should have helped propel them going forward. Instead they resigned two dumbass's at center, as well as Luke Babbitt and Alonzo Gee. Almost $20M to 4 players that are literally worthless. you can argue that they had to sign Asik b/c of salary reason or whatever. Kevin Seraphin was available for less the $2.8M the last 2 offseasons. he's 10x's better than the two worthless $16M centers we have.


This years team does not have potential for next year if they resign Jrue. They do that and they have little money to do anything else, which would basically be saying we are content with maybe winning 40 games, assuming people stay healthy.
A Jrue/AD team isnt' doing anything. This team does not have potential for next year, or the next, until they get rid of the worthless contracts they have in Asik/Ajinca and Hill as well. I wouldn't mind Hill if we had already had a young up and coming SF like a Otto Porter, or even Kelly Oubre on the team already. The only way to get those guys is in the draft, since we have no cap space, or assets to make trades.

making the playoffs as a 36 win team with very little potential for the next year is pointless. I want a top 5 pick, and I want a pick in the teens as well, and I want to keep both of the god damn 2nd round picks.

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I just don't want to have to explain tanking to him!

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Just tell him we suck

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Is there even one person on the "not to tank" side? Just curious

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just depends on what we mean by "tank"

sell all non-Davis players for future picks/better draft slot this year? no thanks. hope for a Davis/Holiday injury? frick no. move tangential assets for longer term pieces? sure

moves should be made with an eye for the next 3-5 years. same time, i just don't think you can brazenly dump good players for more ping pong balls this year and keep Davis happy long term.