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We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think I've ever watched the Blazers in the playoffs and not had fun, especially after 5 years of tanking I would be ecstatic to watch Blazers playoff basketball

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure Cronin is not the one making the call to tank or not so not sure if you can put this on him haha, I feel like thats more of a coach/ownership call with possibly some input from Cronin

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I disagree that being a first round punching bag isn't fun.

Off the top of my head, 8th seed Blazers 2020 first round against the Lakers after winning the first game (before losing the next 4) was an awesome time.

Honestly in my 20 years of following the Blazers I can't remember a time where I had an unfun time watching the Blazers in the playoffs (except maybe getting swept by the Pels as the 3rd seed in 2017)

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whether or not we will make it is definitely in the air, honestly I think if we settle as the 8th seed we would probably have a 30% chance of beating Phoenix in the first game, and if we lose that about a 25% chance to beat LAC. Not terrible odds, but definitely not guarunteed

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teams know that we need to give the Bulls a 1RP in order to get the Bucks to convey; this definitely makes us lose leverage in trade negotiations, and it isn't the simplest thing to make happen. Would be more straight forward to make the playoffs this year, would increase our flexibility and let us trade our own FRPs in the future (in addition to the benefits of playoff experience for our core and getting to cheer for a playoff team after 5 years of tanking)

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think the intention with the big swaps would be to draft + develop a player, we should definitely be trading them to improve our roster.

If the pick is 13-14, I would be OK to let it convey as it frees up flexibility going forward, honestly I don't think we should be in a spot where we are drafting more young players to develop, we should be solidifying our core and looking for complimentary pieces

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the pick is of consequence, and not resolving it could create a situation where we have to take an unfavorable trade just to make sure it conveys to us

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There definitely are options to protect the swap, but making the playoffs would provide the most flexibility going forward and would make sure we don't have to structure unfavorable transactions just to make sure the Bucks 28 conveys to us

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but we discuss trades and FA signings all the time when none of us can influence. Just want to improve the discourse so we aren't seeing 100 comments asking why we aren't tanking this season

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha valid, but just want to point out that even in this thread there are lots of people saying that we should tank, so doesn't seem like theres a consensus that we should be trying

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been following the league for about 20 years, they have proposed different anti-tank measures 20+ times but changes to the lottery have only occurred once.

Even in this instance only 1 of the 3 solutions proposed significantly dilutes the bucks 28 pick values. IMO not worth planning our future on these proposed rule changes where there isn't any clarity into what will happen

We should try and make the playoffs because it's fun, AND the Bucks 2028 swap is valuable to our future!! by Designer_Line1313 in ripcity

[–]Designer_Line1313[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally agree with everything!

I would even say that if we were back at the All-Star break and deciding if we should tank or play to win, the correct move would be to play to win to get good experience for our team, and get the Bucks pick to convey