To tank or not to tank

[WTFchris]

Should the Detroit Pistons play for the playoffs or the draft?

By Patrick Hayes

December 03, 2009, 2:30PM

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*worth reading.

[Tahoe]

I'm surprised this has zero replies

[gusman]

play for now, always. fuck the draft, we could all die tomorrow. That's the way I see it.

[Tahoe]

play for now, always. fuck the draft, we could all die tomorrow. That's the way I see it.

These are words to live by in life, not just if you are an NBA team.

[Uncle Mxy]

Dumars + lottery picks = no tanky tanky

[Shoopy]

Tank.

Or, you know, believe that the odds of landing supreme talent in the draft this time around are lower than the Pistons' odds winning a title this year.

[Hermy]

you play to win the games.

[Joe Asberry]

even if i'd like to have a top 5 pick to get a nice starting 5, i guess the east is not that good, if we get healthy anytime soon, this should be a playoff team

[Pharaoh]

If we were a really shit fucking team (like New Jersey) I'd say tank it. Who gives a fuck, right? You're gonna lose most of them anyway.

I'd play the team "properly" until we no longer had the worst record ever and then tank.

BUT our team is completely different. I believe Joe thinks we actually have a lot of Championship Pieces. This was gonna be a long ass post in it's own thread looking at 60 win teams and their pieces and how we relate but fuck it:

In Joe's mind I believe he thinks:

Big Ben is a Championship Piece
Super Nova is a Championship Piece
Tay is a Championship Piece
Rip is a Championship Piece
BG is a Championship Piece
Bynum is a Championship Piece
Maxiell could be a Championship Piece
Jerebko could be a Championship Piece
Daye could be a Championship Piece
Stuckey is a Championship Piece (lol)

Our problem is that by the time some of our guys become Championship Pieces a couple of those pieces we already have will be gone.

So what we really need to do is play balls out now, hope to showcase the best of this Franchise and then come July 1st, 2010 make a sign and trade with Toronto for Chris Bosh

[Glenn]

As a fan, there are times where I recognize that it would be better if we lost (like last year, and maybe even eventually, this year). But if I found out that the organization was intentionally trying to lose, I would be fucking pissed.

So should we try to tank? No.

Would it be better if we lost as many games as possible this year? Maybe.