503Muse

Blazers Fan.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Why the NBA should embrace tanking -

The NBA has kate been misguided thinking that fans want to see their teams compete every night with a chance to win. It’s never been that way that way.

When I got into the nba, they thought they were in the basketball business. They aren’t. They are in the business of creating experiences for fans.

Few can remember the score from the last game they saw or went to. They can’t remember the dunks or shots. What they remember is who they were with. Their family, friends, a date. That’s what makes the experience special.

Fans know their team can’t win every game. They know only one team can win a ring. What fan that care about their team’s record want is hope. Hope they will get better and have a chance to compete for the playoffs and then maybe a ring.

The one way to get closer to that is via the draft. And trades. And cap room. You have a better chance of improving via all 3 , when you tank.

We didn’t tank often. Only a few times over 23 years, but when we did, our fans appreciated it. And it got us to where we could improve, trade up to get Luka and improve our team.

The nba should worry more about fan experience than tanking. It should worry more about pricing fans out of games than tanking.

You know who cares the least about tanking , a parent who cant afford to bring their 3 kids to a game and buy their kids a jersey of their fave player

Tanking isn’t the issue. Affordability and quality of game presentation are

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@PNWStatsPacks @DannyMarang If everyone’s healthy I totally agree. Clearly a big if this year though unfortunately.

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@SleeperBlazers @DorMPeretz And I think he would be safe because of that contract so that’s why I wouldn’t protect him

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@SleeperBlazers @DorMPeretz You wouldn’t be happy to lose Grant but getting $30M just instantly removed from your books isn’t bad

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@20GotNext @Lonerbuckyy @TheHoopCentral Shot 43.6% from 3 as a starter last year but whatever floats your goat.

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@JakeLFischer Third times the charm.

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@HoodiGarland @LegionHoops 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@realapp Vit Krejci is still listed as a Hawk even though Duop is gone. 🥲

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@WayUpHunt

[ZAM @HHjournalism]

Deni Avdija on Portland:

“I enjoy Portland and the nature around it … and in general, I think there are really special and unique people here and some special places in terms of food and culture,” Avdija said. “It doesn’t feel like a typical U.S. city.”

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@BayAreaBaller18 @detroit_duck @ryanhammer09 There isn’t one right now, they will roll out regulations this summer out of necessity. As someone currently playing in it though Lin is one of the less egrigious ones.

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@gutileonardo @BradyJohnson35 @ToreyJonesYT I think the Blazers could get in on a four team deal and pick up Kispert.

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@bosellisburner @tha_buffalo @Nate_Tice That’s fair but I don’t think that’s what people were saying.

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@AhmadSincerely @TheHoopHerald B Will been like that

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@CoreyTulaba This is awesome. Do you do this for a lot of top guys? Working on my big board right now and I can’t always find all the quality videos I want to be able to analyze shots like this.

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@bjpf_ Who are the other three?

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@sixringsofsteeI Vit Krejci. Think there isn’t enough opportunity for him in ATL so they’d be willing to move him. Not sure what the price point would be though.

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@killmesIime Ant Simons.

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@Swipa_1k @NachoUru8 @Jpeezzy31 @MarcJSpears @ramonashelburne I disagree because what makes the trade justified is how good Fears is. They essentially made that trade to get both instead of picking between the two.

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@brianperzhilla @statmuse This is it.