-Enrage the fanbase by trading away a superstar just entering his prime.
-Couch the move as win now by adding a player or players exiting their primes (which is why I wouldn't be surprised if the team sells off their depth for KD).
-Fail spectacularly in the short-term while leveraging your future given you no hope of putting out a competent product which further erodes the fanbase.
-When you've successfully dwindled your attendance, make demands of the city for new accommodations for a new arena which gets denied.
-Move the team to the owners preferred destination.
We've seen this playbook before in other sports. I'm not much of a conspiracy guy but when everyone (casual fans, hardcore, media, players, executives and team officials, etc.) know that the return on this trade made zero sense, you open yourself up to tinfoil hats. Maybe I need to stay off of YT.
-Couch the move as win now by adding a player or players exiting their primes (which is why I wouldn't be surprised if the team sells off their depth for KD).
-Fail spectacularly in the short-term while leveraging your future given you no hope of putting out a competent product which further erodes the fanbase.
-When you've successfully dwindled your attendance, make demands of the city for new accommodations for a new arena which gets denied.
-Move the team to the owners preferred destination.
We've seen this playbook before in other sports. I'm not much of a conspiracy guy but when everyone (casual fans, hardcore, media, players, executives and team officials, etc.) know that the return on this trade made zero sense, you open yourself up to tinfoil hats. Maybe I need to stay off of YT.
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