02-16-2022, 11:15 PM
(02-16-2022, 11:06 PM)mvossman Wrote: That is a tanking decision. Has nothing to do with how the trade played out for us.
Hypothetically you have acquired the star player to make your case to your other star player to sign the extension. Now you tank to maximize the draft asset to further strengthen your team (any way you want to use it). Sounds perfectly logical, happens all the time.
But I think that simply does not work with Porzingis, because of his injury history. They will have to play Porzingis some games. Basically it´s a balancing act between tanking and showing Beal that Porzingis is healthy and can actually contribute to winning. Porzingis won´t care this time, because he already got the 150M dollars.