Comments on: The Inbounds: The Warriors become tank-proof http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/ Basketball - NBC Sports Thu, 23 May 2013 01:42:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bougin89 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119412 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:21:27 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119412 “But in the end, they’re just a good team with no chance of being great and almost no chance of being terrible. The Warriors may not be as lovable next year, but they also in all likelihood won’t be losers. There’s something to be said for fielding a professional team, and not every team is in a “tank for No.1″ or “overspend to contend” mode.”

Replace Warriors with Bucks and you have what i’ve felt about the Bucks for many years. No chance of being great and almost no chance of being terrible. Good luck with Bogut though…

]]> By: khuxford http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119373 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:07:32 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119373 Curry and Bogut stay injured. Barnes is a rookie that had a good summer league, but folks felt was a reach where he was selected. Everyone else is a collection of parts that competing teams might like to help put them over the top, but don’t combine to make it worth discussing as “tank proof”.

]]> By: itsonlyaspeedbump http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119294 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:18:33 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119294 Liked the fact that Matt mentioned Warriors are in a big market. So much is made about the small-market teams not having a chance. Besides the fact that this simply isn’t true (San Antonio anyone? OKC Thunder?), being in a large market does not guarantee success. Growing up in the Bay Area, I’ve seen a lot of bad drafts and contracts from this franchise, and watched helplessly as they waste some of the decent talent they had. Those have much to do with management, and little to do with market size.

What would the destinies of the Lakers and Charlotte Hornets have been if Charlotte had chosen to hang on to a gifted high schooler picked 13th overall in the ’96 NBA draft instead of trading him away?

Chicago (3rd largest city in the US) was a mediocre to bad franchise post-Jordan era because free agents were not running to join the Bulls despite the market size. Fortunately for them, they drafted D.Rose.

NY, the largest market in the US and ‘Mecca of basketball’ has only been a title contender a couple of times in the last 30 years.

The glamour franchises of the NBA (Lakers, Knicks, Celtics) will always be a draw, but that is due more to history and storytelling then to the so-called advantages of their market size.

]]> By: omniusprime http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119271 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:32:03 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119271 Matt Moore tanked this article for sure. Matt are you trying to be the sports jester of the NBA? Are you trying to get on the Comedy Channel? With jokes like this you’re well on your way. We’re talking the Warriors, one of the most worthless franchises in the NBA. Of course they’re going to tank, the idiotic upper mismanagement guarantees it. Even with Jerry West’s help this franchise is a perennial loser. Sorry but the Warriors won’t be upsetting the Lakers for the division title, nor give that other LA team a run for 2nd place. Nope the only spot the Warriors are destined for is dead last.

]]> By: nyyankeedave http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119267 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:17:18 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119267 They’re doing more than my Knicks and that’s a start.

]]> By: nyyankeedave http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119266 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:16:16 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119266 Yeah…and your comment constitutes as “downright stupid” – grow up and learn yourself some NBA and then come back when you know what you’re talking about. Until then, go back to watching ESPN’s 24/7 “Heat-Lakers-Knicks-Thunder-Celtics-Jeremy Lin-Tebow-Dwight Howard” stuff.

]]> By: 91devinhester23 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119255 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:34:30 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119255 really? I’d say they’re pretty liable to it if bogut and curry get injured (which is pretty likely)

]]> By: arrowgargantuan http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119253 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:24:46 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119253 It’s also Utah’s pick regardless, so tanking would be totallly pointless.

]]> By: mannyfresh209 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119239 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:34:51 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119239 Bogut, Lee, Curry, Thompson, Barnes starting 5? Rush, Jefferson, Biedrins, Landry, Jack off the bench? That’s nottt a bad squad right there, my good sir.

]]> By: khuxford http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/the-inbounds-the-warriors-become-tank-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-119230 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:26:34 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=170548#comment-119230 Wow…THAT is what constitutes a “downright pretty good” roster these days?

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