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Jan 29, 2025
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PHXSUNS31
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POLL: Which of these is your definition of tanking?
Which of these is your definition of tanking?
30 (42.3%)
Losing on purpose to get high draft picks
3 (4.2%)
Trading away veterans for picks and young players
38 (53.5%)
Both are tanking
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(DieHarder, Jan 28, 2025 at 3:21pm)
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POLL: Which of these is your definition of tanking?
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 10:48am
To me it's when the team hopes to lose games. They don't try to win.
Ted Lasso
Jan 29, 10:50am
1st is for sure tanking. 2nd CAN be tanking but doesn't necessarily have to be.
jreid191
Jan 29, 10:50am
Fair. Would you consider OKC trading PG for SGA and a bunch of picks tanking?
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 10:52am
It was part of the process so yes.
Ycrazy
Jan 29, 10:54am
Trading vets for picks and young players is losing on purpose.
Ycrazy
Jan 29, 10:53am
which would make it also tanking in my mind, but I guess not everyone agrees
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 10:54am
I admire your resolve in holding that long of an argument with someone who
DieHarder
Jan 29, 11:02am
Hahaha
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 11:04am
Option two is not tanking. Trading away veterans for younger players + assets is rebuilding, and rebuilding is different
RealTaysomHill
Jan 29, 11:04am
I can see that…by itself it might not be a tanking move
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 11:08am
Right. Trading PG for SGA wasn’t tanking. They knew they wouldn’t compete with PG, so they sacrificed current success
RealTaysomHill
Jan 29, 11:15am
Both can be tanking.
JoeExotic
Jan 29, 11:16am
I agree…I think intentionally shutting down healthy players is the worst form
PHXSUNS31
Jan 29, 11:18am
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