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Did the Nets Engage in "Slow-Burn Tanking"?

Tom Ziller writes about tanking. Losing to get more ping pong balls and a better draft position is "a bit overblown", but he says what's more common is "slow-burn tanking ... trading or waiving just about everyone who can play and who doesn't figure in your future." He doesn't contend the Nets did a "slow burn", but does note they're virtually assured the best shot at the #1 pick, seven games behind the Wolves.

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Derek Jeter said it best it doesn’t make sense to come into a season expecting to lose. Rebuilding is not a word and I refuse to hear rebuilding any longer. Any franchise who comes into a season weather it be Basketball, baseball, football, Hockey, whichever you should NEVER go into that season expecting to lose. I had it with this rebuilding word because simply the Nets aren’t rebuilding anything all there trying to build is Yi and it’s really driving me insane there is no excuse for a team to be 50+ games under 500.! 6 wins with under 25 games left is inexcusable.

by Mikee21 on Mar 2, 2010 10:00 PM EST reply actions  

Every team should go into a season expecting a championship not the #1 draft pick there is no excuse!

by Mikee21 on Mar 2, 2010 10:04 PM EST reply actions  

Blame the collective bargaining agreement.

by Net Income on Mar 2, 2010 10:07 PM EST reply actions  

@NI, whats your opinion on the state of the team,and what is the ideal offseason in your opinion. Just curious.

by Randy on Mar 2, 2010 10:52 PM EST reply actions  

The nets absolutely did not tank on purpose. As a realistic fan I expected the team to win 20-25 games. Its a shame what has happened.

by Bruce on Mar 2, 2010 11:19 PM EST reply actions  

The Nets salary dumped Vince Carter. Of course this was a tank job. It is what it is, lets just hope for the best this summer.

by Mr. Dollar Bills on Mar 2, 2010 11:34 PM EST reply actions  

Its just a shame that we held VC a year too long…we could be looking at Tyreke Evans at SG instead of Courtney Lee (and could have kept RA). We probably would still be looking at the worst record in the NBA…

by brett on Mar 3, 2010 12:05 AM EST reply actions  

Nice, you blamed Yi on the very first post. Keep it up!

by malorkayel on Mar 3, 2010 12:14 AM EST reply actions  

My ideal summer involves getting John Wall or at the worst Evan Turner, a good coach and then one top tier free agent…not necessarily a max guy.

This is not a one-year miracle turnaround like the Celtics of 2007-08 or even the Nets of 2001-02. Think more like the 72-73 Sixers who won 25 games the next season but in the 10 seasons after their 9-win season, won an average of 46 games a year, went to the Finals four times and won a championship.

by Net Income on Mar 3, 2010 12:15 AM EST reply actions  

The words “at the worst” don’t belong next to the name “Evan Turner”.

Wall has a media manufactured hype machine behind him while Turner is a stud on both ends of the floor.

But my ideal summer is pretty much the same as yours. It’s realistic, and quite frankly the direction we need to go in.

by Mr. Dollar Bills on Mar 3, 2010 12:22 AM EST reply actions  

@NI, just to clarify, when you say “one top tier free agent… not necessarily a max guy” does that mean you would be a proponent of signing A’mare or Joe Johnson? Would you rather the Nets sign one of them than Gay or David Lee who are younger and less expensive than their counterparts?

@Mr. DB, the media have certainly overhyped Wall’s college resume thus far but it remains evident that he has all the tools to be a terrific NBA player. In my opinion it should be 50/50 between he and Turner right now if the Nets get the #1 pick, with the organization’s faith in Devin Harris being the point guard of the future or not being the deciding factor.

by The Legend on Mar 3, 2010 1:01 AM EST reply actions  

I like Turner more. He plays both ends of the floor. Wall will be good but is in no way the type of player he has been hyped to be. I’d like to see Devin and Turner in the backcourt with Brook, David Lee and Rudy Gay up front.

by supreme on Mar 3, 2010 6:07 AM EST reply actions  

I was shocked while I saw “at the worst” is next to “Evan Turner”.

by jarkid on Mar 3, 2010 6:23 AM EST reply actions  

All that counts is that Thorn knows that Turner is better than Wall for Nets. If Nets get #2 pick, lets pray that #1 takes Wall.

I corrected Tom Ziller’s mistake in the comments section.

by jerry25 on Mar 3, 2010 7:39 AM EST reply actions  

as soon as they traded VC for garbage they tanked the season. they had a legit shot to sneak into the playoffs but turned themselves into the worst team in nba history.

by drmagoo on Mar 3, 2010 12:47 PM EST reply actions  

We couldn’t afford to compete and Thorn said “It’s better to be terrible than mediocre”. Sounds like a plan to me. This is the first time in over 35 years I have not gone to a game in a season. When the team shows me a desire to compete I’ll lend my support. Ratner bought a title contender and made us an historic loser. What a shame.

by Mr. Big on Mar 3, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions  

Evan Turner doesn’t look like a SF to me. That said, he would seemingly be playing the same role as John Wall on this team. In that role there is no one better for us than Wall.

by Dirt on Mar 3, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions  

@Dirt:
Turner would be SG, who could also backup Devin and if necessary could play SF better than any present Net.
He is a Long 6’7". He is always hanging around the basket, when he isn’t running all over the place and making great passes.

Wall would be tutoring at PG, while Harris would be forced to play SG, even though he isn’t a good outside shooter.
Both Harris and Wall appear to be about 4" shorter than Turner (who does how the best vertical jump to compensate).
With Turner, CLee could still get plenty of PT.

Turner definitely fits in better if Nets plan to keep Harris. I don’t know how that could be denied.

by jerry25 on Mar 3, 2010 6:34 PM EST reply actions  

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