Game Thread | 2020-21 Season | Game $70 | Celtics @ Cavs | May 12, 2021

[Lee]

Right,because having the second worse team the last two years worked perfectly for us.

Some of yall shouldn't be fans because yall are mad when the team losses and when they win.

This team has two of the hardest workers in the league yet yall asking them to give up on the season just to get the top pick..I guess,some of yall forgot that New Orleans had a very long shot getting the #1 pick two years ago and end up getting it..

i wasnt mad at the victory, but we are not giving up the season, they are already eliminated from the playoffs.

I think most of us would rather be in the playoffs than another lottery pick, but winning out doesnt get is the play in game for like several weeks now, so losing isnt a bad thing.

In the NBA if you are going to be bad, be the worst, it pays off.

 

[CleveRocks]

If you consider this from a players point of view.. perhaps those few superstars who are secure in thier next year will turn it down a notch.. but fringe players on a bad team would be dumb not to try to win. Whoever is drafted by Cleveland this year will be a contender for whatever position he plays. So by tanking , a fringe player would be making it more likely the new drafted would be good enough to replace him.. At the same time, that same player would look worse on tape.

It makes no sense.. if I am Damean Dotsun, I would be playing every minute as if it is my last.. cuz it might be..