It’s way too easy to tank in basketball...

Wiggins was traded for Kevin Love

Bennett was just a bust

A lot of people have lost interest in the NBA for various reasons such as tainted officiating, rule changes and obviously political. The ratings are atrocious and it's a shame. The NBA used to be so popular in the '80s and '90s. Even in the early 2000's I thought it was in a very good place. Internationally, the sport in general is the second most popular after soccer.

I still watch the NBA because I've been waiting 25 years, soon to be 26, since the last time the Houston Rockets reached the NBA Finals. I'm about to give up and lose hope with the next rebuild though. We've got two more years, at least, with Harden and Westbrook. Harden may want to opt out his final year to "chase a ring" with whatever team is the overwhelming favorites going into the 2022-2023 NBA season.

Somebody asked me earlier who do I want as the Rockets' next head coach. Tyronn Lue or Jeff Van Gundy? At this point either one works.

Probably but also, who cares. Draft Picks are an opportunity to be good and have a chance, you can have a great team and still never win a fucking thing. Cleveland is one of the most miserable sports cities of all time, all of that probable collusion got them 1 championship.. I could care less..

I don't mind a little help to the bottom of the barrel market teams. Makes for a more competitive league. It doesn't change the culture the team has, the general manager, the coaching, & the 12 other players most of the time soooo those are the places that really affect a chip.

Would you live in Cleveland, Ohio for the next ten years if somebody offered you $20 million dollars to do it?
Except that you can't live in the best neighborhood. Not the worst either. You'd be living in a middle class area.

sure you could potentially trade for any star with garbage, depending upon either the stupidity of the GM you're trading with, or a star like AD forcing his way out and pigeon-holing trade partners to only one team

only the first 2 picks in that draft were valuable enough to trade for a solidified triple double machine in Kevin Love at the time because Embiid had major injury concerns and the only other great prospects by perspective of the league was Wiggins/Parker

Milwaukee is probably about equal or maybe even worse than Cleveland and I live here on my own dime. Sign me up for 20 millie

Big fax