Tanking

[Wolves GM]

simply put I think there should be a rule that says you must put out the DC that you think gives your team the best chance to win.

The one exception i can think of is say your 10 games up on the #1 seed with 9 games left...go ahead and rest your starters so they don't get hurt.

i'm sure 95% of people will agree with this.

[rommie]

I don't.

My goal in this is to have fun first of all, secondly it is to win a championship. Not just games, not just make the playoffs but I want to win the whole thing. Right now with my hopes for the playoffs not to good I am trying to get some diffrent players on my team to see what they can do, that is why I signed Gerry M and Loren Woods.

I guess I just don't see the point in not tanking it if you are far out of the playoffs, you might as well go for a good draft pick because getting the 10th pick won't help you nearly as much as say the 3rd or 4th.

[airgordon]

Now would starting players with great potential instead of "proven" players so they can develop even though you don't have a chance in making the playoffs, is that tanking? I personally think its smart GMing, because you get a better pick and you develop your future. Losing games may just be the negative of developing players, but that doesn't necessarily mean tanking

[Wolves GM]

fyi, in fbb there is no connection between playing time and developing a player. If you start the rookie he will get no better than if he didn't play a minute.

[rommie]

jahallstar said:

fyi, in fbb there is no connection between playing time and developing a player. If you start the rookie he will get no better than if he didn't play a minute.

No but it does give you a chance to see what he can do. You can't really see how far away from there full potentiol [depending on there potentiol of course.] if they are if they are playing a back up role or if they nothing but a "Human Victory Cigar".

[Wolves GM]

i'm not saying if they are close. but if you have a 28 year old PF with ratings of say B C- C- A B and a 19 year old pf with ratings of C+ D+ D+ B- B- A you better start the 28 year old. and no starting PG's at C or C's at PG and so on.

[SpursGM]

is it just me, or are alot of posts missing?

[Wolves GM]

i think its just you, but i dunno