Want To Tank? Kemba Says Put a Sock In It.

[Rise of The Hive]

5-6 seed I could deal with better than 7-8 seed.

 

Yeah if we are going to go then go ALL IN, no need to go and get swept.

[Carl Spackler]

Kemba does not have an impact on the game. He can put a sock in that.

[mav1234]

Players never want to tank because it means they may not start/play/have a job anymore. I'd expect him to say nothing else. 

 

also because players want to win at any cost and believe every team has a chance to win it all.

[MichaelNewtonII]

I love what he said. He's a competitor and he wants to win

I doubt there's a pro athlete out there who isn't a competitor who wants to win.

[4Corners]

any Horcats fans that think tanking is a good idea need to GTFO. The lottery has not been kind to this team and if this draft is so "loaded" like all the experts are saying - we will be able to get a quality player whenever we pick. This tanking poo is horrible and shows how immature and inexperienced this fanbase and city really are. 

[CarolinaNCSU]

also because players want to win at any cost and believe every team has a chance to win it all.

 

True. But confidence can quickly become hubris. Especially if he believes they can win it all or even just make noise in the playoffs, with a below .500 roster, when half the league is tanking. Not exactly a bright sign for the future when they've been below average at best in a terrible Eastern Conference. 

[Rise of The Hive]

I think we hired Coach Cliff a year too early.

[ckad79]

The organization might want to tank, and do everything in their power to make that happen, for a certain pick but the players and coaching staff will never want to tank for a pick. I know former Cavs coach John Lucas assumed that was the case when Cleveland wanted Lebron.

 

The way I see it, if the organization really wanted to tank going into this season, they wouldn't have signed Al Jefferson or replaced a struggling Mike Dunlap with a highly sought after assistant coach in Clifford. Why improve the team at all?