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Domonique Foxworth

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1931 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

The 76ers need to lose enough games so that they are in the bottom six so they retain their draft pick. This is not just tanking for a draft pick. When you have these protected pick trades, which I think with OKC, the 76ers have a trade, they need to lose enough games just to keep their draft pick. And so you want to create some sort of structure that eliminates the incentive to lose.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

The 76ers need to lose enough games so that they are in the bottom six so they retain their draft pick. This is not just tanking for a draft pick. When you have these protected pick trades, which I think with OKC, the 76ers have a trade, they need to lose enough games just to keep their draft pick. And so you want to create some sort of structure that eliminates the incentive to lose.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

But why that's not a full solve for tanking is because you also need to create some incentive to win. Because you could just be like, all right, we're out of this. All right, being the worst doesn't get us a better chance, but why would I put my good players out there if we're not going to make the playoffs? We have no chance. They could get hurt.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

But why that's not a full solve for tanking is because you also need to create some incentive to win. Because you could just be like, all right, we're out of this. All right, being the worst doesn't get us a better chance, but why would I put my good players out there if we're not going to make the playoffs? We have no chance. They could get hurt.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

No, Trey?

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

No, Trey?

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

And he's still being productive. Playing too many minutes for somebody his age right now, but he's still being productive.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

And he's still being productive. Playing too many minutes for somebody his age right now, but he's still being productive.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I mean, I'm fine. They're going to be bad teams. What I don't appreciate is when, like, I look at the 76ers and they're giving DMPs to Kelly Oubre. And it's like, play your best players. Try to have your best. And even if it's just four teams, I feel like at least โ€“ and I'm normally not one who โ€“

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I mean, I'm fine. They're going to be bad teams. What I don't appreciate is when, like, I look at the 76ers and they're giving DMPs to Kelly Oubre. And it's like, play your best players. Try to have your best. And even if it's just four teams, I feel like at least โ€“ and I'm normally not one who โ€“

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I'm gonna defend the players most of the times, but I have found myself becoming a little bit more sympathetic and a lot more sympathetic to fans where it's like, look, we got a whole damn season. This is my team. Y'all not even trying?

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I'm gonna defend the players most of the times, but I have found myself becoming a little bit more sympathetic and a lot more sympathetic to fans where it's like, look, we got a whole damn season. This is my team. Y'all not even trying?

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

It's not because that's not what we do in football. And you can't create the same situation in football because 82 games means money. We're never going to go down to fewer games because I think that would help.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

It's not because that's not what we do in football. And you can't create the same situation in football because 82 games means money. We're never going to go down to fewer games because I think that would help.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I would disagree with that because I think the scarcity of guaranteed dollars may motivate the players, but that's not what motivates the teams. What motivates the teams is a couple different things. I think it's the complexity of the game of football. Football is not a game where you can get one player in the same way that basketball.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

I would disagree with that because I think the scarcity of guaranteed dollars may motivate the players, but that's not what motivates the teams. What motivates the teams is a couple different things. I think it's the complexity of the game of football. Football is not a game where you can get one player in the same way that basketball.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

You get one player, it's worth it because that will turn your team around. I think football, we've never really seen that happen. It's so rare. And even all the great quarterbacks that we talk about, I guess โ€“ But Aaron Rodgers, he turned the Jets around. Exactly. Full 360. Case in point. And I think it's because of the complexity. That's for the math nerds.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

You get one player, it's worth it because that will turn your team around. I think football, we've never really seen that happen. It's so rare. And even all the great quarterbacks that we talk about, I guess โ€“ But Aaron Rodgers, he turned the Jets around. Exactly. Full 360. Case in point. And I think it's because of the complexity. That's for the math nerds.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

Case of the complexity of football is the reason why so many times we're like, we know this team's going to be good. We know that. And you can't do it. You have to build up the teams that are consistently good are teams that build up that type of culture and are good continuously.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The McFlurry Machine Metaphor

Case of the complexity of football is the reason why so many times we're like, we know this team's going to be good. We know that. And you can't do it. You have to build up the teams that are consistently good are teams that build up that type of culture and are good continuously.