Like it or not getting to game 7 of the conference finals against the team that won the title is competing. But if we're going to call that not competing, I'll take "not competing" over rebuilding any day.
Itīs not, and I donīt. Youīre lost in semantics.
Were the Hawks competing because they lost to the team which lost to the team which won the title?
People have this strange idea that somehow we get to choose
when to rebuild, when at best we can choose the terms on
which we rebuild.
If weīre not contending anymore, weīre rebuilding. If you disagree, then maybe this whole professional sports thingy isnīt for you.