^Yep. Plus tanking would come along with a certain devaluation of tradeable assets (e.g. Noah and Thomas). Right now, their values are on the upswing and either they become good players that we can use to build around or something we can move for a true difference maker like Amare. Outside of that, I would liken it to a marginal team making a bowl game (with the obvious caveat that you don't gain anything by missing a bowl game like you do by missing the NBA playoffs). Those extra practices and games can't hurt a teams development, especially one where the franchise player is a rookie PG.