I personally find it odd to go cheering for ping pong balls this early in the season, certainly because the teams that tank rarely win it (that is in fact one of the reasons the lottery was instigated if I remember correctly). In an NBA world where any team can win or lose against any team on a given night (expect maybe New Jersey
) I'm not in favor of cheering for your team to lose.
Also suppose we end last and get a top 5 pick, who's to say that pick even lives up to potential and if we'll even select the right player at the right time. The hornets also aren't really a top destination for free agents either and tanking the season after ten games won't really appeal to the 'winners' in the league.
This team is far from perfect and I think everyone sees this, along with managment. So even if they do decent, they still will change the strategies that haven proven disasterous in the past, we can see the young player development already bearing fruits. I personally could never cheer against my team and never will.