I do think the NBA needs to do something about tanking. Get creative. Come in bottom 4 in league and you lose all TV revenue the following year. The injury list for these games is a joke. Just forfeit games.
Sacramento's next two games are in Houston. Hopefully they won't be in tank mode and will win both of them.
They are in tank mode but their trying to tank past Houston these next two games while still playing Mitchell, Barnes, Holiday, Lyles, DiVincenzo... etc. Their tank does not have the power that ours does. They might get tankier but they're going to have to by Wednesday in order to beat us to that number 6 spot. I don't know if we can catch the Pacers but maybe just maybe they'll get one really unlikely win and also beat the Pistons to give us a coin flip chance.
houston is benching some of the best players they have left for the rest of the season. Christian Wood, Eric Gordon and Dennis Schröder were declared out before the game, as they likely will be for the balance of the season.
My guess is they'll address it this summer. One idea: How Randomizing NBA Draft Lottery Odds Could Fix Tanking
as long as there is a lottery with uneven odds for the non-playoff teams there's nothing to be done about tanking that is practical and fair. It isn't just the lottery either, plenty of playoff teams have tanked a game here and there to try and juggle seeding. And, lots of teams give players, especially aging stars, rest games. It's all the same really about the only way to take most of the incentive out of tanking is to put all 14 lottery teams in an even odds lottery; and have the lottery determine all 14 draft slots
they already did a lottery reform to flatten the odds a bit a few years ago. Before, the worst team got 25% of the odds, now the worst three all get 14%. but there is still incentive to tank in drafts like these where the top 3-4 is at least one tier away from the other players on the list. and inherently, i think you still need to keep this sorta thing where the worse teams get the best picks just for the overall balance of talent.
I realize they changed it, it hasn’t made a difference. Tanking has never been worse. They need to punish tankers. Isn’t it like euro soccer where the bad teams are sent down to a lower league or something? Hey Detroit and Sac, you are playing in the G league next year thanks see you in 2024.
oh man, this year is nothing. we just never paid attention to it earlier because we were always concerned about the playoffs. The jockeying for Zion/Simmons was insane. And before that, the 2012 draft with AD, teams were just throwing games every night. Remember the Oden/Durant draft? Boston was so openly tanking that year that their players called the team out in public. I hate how this feels too, but we're not perennial tankers. This is a 20 game blip in our history that we'll all soon forget. Seems horrible now, but it will be short-lived. I just applaud the team still playing hard most nights and our vets staying engaged. Was cool to see Dame coaching up BWill and Nurk/Ant encouraging the youngins.
That would be completely ridiculous. *Best player demands trade* *Get youth in return* League: Yeah we know you had to blow it up because your best player demanded a trade and you got a bunch of picks in return, but we’re not going to give you any TV revenue. You could argue the Magic, Pistons, Rockets and Thunder didn’t tank a single game.
Euro soccer also has very little parity and insane spending differences between the top teams and the teams that often get relegated.
It’s goes against literally everything competition and sport is about. We are just used to it. It’s making a mockery of the game. Not to mention fans paying for tickets but no one cares, I get it. The lottery picks order should be a result of how bad teams truly are, not who tanks the best. It’s all fucked up and frankly stupid, but everyone is just so used to it by now it’s acceptable. It’s why I love college sports - tanking and losing is the absolute worst thing anyone could ever do - the worse you are, the worse your recruiting goes, attendance down, nothing good comes of it. In the NBA something very good comes from it.
I miss winning close to 45-50 games a season and making the playoffs and getting bumped in the first round every season. A lot of fun memories from those years.
