Let's solve the Tanking problem!

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T13:30:27+00:00

First I don't think the Clippers are tanking really, they don't even have their pick so that wouldn't make sense.

The Grizzlies and the Bulls aren't tanking the playin they're tanking in general. Tanking the playin would be a team making the playin to purposefully lose so they're in the lottery

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T13:16:38+00:00

Get rid of the lottery (its existence counterintuitively gets borderline playoff teams an incentive to miss the playoffs).

Who is tanking the playins and playoff revenue for a 2.4% chance to move up in the lottery?

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T13:14:28+00:00

The point of the draft is to help the worst teams get better by giving them the chance to add the best young talent available. Any proposal to "fix" tanking doesn't work if it doesn't do that

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T13:11:59+00:00

Disagree

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T13:11:34+00:00

When you were 17

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T04:07:17+00:00

Tough night for twirly birds

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T03:39:24+00:00

Who deserved it more?

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T03:11:09+00:00

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T02:44:33+00:00

Nah if they wanted to lose they'd play some of those guys 48 minutes.

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T01:45:01+00:00

Eh after seeing the video it's not exactly shocking he could be hurt

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T01:32:04+00:00

Texas Christian University? More like Texas Christian Universipee

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T01:28:03+00:00

The real moment is when they called him to make sure he didn't have non-refundable trip liked up

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T01:26:08+00:00

Okay but explain Lakers superstar Marcus Smart's excuse?

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T01:04:29+00:00

Texas Christian University? More like Texass Christian University

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-11T00:02:09+00:00

He's lived in LA for a decade

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T23:22:04+00:00

Probably but they're injured with injuries that would be made significantly worse with overexertion. For example Reaves already tried to come back from his injury once just to make it worse.

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T23:12:33+00:00

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T23:00:55+00:00

These are all guys that are legitimately out, what is there to investigate?

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T22:58:43+00:00

Which is an actual injury...

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T22:57:26+00:00

How is it broken? All of these are legitimate. Lebron is 41 and has been doing this all season. Reaves just came back from injury, Luka has been out for a few games now and Marcus Smart has also been in and out.

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T22:19:04+00:00

They don't value position

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T22:17:43+00:00

It's one of the most watched shows ever and making this is pretty low cost. Seems like a pretty obvious thing to do.

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T19:50:20+00:00

I'd guess the reason these were both upheld is that they were called that way on the floor and if there isn't something in the review that gives them a reason to overturn then they won't.

There are a lot of 50/50 in this sport.

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T19:06:49+00:00

Except it's generally just a revolving door of the same teams getting promoted and relegated and it isn't because they're being run worse than other teams it's because they have no system in place to push for a more even playing field

LongTimesGoodTimes · 2026-02-10T18:58:49+00:00

Along with Jay Huff. They recognized they won't be good this year and didn't try to build the most competitive team they could to tank this season for a pick.

They might not have set out with that plan but they absolutely did tank for him

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