Findog
08-13-2007, 12:50 PM
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/08/13/mark-cuban-does-not-oppose-tanking/
You know, most of us think that the Kevin Garnett trade helped wash away Tim Donaghy's sins. But don't forget, it also made us forget the Celts' quasi-tanking, and the just desserts they got served on lottery night. Now that the tanking discussion has cooled down, Mark Cuban's decided to weigh in.
From FOX Sports Radio, via Larry Brown Sports:
Michael Irvin: "I can dance with you all day right there, it sounds like you're saying I'd rather just tank a couple games, but I won't even go there Mark, let's move on."
Cuban: "I'll be the first to admit Michael, I would tank a lot of games."
Irvin "You would tank games? Mark wait, you would tank games to get the first pick in the draft?"
Cuban: "Yes, yes see it depends on where you are."
According to LB, the context for these comments was thus: Cuban argued that teams stuck in the late lottery or bottom rung of the playoffs would do well to tank. There's a lot of sense to this; picking up a bargain starter is the greatest gift of them all, and this kind of tanking doesn't depend so acutely on exact draft position.
You know, most of us think that the Kevin Garnett trade helped wash away Tim Donaghy's sins. But don't forget, it also made us forget the Celts' quasi-tanking, and the just desserts they got served on lottery night. Now that the tanking discussion has cooled down, Mark Cuban's decided to weigh in.
From FOX Sports Radio, via Larry Brown Sports:
Michael Irvin: "I can dance with you all day right there, it sounds like you're saying I'd rather just tank a couple games, but I won't even go there Mark, let's move on."
Cuban: "I'll be the first to admit Michael, I would tank a lot of games."
Irvin "You would tank games? Mark wait, you would tank games to get the first pick in the draft?"
Cuban: "Yes, yes see it depends on where you are."
According to LB, the context for these comments was thus: Cuban argued that teams stuck in the late lottery or bottom rung of the playoffs would do well to tank. There's a lot of sense to this; picking up a bargain starter is the greatest gift of them all, and this kind of tanking doesn't depend so acutely on exact draft position.