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Ha. Commish Silver ain't having it with obvious tanking and has warned teams as the Wembanyama sweepstakes take hold.
One discussed proposal even involves a possible demotion of a guilty team to the G-League. Haha. Silver ain't doing . Tank away Spurs. Go get you some Wembanyama.
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-commiss...221923120.html
^ I’m not a conspiracy theorist that the NBA is out to get the Spurs but I will say we will see some heat down the stretch of Pop did the right thing and strategically tanked come March/April.
Laker would be applauded however.
Silver is just annoyed that their pets don't project to be in contention (Lakers, Warriors, Raptors) and that non glamour markets do.
When the Spurs made the '13 Finals, Wojnarowski wrote an article detailing the league's longstanding dislike for the Spurs, stemming from their being uncooperative "partners" (unlike the 80s Lakers and Celtics, 90s Bulls and 00s Lakers) when they rose to the top as well as for inventing "load management".
Silver even went so far as to take a shot at Buford this year about the latter, only forcing a fake smile after a while so he could pretend that he was joking.
I don't think the Lakers or Raptors will be close to contention, but the Warriors should be up there. They certainly have the firepower to get out of the West and have at least a puncher's chance against anyone in the East.
Do you have a link to that Woj article? I only vaguely remember it.
I meant in contention to win or jump up in the lottery (Lakers don't count since the Pelicans would just swap it).
No. It was when he was still at Yahoo! though.
LOL yeah they're going to demote the Houston Rockets to replace with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, that'll be great for the new TV deal.
Precisely.
The relegation stuff is stupid.
Just give all non-playoff teams equal 1/8 chance to win the lottery.
Or make a mini play-in for the bottom 8 teams to fight for higher lottery odds lol.
This is really the best solution. I think it was like this at some point but it got changed I don't know why. They need to go back to it, tbh.
If you make top 3 or 4, you should be inelligible to get those picks again the following year.
Silver was joking when he made the relegation comment, and then someone picked it up on Twitter and ran with it:
https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-ad...o-fix-tanking/
If Silver wanted to send a message, he'd reward the team who will probably finish in the play-in again this year, just like they have for the last few years, instead of tanking.
People need to stop acting like the team that gets Wembanyana will be the only one to win a championship for the next 20 seasons.
LeBron James was the closest thing to Jordan and he still needed to reteam 8 times and partner up with like 12 super-stars for his 4 rings or whatever it is.
We don't even know if Wemba will take the NBA well long-term. 8'11 3/4 dudes have ty legs.
Even if he is KD with defense, KD still needed the literal greatest shooter of all time and the 4th best shooter of all time to get anything done.
I'm not losing any sleep if the guy doesn't end up here.
They should do a tournament for the bottom 4 teams in the league with massive 28-point handicaps for each all-star selection on the roster. That would make it impossible for potential fake-tankers like the Lakers. Winner gets Wemba.
Wembanyana knows that he is good, he is not humble about it. I have the feeling that he is the type of guy who might ask for a trade if he doesn’t go to a team he wants. He might pulled a Kobe on draft day.
If the point-guard position wasn't so (sorry Tre, but it's true), we would look like a lock for playoffs.
Keldon still getting better. He needs to learn how to rack up 7-10 extra points on bull freethrows.
Tonight's loss more than the last game's win tells me this team isn't bad enough to have a shot at picks 1-4. The organization seems content with 5 total Championships and perennial 7th seed ceilings smh.
Lol. You should follow Houston, Detroit, Orlando, Sacramento, Indiana or OKC. They look just as ty this year despite their high draft picks.
And then he needs to learn how to make them.
Utah is a lot of fun to watch right now. True, they're sticking it to a Houston team that doesn't look like they've ever played team basketball, but I'd say one is definitely in tank territory (Rox) and the other isn't. At least for now.
Bravo big homie……bravo!!!
I’m always going to be a Spurs fan but I’m not going to lap up everything they do when I think they’re doing something wrong.
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