It is damaging to the NBA product as a whole. Until the NBA figures out a good way to rectify this, teams will continue to covertly or overtly (Mark Cuban and the Mavericks) tank as it makes the most sense for the franchise long term. A counter argument is that, from a players perspective, they still need to play as hard as possible on every given night or it could end up costing them millions in free agency. Overall, I still think tanking hurts the NBA product as a whole and changes should be made to align incentives for players, teams and the league as much as possible.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from: