Quote:The tanking idea sure is working well for the 76ers......

And the Kings, Suns, Jazz, etc...

 

 

I used to be a huge Jazz fan for 25 years of my life but when the entire Jazz fanbase wanted to lose to draft Dante Exum, I was done.  Now he's out this whole year.  Kinda like the Jaguars first round pick.  Intentionally losing to get a higher pick is such an amateur move.  It paid off for maybe two or three organizations in each sport all-time, so people think it's a winning (losing?) strategy.  Yeah, the Spurs tanked and got Duncan.  The Knicks tanked and got Patrick Ewing.  

 

Compare that to all the times that tanking hasn't worked.  More often, teams play to win and then get lucky drafting in the middle like the Jazz did in the 80's when they got Karl Malone and John Stockton in the middle of the first round.  Both of them are voted as being in the 50 greatest players of all time.  I do not believe in losing to try to better your spot in the draft so you can get Ryan Leaf or Sam Bowie. 

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