How Not to Screw Up an NBA Tank Job

April 2nd, 2013 by Jesse Dorsey Leave a reply »
With the season winding down and the draft lottery on the minds of the league's bottom-dwellers, tanking, whether subtle or obvious, has been a word on the tips of everyone's tongues.

Around the league there are teams looking for ways to drop games like crazy in order to improve their odds for the lottery.

Some teams are taking the more basic approach, holding players out of games with psuedo-injuries, reducing minutes of guys who give them a better chance of winning and just flat-out putting in bad players.

The key to a good tank is to make it look as if there's nothing out of the ordinary going on, which is generally helped out by some genuine injuries mixed with unique coaching strategies that will give the tanker in question a better shot at losing games less obviously.

Tank wrong, and fans will turn on the team faster than the bandwagon seats fill up when a new, exciting player comes in.

It's become much easier to tank without upsetting fans lately as they've become more aware of what it takes to build a winning team. Bottoming out and obtaining draft picks brings bright futures, as frustrating as it can be.

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