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"Tanking" is a strategy that is talked about ad nauseam by sports radio gas bags, but is not likely to be an actual tactic being employed by organizations.
by sosborn 8y ago
"Tanking" is a strategy that is talked about ad nauseam by sports radio gas bags, but is not likely to be an actual tactic being employed by organizations.
- wnevets 8y agoWhat makes you think that? The NBA team 76ers for example would severely limit the number of minutes their high value draft picks played during the "rebuilding/tanking" seasons. The team even has a meme about it. https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/trust-the-process/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/trust-the-process/
- hluska 8y agoTanking is a big enough issue in sports that a few months ago, the commissioner of the NBA sent a memo promising to severely punish any team that deliberately loses. He wrote that memo shortly after fining Mark Cuban $500,000 for telling his team that losing was their best option.
- elchief 8y agoThe Colts did it: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-omar-kelly-commentary-0117-20150116-story.html https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-omar-k...
- whateveracct 8y agoTanking is just a new word for rebuilding. Trading proven talent for young prospects, which in turn means a few years of development and losing, which leads to accumulating more young talent via the draft. The 76ers were just more blatant (and their young prospects kept getting injured).