Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming. The outcry over tanking mostly amounts to outside noise, ...
Tanking has been the topic du jour across the NBA in recent weeks. The league recently issued a $500,000 fine to the Utah Jazz and a $100,000 fine to the Indiana Pacers for how they handled players ...
The NBA is ready to do something about tanking. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday that commissioner Adam Silver told NBA general managers that the league plans to implement “anti-tanking rule ...
One radical idea to curb tanking? Abolish the NBA Draft entirely. David Banks / Imagn Images Does a quartet of European economists have an answer to solving the NBA’s tanking dilemma? Perhaps. It’s an ...
The NBA is signaling that changes are coming to combat tanking. On Thursday, the league’s 30 general managers met to discuss anti-tanking measures, which the league wants to implement by next year.
Tanking has been the hot button topic around the NBA, and team owners have now gotten in on the conversation. Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia had some strong words on social media about the prospect of ...
AUSTIN – Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker fielded a ton of questions during NBA All-Star media day Feb. 14, with one about tanking and how the league can punish teams for doing it. “I haven't ...
Despite putting up a fight in the 2025 NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers are in a tough spot during the 2025-2026 season. After the loss of Tyrese Haliburton, who suffered an Achilles injury in the ...
Former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban, who still has a piece of the team, has an interesting take on tanking. He thinks the NBA should embrace it. Cuban's theory is that fans don't care ...
With NBA commissioner Adam Silver fining teams for tanking and making statements about repercussions, there has been a lot of talk in league circles about the process and strategy of tanking its ...
After NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said last weekend that tanking is the worst it's been "in recent memory," Mark Cuban believes he and the league office should "embrace" it. The NBA recently fined ...
Tanking has been a hot topic around the NBA this season, and the league isn't staying quiet about it anymore. Commissioner Adam Silver used All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles to put teams on notice, ...