no bueno alli…

That said, I still don’t see a clear way to police this stuff as long as the incentives remain. Creating a system in which losses are unambiguously much better than wins for a sizable percentage of your league but demanding that teams don’t respond accordingly just doesn’t seem workable.

I’ve said it a bunch of times already but I’ve come to believe that the costs of tethering draft position to record outweigh the benefits and the only way to make every game watchable, and in some ways to safeguard the integrity of the sport, is to incentivize winning above all else.

But I fail to see how Danny Ainge is exempt from the ire that fell on Sam Hinkie. He inherited a Jazz team with Mitchell and Gobert that was the #1 seed in the West a year before he showed up, immediately tore it down, and has been systematically shutting players down and losing with intention ever since. Don’t tell me The Process was fundamentally different or worse.

What happened last night should disgrace the league but it’s not even a news story. It’s not even in the game recap. This stuff is just baked in to the league now, and it’s pushing me towards the exit.

You avoid those potential situations or you adjust your line to the probability of a tank job and take advantage of a line that assumes no tanking – if you can find one.

By the way, there is a similar issue with total mismatches.

You may calculate the very good team to be better by more than the spread, but you have to take into consideration that they’ll take their foot off the pedal or empty the bench early once they open up….then again if it’s Thibs. 🙂

Hauser questionable with back spasms.

So glad I am not a sports bettor

You avoid those potential situations or you adjust your line to the probability of a tank job and take advantage of a line that assumes no tanking – if you can find one.