Three Solutions that would fix NBA Tanking
The NBA has a tanking problem. It has had this problem since Michael Jordan was at North Carolina. 40 plus years later that problem has been heightened to a near crisis. As a fan of a team that is currently in the hellscape that is modern tanking I believe I have some extra incentive, pun intended, to help fix the biggest issue pro basketball has currently. And let’s attack this problem with the assumption that the schedule won’t be shortened (which it should be to 72 games), the rules around load management won’t be curved, and no other rules other than these rules pertaining to “tanking” under the current CBA will be adjusted to help us. So? How many solutions to stop tanking are there? Well, if you go to social media, listen to talk radio or any basketball related podcasts ( mine included ), THOUSANDS. How many of those solutions would actually work? Maybe three of them. The first of which would be getting rid of the NBA Draft entirely and replacing it with rookie free agency....