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Why don't teams play literal non basketball players to tank? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Carni-V-oreX@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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Got the inspiration from someone in a thread saying they would be great at losing games for a team, which made me wonder, why tanking teams don't play undrafted scrubs instead of NBA level players.

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[–] PonkMcSquiggles@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

When the Process Sixers were openly tanking, the other owners pressured the league into doing something about it because it was hurting their bottom line. This would be even more blatant than what Sam Hinkie was doing