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Why don't teams play literal non basketball players to tank? (alien.top)
submitted 10 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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[–] Hypnosix@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

In addition to what everyone else said. You develop players while tanking and then every player that comes through during the tank and outperforms their contract is either a valuable trade piece that will bring back more picks or a player that could contribute to the teams depth in the future.