Too obvious. The league doesn’t actually care if you flagrantly lose games as long as it’s not too obvious to the casual fan. In recent memory the league had no issue with the Lakers tanking to keep their pick, the spurs resting starters for wemby, OKC doing similar for draft capital. That’s all ok as long as it’s plausibly deniable. The 76ers acknowledging it was the NBAs real issue with their tank job
Grabbing guys from Walmart would be a step too far. It’s okay to be bad, even be bad on purpose, as long as you’re not selling that as the product
Ain’t nobody in the NBA blocking Aaron Donald