Opinion: Tanking in the NBA is not all that bad

By: Donnie Menke ~Staff Writer~ One of the bigger issues surrounding the NBA the past few seasons has been tanking and whether it will have an overall negative impact. To clarify, tanking is purposefully putting a bad team on the court in hopes of obtaining better draft picks and accelerating the rebuilding process. The almost universal opinion is that tanking has no place in the league and should not be tolerated. One of the biggest arguments against tanking is that it makes for awful basketball and that people do not want to watch it. It’s true that most people, instead … Continue reading Opinion: Tanking in the NBA is not all that bad