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  • March 20, 2026 at 10:24 am #162947
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    Ok, the NBA has gotten…surreal. ‘Tanking’ is now an APPROVED strategy. Its not a dirty little secret anymore, its a ‘reasonable strategy.’

    Here’s Brian Windhorst, who is a ‘sports journalist’ but essentially is a mouthpiece for the NBA. A celebrity promoter of the sport.

    Post-modern basket ball.

    March 20, 2026 at 10:36 am #162948
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    wv wrote:

    Ok, the NBA has gotten…surreal. ‘Tanking’ is now an APPROVED strategy. Its not a dirty little secret anymore, its a ‘reasonable strategy.’

    Basketball. Is that the one where you take a bat and hit a ball over a net to the other player with a bat who then hits it back? Or is that water polo?

    March 20, 2026 at 10:44 am #162949
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    zn wrote:

    Basketball. Is that the one where you take a bat and hit a ball over a net to the other player with a bat who then hits it back? Or is that water polo?

    Its the one that made Puka into…whatever he is.

    March 20, 2026 at 11:10 am #162951
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    From Google AI:

    Important Distinctions: The word “baseball bat” (a tool for striking) is unrelated to the word “bat” (the winged mammal). The animal name comes from the Middle English bakke, which likely came from a Scandinavian source like the Old Norse leðrblaka (meaning “leather flapper”)

    March 20, 2026 at 12:13 pm #162952
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    Yeah, basketball has a problem. Since it’s 5-on-5, and only 8 or 9 guys typically ever play in a given game, having an extremely talented player is essential in order to be competitive, and you need 2 of them to be in the championship hunt (3 is better), so the top players are in high demand. A draft often has only 2-3 guys like that, and they aren’t all sure fire. A great draft will have a handful. There is never a Puka Nacua found outside of the first round. You can only get a really good player through FA, trading, or by having one of the top 2 picks in the draft. So tanking is going to happen unless the NBA figures out a way to disincentivize it, and I don’t know what that is. And I don’t really care.

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