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Old 01-05-2013, 06:28 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky View Post
We very well may be a lottery team, but you never tank. Even if it gets you a pick (and there is no guarantee of a corresponding pick) it destroys your franchise. Plus, herr commissioner Stern would probably bankrupt Cuban for trying. Just look at the Spurs.

Also, I ran the numbers in one of the other tanking threads-- I forget which one but the odds aren't good in the average draft, and most analysts view this as a weak draft. I'll try to page through the old threads and bump the stats.
Still waiting for those numbers...

According to the draft numbers at 82games, tanking is an excellent idea that could get you a 60-80% chance of landing a star player.
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