NBA Competition Committee Prioritizes Tanking Solutions In January Meeting

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• NBA Competition Committee Prioritizes Tanking Solutions In January Meeting

  The NBA's Competition Committee made tanking a primary discussion topic at its late January meeting, according to league sources from The Stein Line. Commissioner Adam Silver will address the issue Saturday during his annual All-Star Weekend press conference in Los Angeles. Multiple teams currently occupying the league's bottom 10 standings have entered what insiders call Draft Positioning Prioritization Mode. Only the New Orleans Pelicans remains exempt from this strategy, as they must trans...

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  Article published:Feb 9, 11:32 AM ET

• NBA tanking back in focus with stacked draft class looming

  Tanking is back on the league’s radar. Again. According to Marc Stein of the Stein Line, the issue was a major point of discussion at the NBA’s most recent Competition Committee meeting in late January. And it’s not hard to see why. Despite the league flattening lottery odds in recent years, nearly a third of […] The post NBA tanking back in focus with stacked draft class looming appeared first on Hoops Wire .

  Publisher:HoopsWireArticle published:Feb 9, 2:08 PM ET

• NBA Increasingly Concerned About Tanking, Discussed Issue Last Month

  The search for solutions to rampant tanking around the league was a prominent topic of discussion at the most recent NBA Competition Committee meeting in late January, Marc Stein of the Stein Line reports. Despite league efforts in recent years to discourage tanking, including flattening lottery odds, nearly one-third of the teams appear to be […]

  Publisher:Hoops RumorsArticle published:Feb 9, 1:39 PM ET