The NBA was reportedly aware of the Dallas Mavericks’ decision to sit Kyrie Irving and other key players for Friday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls prior to the game.
According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Mavs “consulted with the league office” before officially listing multiple core players as out against Chicago for injury management reasons.
by J_Dabson002
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Mavs FO “Dear Mr Silver, can we tank?“
Silver “You can but don‘t say it in the public“
Kidd “What do you mean?“
Knicks in shambles. Again.
Lol then nothing will come of this
[Cuban consulting with Adam Silver](https://youtu.be/_tlayHV0bmE)
before Kidd comments,
mavs: can we tank?
nba: sure
after Kidd comments,
nba: what is this tanking you speak of?
Can we all just agree that Tim McMahon is a fucking idiot and should not be given the title “NBA spokesperson”
If Kidd wanted to get fired, how would he have behaved differently?
NBA probably gave them their blessing and was like, “Good now we can deny it all and give the Knicks a top 10 pick!”. Watch the Mavs win the 1st round pick and the league comes down hard on them…look for some Patrick Ewing lottery type BS to play out….
Everyone blaming Kidd, meanwhile the team tanked, which is the actual transgression.
Its a rumor. If the NBA is participating in tanking, DAMN! But I doubt it.
This is gonna have an ugly ending for Cuban.