Silver in memo to teams: “If we ever received evidence that players or coaches were attempting to lose or otherwise taking steps to cause any game to result otherwise than on its competitive merits, that conduct would be met with the swiftest and harshest response possible from the league office.”
by Kinda_Cool_Sometimez
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The quote in there of Silver saying “that would require proof of intending to lose games – but teams are smart enough to avoid that” is actually crazy. Silver was basically saying we have no means of proving anything and then Kidd just comes out and says “yeah we lost on purpose.”
Repeat offender under Adam Silver tenure, it would definitely be more than Cuban’s $600K fine before. Let’s just hope it won’t involve picks, if it does we’re fucked lol.
See it is easy to get away unscathed on tanking as long as you are not stupid enough to admit it. Sucks that we have dumbass owner and coach who are both stupid enough to do the forbidden thing.
bullsh*t Adam Silver is fully aware of tanking. the issue is JKidd basically told reporters he received an order from his bosses. we’re not that dumb mr silver
Lol. They cant prove shit. The only evidence they can use to prove that we are tanking is if we told the medi…Oh wait. Osama Kidd Laden strikes again.😂
Just when you think Kidd can’t say anything more stupid he out does himself. I pray to God that Cuban will at least fire this fraud as a result of this. I will be absolutely shocked if Kidd ever lands a head coaching job after his stint here…but I said that after the Bucks fired him.
I want Jason Kidd’s mentally slow, wife-beating, bald head on the table.
We bein persecuted
There’s no chance they’re opening Pandora’s Box on this. Kidd will say the “taking steps back” was because players need rest to avoid injuries or some other bullshit. If they bring the hammer down on the Mavs over this, a large percentage of organizations will go u see the microscope
Look on the bright side. Maybe Cuban will get fined enough that he’ll fire Kidd for being retarded
Kidd quite literally fits perfectly alongside Cuban. Fucking nightmare pairing we’ve got here.
Jason Kidd has immediately ascended to the worst coach of all time.
Hopefully he forces cuban to sell
I thought my brother was overthinking it he might have a fucking point and starting to believe it basically saying Kidd’s petty ass is trying to sabotage us because of the fire Kidd shit because I just can’t believe someone so fucking dumb exists.
>circumstances in which players or coaches on the floor take steps to lose games.
Even with Kidd’s comments there is no evidence that this is what the Mavs did.
So basically, they need evidence to prove anything, which they obviously do not have.
Because a normal organisation and its coach would be very quiet about tanking and not literally tell the whole NBA media that they are losing on purpose.
Right?
People expect this coach to draw up plays, dude is clearly mentally challenged outside of basketball.
Hahaha! F*ck off Silver.
Nothing will happen .. the NBA lottery system is the issue.
We gonna lose our pick now or what?
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Fire J Kidd!
We don’t worry in the slightest, Silver is known and proven to be a doormat, a traffic cone and a pushover. Players owned him in every sense of the word. None of these evidence will be seen it’s just posturing, none of these words will get into so called evidence, words go in and out of his ears. Don’t be funny now Adam Silver, you’re not not David Stern and you’re not going to act like him now.
I think NBA should do the same they did with 6ers and force Mavs to fire their GM.
I don’t get it the spurs, pistons , rockets and hornets were all doing it the whole season. They should be investigated as well.
How did the players get brought into this
KEKbye first round pick
This is super dumb. How many half decent but tanking teams conveniently lose by 1-3 points nearly every game that they lose. Utah, OKC, Atlanta come to mind
Is Kidd actually trying to sabotage the organization intentionally haha? It takes the highest level of brain dead for a coach to be this much of an idiot
He doesn’t have the evidence, though. One person saying it doesn’t make it true, especially when Kidd was referencing other people.
Also, if they really want to see tanking, I hope the Mavs only shoot 3s tomorrow. All half court like a little kid playing 2k and not knowing what to do.
Fire kidd no evidence simple
If they take the pick, I’m out on the NBA.
All the Mavs have to say is that the front office didn’t want to risk injuries to our best players in the final games where they have very little chance to advance into the playoffs. That is not tanking. That is just correct management of the situation. And that is what Kidd “could be” referencing in his statement. THAT decision. The only way there is punishment is if it is proven the word tank or phrase “to help us get a better pick” was used. Cuban was once fined $600k but it was because he actually talked openly about tanking and used that language.
Silver may have to make example of Mavs on this one. Kidd basically admitted it. I think he may take a draft pick away. Has to show strength on this one – especially since folks are betting on games. Dangerous precedent to just let this pass. Kidd is stupid btw.
Dallas made it way too F’n obvious. Come on man, at least try to hide the dirty clothes under the bed.
If we end up with the 10th spot I wonder who the lucky team is that’s going to jump into the top four In order to move us down to 11?
I have no doubt they punished Cuban and the Mavs by having us drop from 3 to 5 in the Luka draft when Cuban said on that Dr. J podcast that were tanking
Are we going to overcompensate and play everybody tomorrow and end up 11th?
I was watching Kidd’s post game press conference and he was clearly pissed. Looked like he was tapping his foot angrily under the table. Y’all can hate him all you want but he didn’t want to throw the game. Luka and Kai have both said they’re going to play as long as there’s a chance. This is on Cuban and Nico.
Lol okay Adam
Kidd probably didn’t like sitting the players. This is turning into a circus show.
Uhh no one died
If we lose our pick because of Jason’s comments that is absolutely a fireable offense
So many teams have been sitting almost all their starters for the last week 🤷🏻♂️
Kidd playing 4D chess to get himself fired. He doesn’t like to take responsibility, so he’d rather go out this way
Bullshit. They knew we were tanking the minute we traded Boban
Y’all losing the lottery pick 😂
If it means Cuban suffers all for it. A personal fine that doesn’t impact the team would be ideal.
But we getting singled out when 10 teams tanking, some of which started the tank from game 1, for real is comedy
Bruh.
What the actual fcuk is happening right now?
I miss ONE game, and we’re being investigated??!!!!