Pardon The Interruption’s Michael Wilbon is joined by Frank Isola to discuss the possibility of teams tanking for the No. 1 pick near the end of the 2022-23 NBA season.
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Spurs, jazz, rockets, and thunder will all be taking for Victor. Could see the magic/hornets try as well.
With 14% odds tanking not guaranteed a pick. Just ask the knicks
The NBA already has his team chosen
Even if you tank you still only have a 14% chance and you still not going to be good with him
To stop tanking & keep teams competitive …. Team with best record that doesn’t make the playoffs gets the #1 pick and team with the worst record gets the last pick in the lottery 🤷🏾♂️
The Rockets aren’t tanking. They got a legit young core. They’re fighting for a play in spot this year.
The Raptors GM was the only one that’s knew Giannis was going to be great.
If you are worried about tanking, Even all odds for every team that doesn’t make the playoffs. Which will cause chaos in the lottery with a team that’s a play in loser, could get the #1 pick.
Also people are forgetting, with the changing of the lottery odds, historically at least 1 team who had top four odds, dropped from the top four or dropped from their projected pick.
The spurs could potentially ruin this French guy career, I wouldn't want Greg popovic coaching this young center talent, look at what happened to Kawhi and derozan. They all got better after the spurs. Look at how LaMarcus Aldridge career took a major hit when he went to the spurs
Even if I make the playoffs I'll tank for him
Come on Jazz. Let’s get our boy lol.
It’s a shame he played so well, I would’ve liked to see him go to a decent team at least.
Thunder is one of the hardest Tanking teams in the last 5 years!!!
Would love to see him on the rockets
That’s the worst idea I’ve ever heard, so what if ur actually just bad then u never get a good player
I heard Utah Jazz are starting their maintenance man at PG and the electrician at SG
why dont you make the highest odd, the 11th team, then 12-13-14-15, make team fight for 11 or play ins, there is nothing to gain after play ins, would bring some exciting games to the bottom of the league at the end
Just drop drafting based on positions all togeather, that's the only way, nothing is gonna solve it
Tank away!
I dont wanna see any tanking
You tanking for a kid that's avg 7 and 5 in his league you should be fired as a GM then you saw him play in a showcase where it was designed to showcases their skills victor looks terrible in his league getting handled usually playing less than 20 min
He will be back overseas in 2 years
Let the tank offs begin 😂😂
I say the NBA changes from the lottery to worst team picks first. Every team would end tied to get this guy 😆
Every non playoff team should have the exact same odds. That would stop tanking
Spurs
Lol they spelled his name wrong..
1:21 Oh tanking is absolutely going to happen. This is not a normal prospect.
This kid is 1of1. He’s gonna be playing for the timberwolves in his prime with Edwards
I’m taking Scoot
My Spurs going 0-82
Tanking is VERY necessary in the NBA just like cap space. if not the same teams would be at the top every year. tanking created aome of the greatest stories ever. the Spurs for example created a Dynasty after tanking for ONE SEASON!!
Mike is sucking hard for the nba. There is 5 teams already throwing away this season.
Uh, Danny Ainge did that cause he's Danny Ainge. Also, Gobert, from what I understood, basically said "me or Mitchell" and when they traded him, they got 0 impact players to replace his contribution, ergo their playoff hopes were likley dead anyway. The Gobert-Mitchell era was over, the team had simply decayed due to front office failures to get the final piece to put them over the top. The Jazz would have likely pulled the plug Wemby and Scoot or no Wemby and Scoot.
The point of the draft is so bad teams can get better so giving mid teams the best chance would keep poverty franchises terrible forever with no hope
These guys know nothing about my Rockets 🤣
But i would love to get Wemby for sure
This is why the lakers are a western semi or finals team minimum this szn. Because of the tanking