To Tank or Not to Tank?

So the NBA is nearing a close, to the regular season that is, and with that comes the inevitable talk of "Tanking".

This year potentially has 2 big names, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, both of whom might come out after their first year of college. Greg Oden seems to be a lock to come out, especially as Ohio St. keeps winning, if they manage to win the title you can put money on him declaring for the draft. Kevin Durant on the other hand is the wild card after Texas bowed out in the 2nd round. I could see him returning and trying to get a better run out of Texas, but he'd be putting off a lot of money on endorsements and whatnot, on top of his salary as a 1 or 2 pick.

either way, there's gold at the top of the draft and teams like Boston, Memphis, Atlanta and others are on their way up to get it.

Unlike the NFL, the NBA has a lottery system in which ping pong balls are divided up between the teams that didn't make playoffs, the worst records gets more ping pong balls and so on. Then they are selected at random out a machine to set the order for the draft, so even though the Celtics are obviously tanking, there's no guarantee for the first pick, unlike the Raiders who knew about halfway through last season they'd be drafting anyone they wanted from College Football.

This talk is basically about the draft, and personally, i don't care if the Celtics tank, they deserve some help, as do the other teams, i just think they could do it a little more covertly.

The other night the Milwaukee Bucks were in a tight game when their franchise player, Micheal Redd, had the hot hand. For some reason, midway through the third quarter, Redd was benched and sat out until 3 minutes to go in the game, which by then the Bucks had fallen behind with no chance of winning. Was this not obvious Tanking? Are the players in on it? If they are, i recommend a new of tanking.

foul trouble

Instead of just benching a player with no justification, why not get them in foul trouble, 4 or 5 fouls. that way when you take them out of the game, you can say that you didn't want them to foul out.

I feel like this year the Tanking is at it's worst, Milwaukee shelved Andrew Bogut already, the Celtics haven't played a pro lineup since 2005, Memphis is just terrible and now some guy named Kinsey is their leading scorer.

i must say that it's entertaining to say the least, but you might be offended that these lowly teams are purposely losing games to gain in the end. Fear not, the upper echelon of teams have begun their tanking as well, starting with the Denver Nuggets...