Yeah, one player can make so much more of a difference in the NBA compared to the NHL. Shoot, the best teams really just have their starting lineup and then sub players out for fouls or injury or for little breaks. From talking to others I've always been under the impression that tanking in the NBA has been commonplace for sometime now.
That's not to say it isn't starting to happen in the NHL now though. And obviously it's something you want to discourage as much as possible.
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