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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I don't think tanking is a big issue in the NHL either (NBA it is though)
What I'm interested more in solving for is:
- Fans should be cheering for their teams to win not lose. How do you incentivize that.
- And how do you keep the entire season interesting even for teams out of it.
I like the gold system for those reasons.
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I consider myself a fairly big NBA fan and I'm not so convinced tanking is such a big issue. I do think the issue is knowing whether you will get to see certain stars play, but that's not really tanking. And they do have a draft lottery system.
The way I see it, fans can cheer for whatever they want as long as they are maintaining interest. Is there evidence that tanking teams are making fans lose interest in the product? Because I'm not really sure there is.
Just IMO it's more of an intellectual debate than a real issue. But to your point, Silver is talking about it. The NBA does keep trying new things so maybe they do something creative.