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I just can't believe Mark Jackson was part of this charade - he has lost all credibility in this league in my mind. Just another puppet for Lacob. Sad.
 
HipHopAnonymous said:
Is there really any indisputable evidence of this? I can see them not going balls to the wall for wins but intentionally losing games?
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The evidence against Jackson and the Warriors tanking is substantial. You need to ask yourself the question, “how would I lose a basketball game on purpose?” The only stipulation is that your players will still play hard.

1. Fake injuries to your best players and use legitimate injuries to your best players as an excuse to leave them out. 3 legitimate injuries to their best players (Curry, Bogut, Lee). **Questionable injuries: Biedrins (minor concussion out for a long time and never returned), Wright “ankle sprain”, Robinson hamstring. You don’t know how legitimate, but Biedrins’ hiatus for his injury is laughable.

2. Get rid of your most productive players. They did this and knew that Bogut was out. This is relatively legitimate.

3. Hold out players that will make a difference either for limited minutes or entire games. Held out Thompson and Jenkins for the entire fourth quarter against the Spurs and long minutes against New Orleans. First limited Rush’s and Jefferson’s minutes and then didn’t play them at all for an entire game (no injuries).

4. Start all rookies (never been done in an NBA game in the modern era). Check.

5. Play few players so that they’re tired. Played only seven players in the final game.

6. Don’t call timeouts etc. Check.

7. Sabotage the team by putting them in difficult situations from a coaching standpoint. Difficult to say on this one, but Jackson’s decisions are suspect on quite a few counts.

8. Psychology: drop sudden hints to the players and have the crowd cheer for the opposing team.

In short, there is really very little that suggests that anyone besides the players were trying not to lose. It depended on the game, but in general, it was pathetic.
 
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JJAS said:
The evidence against Jackson and the Warriors tanking is substantial. You need to ask yourself the question, “how would I lose a basketball game on purpose?” The only stipulation is that your players will still play hard.

1. Fake injuries to your best players and use legitimate injuries to your best players as an excuse to leave them out. 3 legitimate injuries to their best players (Curry, Bogut, Lee). **Questionable injuries: Biedrins (minor concussion out for a long time and never returned), Wright “ankle sprain”, Robinson hamstring. You don’t know how legitimate, but Biedrins’ hiatus for his injury is laughable.

2. Get rid of your most productive players. They did this and knew that Bogut was out. This is relatively legitimate.

3. Hold out players that will make a difference either for limited minutes or entire games. Held out Thompson and Jenkins for the entire fourth quarter against the Spurs and long minutes against New Orleans. First limited Rush’s and Jefferson’s minutes and then didn’t play them at all for an entire game (no injuries).

4. Start all rookies (never been done in an NBA game in the modern era). Check.

5. Play few players so that they’re tired. Played only seven players in the final game.

6. Don’t call timeouts etc. Check.

7. Sabotage the team by putting the in difficult situations from a coaching standpoint. Difficult to say on this one, but Jackson’s decisions are suspect on quite a few counts.

8. Psychology: drop sudden hints to the players and have the crow cheer for the opposing team.

In short, there is really very little that suggests that anyone besides the players were trying not to lose. It depended on the game, but in general, it was pathetic.
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So what exactly are you trying to say here? -David Stern.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I hope it becomes known that Mark Jackson was having extramarital affairs with transvestite hookers and has herpes all over his junk.
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There's only one gif that appropriately shows how much I love this statement.

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