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Utah Jazz fined 100,000 for violating league participation policy

Handlogten's Heros said:
Its public shaming and appeasing other teams who obviously complained. It just so happens that the other teams we are tanking against don't have a player that fits the league criteria as a star outside of Scotty Barnes. We did push pretty far and if we do tank next year we really just need to trade the players rather than sitting them like this. Its not fair to them and their earnings. Lauri we paid so its whatevs but the league is telling us we can't do that with Lauri now... so apparently we have to do a more ethical version of fraud.
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Yeah, I'm sure Walker and the Jazz have already agreed to an extension, but the Jazz really need to trade Sexton and Collins. This is going to be a contract year for their last major NBA contract and you shouldn't have them fake injuries.
 
So where does the 100K go? I attended that game. Do I get a refund? No complaints, I got a great seat cheap because they were tanking (the Wiz in perpetuity)
 
stitches said:
Do you think we do something similar next year if we don't get Flagg?
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That seems to be the consensus. Even if we DO get Flagg
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Its public shaming and appeasing other teams who obviously complained. It just so happens that the other teams we are tanking against don't have a player that fits the league criteria as a star outside of Scotty Barnes. We did push pretty far and if we do tank next year we really just need to trade the players rather than sitting them like this. Its not fair to them and their earnings. Lauri we paid so its whatevs but the league is telling us we can't do that with Lauri now... so apparently we have to do a more ethical version of fraud.
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I literally came here today with this same line of thought. Tanking this way next season just isnt feasible.

The kids are gonna be better collectively, unless if we botch this next draft and force minutes to guys who are worse than the rooks this year.

We dont even know what we have in Hendricks and our other top 10 pick Cody cant be worse next year (can he?). We should hope Key makes a year 3 leap also. Flip and Collier have paid some dues and arent rookies anymore.
 
HermanG said:
I literally came here today with this same line of thought. Tanking this way next season just isnt feasible.

The kids are gonna be better collectively, unless if we botch this next draft and force minutes to guys who are worse than the rooks this year.

We dont even know what we have in Hendricks and our other top 10 pick Cody cant be worse next year (can he?). We should hope Key makes a year 3 leap also. Flip and Collier have paid some dues and arent rookies anymore.
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Yeah, if you're intending to tank until you get THE GUY, keeping it up long enough can be pretty difficult -- especially when building on years of not-terrible draft hauls.

Maybe we're willing to keep recycling until we get the prize (like Philly did with Michael Carter-Williams), but that's even more distasteful and likely to lead to even more reduced fan interest in the meantime.

Oh, to have the luck of the Spurs ...
 
I don't understand the whining in this thread. Yeah, sitting your players and losing games on purpose goes against the core principles of what sport is about. And yes, other teams tank too and every year they push the envelope a bit further. This year it is the Jazz who are leading the charge of cheating and pushing tanking to new heights: sitting their 6 best players against the Wizards was very blatant and pretty unprecedented. When you live the life of a crook an occasional trip to jail is to be expected as part of the business.
 
fishonjazz said:
Bad backs are not to by taken lightly. Should probably shut him down for the season
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Serious question: is having back spasms a problem that can me indicated/monitored by medical tests, or is it one of those conditions that only the individual experiencing it will be able to judge?
 
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