Spence Checkettes told an interesting story about the Knicks. He said in the '89 season, Ernie Grunfield traded Charles Oakley for Marcus Camby. Oakley was VanGundy's guy and was pissed. He wouldn't play Camby and he and Grundfield openly fought andeventually stopped talking. Checkettes dad fired Grunfield because he had a different agenda than the coach.
I'm willing to bet that Dennis Lindsey has not told Ty to tank. He probably thinks he doesn't need to say it to Ty after they didn't sign Millsap. Ty thinks that he is being judged on wins and losses and Dennis has said all along it's about defense and development. The Jazz are dysfunctional because Ty and DL are not on the same page. This is why Ty has to go and go now.
I think that Ty has been straight up told that it is not about wins and losses this year. That has been put out there by pretty much everyone.