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Message: [QUOTE="44cuse, post: 1254421, member: 693"] At least teams in the NBA can shoot. And play defense. And move the ball. And run a functional offense. And perform a rotation on defense. I assume you were being somewhat hyperbolic by saying 25%, but that is really not the case. Take a look at the worst teams in the NBA: Knicks: 0-10 in their last 10; likely tanking but they were terrible to begin with. Timberwolves: 0-10 in their last 10; likely tanking but they were certainly not tanking prior to Ricky Rubio getting hurt. Philly: 4-6 in their last 10; completely decimated by the Andrew Bynum trade (he was 24 or 25 at the time and the 2nd best C in the league when healthy) and they gave up 2 1st rd picks (Moe Harkness and someone else) plus a future 1st Round pick to the Magic I think. Then they went out and drafted and young (Nerlens, MCW, Jeol Embid, etc) players. They are the youngest team in the league. Watch them play...though that will be painful...are they tanking? Maybe. Or maybe they just suck at rebuilding. Lakers: 4-6 in their last 10; they lose their 1st round pick if they drop out of the top 6; they aren't tanking. Orlando: 3-7 in their last 10; Rob Hennigan signed a bunch of solid NBA vets (kept Jameer Nelson, signed Aflallo) to go alongside good young talent in Oladipo, Tobias Harris, etc. Not tanking. Utah: 5-5 in their last 10; you don't play .500 ball in JAN if you are tanking Boston: 2-8 in their last 10; probably tanking. Detroit is 8-2 in their last 10. So at the end of the day, 25% of the teams in the NBA are not tanking. Just because teams suck does not mean they are tanking. Some teams just suck. Shutting down Carmelo...that's tanking IMO though none of us know how hurt he really is. And even if teams are tanking, the games amongst the other 25 teams are great. If you want to argue that the college atmosphere is better and the arenas are better...no doubt. College all day long. And if you want to complain about the "noise" and crap production at the NBA games...I wold agree with that as well. But as far as basketball goes, the NBA is WAY better right now and that's in part because the NBA is really, really good right now and college is truly awful. 44cuse [/QUOTE]

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