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The believe of NBA teams losing games to boost their draught lottery likelihood continues to beryllium wide debated.
The NBA whitethorn declare progress, and conscionable past period introduced aggregate anti-tanking proposals to its committee of governors. But that hasn’t stopped Warriors guardant Draymond Green from offering a tougher imaginable solution.
After nan Warriors’ 110-105 triumph complete nan Kings connected Tuesday, Green urged nan NBA to return a much bold stance connected issuing teams for tanking.
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"I deliberation I get fined erstwhile I do wrong," Green said. "Just good nan hellhole retired of people. We emotion taking money from players, support fining nan teams. I’ve seen 2 fines. And we each cognize everybody tanking. But you’ve seen 2 fines."
Nov 15, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guardant Draymond Green (23) argues a telephone pinch referee Brian Forte (45) during nan 3rd 4th against nan Memphis Grizzlies astatine Chase Center. (D. Ross Cameron/Imagn Image)
Green’s comments appeared to reference caller fines nan NBA issued to nan Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers. The convention ruled nan Jazz committed "conduct detrimental to nan league" aft respective apical players were pulled precocious successful 2 February games.
Utah was fined $500,000. The Pacers were fined $100,000 for violating nan NBA’s Player Participation Policy during an early February crippled against nan Jazz. Green is pushing for nan convention to much aggressively good teams erstwhile tanking is suspected.
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"If it was players (the league) would person snatched that money successful a heartbeat," Green continued. "Why isn’t it nan same? Everybody emotion money. The reward for players is always, let’s return nan money. Well, now it becomes clip to punish teams and each of a abrupt cipher don’t cognize what to do. Why not? We cognize precisely what to do erstwhile personification gets a method foul. Or suspended for a game. We cognize precisely what to do."
A hoops is placed connected nan tribunal adjacent to an NBA logo during a break successful nan first half of a 2023 NBA Summer League crippled betwixt nan Portland Trail Blazers and nan Houston Rockets astatine nan Thomas & Mack Center connected July 07, 2023 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The second portion of nan 2025-26 play sparked renewed statement complete really to curb tanking, arsenic teams pinch fading playoff hopes appeared to oculus apical prospects successful this summer’s draft.
"All of a abrupt we sewage squad issues, we don’t cognize what to do," Green added. "What happened to nan full return nan money stuff? Everybody other trying to scope a quota too. But erstwhile it comes to subordinate discipline, we want to snatch nan money arsenic accelerated arsenic we can. When it comes to squad subject and we spot 12 teams tanking, we’ve seen 2 fines. If my mathematics serves maine correctly, that’s 10 that ain’t been fined. Just immoderate speedy math. It could beryllium incorrect truthful don’t judge maine if it’s wrong.
"But we don’t support that aforesaid power erstwhile it comes to teams, erstwhile it comes to officials, erstwhile it comes to everybody but players, we don’t support that aforesaid energy. But this is simply a players’ league."
Before addressing tanking, Green weighed successful connected nan Play-In Tournament, a conception wide credited to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. The format was designed, successful part, pinch nan purpose of curbing tanking.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver speaks during property convention astatine nan Emirates NBA Cup Final astatine T-Mobile Arena connected Dec. 16, 2025 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
"I deliberation it worked initially, and now to person a squad stuck successful 10th, it ain’t working," Green said. "So we could person mislaid our past 15 games and been stuck successful 10th, it ain’t working. It worked for a small bit, but if you tin beryllium stuck successful 10th and suffer nan past 15 games of your season, and you tin beryllium stuck successful 10th, it ain’t working."
Golden State enters Wednesday successful nan 10th spot successful nan Western Conference standings and has clinched a Play-In berth. Green recalled what nan format was designed to do erstwhile it was first introduced.
"I deliberation nan Play-In was made for teams to not tank," he said. "I deliberation that’s nan portion that everyone forgets. The Play-In came astir to make teams for illustration possibly done 12 aliases 13th support going. They ain’t support going. They kinda slowed down, and past they deed nan brakes."
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Green, who has spent his full profession pinch nan Warriors and won 4 NBA titles, acknowledged nan stark opposition betwixt preparing for nan Play-In Tournament and a heavy playoff run arsenic a existent contender.
"You spell connected nan roadworthy successful a crippled that you request to triumph I think, arsenic a competitor, you’re going to emergence to nan challenge," nan four-time All-Star said. "But I’m not going to slumber (Wednesday) nighttime like, man, we sewage this Play-In adjacent week, I sewage to get my rest. Nah, it ain’t that exciting."
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
