{"id":409949,"date":"2022-10-23T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=409949"},"modified":"2022-10-23T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:30:50","slug":"nba-commissioner-adam-silver-on-victor-wembanyama-tanking-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-on-victor-wembanyama-tanking-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Commissioner Adam Silver On Victor Wembanyama &#038; Tanking Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hardly surprising that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver may be concentrating on a strategy to combat tanking this season, with French wonder Victor Wembanyama standing by as a top 2023 draft possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Silver recently discussed the plan with Phoenix Suns staff, calling it a &#8220;serious issue&#8221; that has spurred &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of meetings, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/34854066\/commissioner-adam-silver-says-nba-monitoring-serious-tanking-issues\">ESPN&#8217;s<\/a> Baxter Holmes.\u00a0The conversation, apparently started by a Suns staffer, is likely to go on as the league chases Wembanyama, a 7-foot-3 &#8220;franchise-changing, generational prospect,&#8221; according to Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NBA and Adam Silver have considered \u201crelegation\u201d as a punishment for tanking teams, where two of the worst NBA teams would be demoted to the G-League and two of the best G-League teams would be put in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baxter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Baxter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4DDgFZutw\">https:\/\/t.co\/H4DDgFZutw<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jo0yc3iHE5\">pic.twitter.com\/Jo0yc3iHE5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; . (@WBallCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBallCentral\/status\/1583911539748540416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Adam Silver Taking Steps On Tanking Issue<\/h2>\n<p>As the buzz around Victor Wembanyama intensifies, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has sent a &#8220;teams on notice&#8221; and stated that the league would be &#8220;paying particular attention&#8221; to the issue of tanking.\u00a0In a recent conversation with Phoenix Suns employees, Silver referred to the 7-foot-4 French star as a &#8220;once-in-a-generation player&#8221; and predicted that he will be selected first overall in the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is not anticipated that The Suns will be one of the teams fighting in the &#8220;Tankathon&#8221; for Wembanyama, Wembanyama was nonetheless brought up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">REPORT: Adam Silver says the NBA has thought about \u2018relegation\u2019 as a potential solution to tanking.<\/p>\n<p>(via ESPN, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1YOxhrtwkv\">https:\/\/t.co\/1YOxhrtwkv<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M5RZ0TViPR\">pic.twitter.com\/M5RZ0TViPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1583938296173907968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This year, we&#8217;re going to pay close attention to the problem.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silver continued by stating that the idea of relegation was considered a means of encouraging the weaker teams to compete, but it was eventually rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Silver informed staff that such a proposal would see teams demoted to the G League and the best players from the G League take their position, saying,<em> &#8220;It would completely destabilise our business model.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in recent comments to Phoenix Suns employees, addressed tanking concerns while noting that he understands why some teams would do it when a \u201conce-in-a-generation player\u201d is about to enter the league, sources tell ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6uaKlITYN\">https:\/\/t.co\/o6uaKlITYN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baxter\/status\/1583895990645334016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEven if you took two teams up from the G League, they wouldn\u2019t be equipped to compete in the NBA.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s [tanking] something we have to watch for. A draft is, in principle, a good system. But I get it, especially when there is a sense that a once-in-a-generation player is coming along like we have this year.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTeams are smarter, they are creative, and they respond &#8212; we move, they move &#8212; so we\u2019re always looking to see whether there\u2019s yet a better system.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Adam Silver avisou: se a NBA descobrir que est\u00e3o tankando de prop\u00f3sito, haver\u00e1 medidas punitivas!<\/p>\n<p>Adam diz que pensou no modelo:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Os 2 piores times da NBA s\u00e3o rebaixados para a G-League.<\/p>\n<p>A ideia s\u00f3 n\u00e3o andou devido \u00e0 falta de estrutura dos times da G-League.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddde- <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5YkWIwR6D9\">pic.twitter.com\/5YkWIwR6D9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coast to Coast Brasil | NBA (@brasilcoast2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brasilcoast2\/status\/1583921990569975808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NBA has already made efforts to stop players from tanking. After 2018, the odds of winning the draft lottery were flattened, giving the three teams with the worst regular-season records an identical 14 per cent chance of doing so. Prior to it, the odds of winning the lottery were 25% for the top seed, 19.9% for the second seed, and 15.6 per cent for the third seed.<\/p>\n<p>The league&#8217;s financial health will constantly be threatened by a lack of a competitive product. As Silver is aware that franchises will continue to plot, we can anticipate some action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zA4It4q2p2A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kevin-durant-is-sick-of-treatment-russell-westbrook-is-receiving\/\">Kevin Durant Is Sick Of Treatment Russell Westbrook Is Receiving!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wembamania-after-nba-victor-wembanyama-has-already-won-over-french-fans-as-he-prepares-for-2023-draft\/\">\u201cWembamania\u201d: After NBA, Victor Wembanyama Has Already Won Over French Fans as he Prepares For 2023 Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hardly surprising that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver may be concentrating on a strategy to combat tanking this season, with French wonder Victor Wembanyama standing by as a top 2023 draft possibility. Silver recently discussed the plan with Phoenix Suns staff, calling it a &#8220;serious issue&#8221; that has spurred &#8220;hundreds&#8221; of meetings, according to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":397561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2253,2553,2356,1940,3422,2628],"class_list":["post-409949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-adam-silver","tag-nba-2022","tag-nba-draft","tag-nba-updates","tag-tanking-issue","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}