When did the Championship or Tank Strategy start exactly?

[Pushxx]

When the Spurs tanked for TD and assembled the greatest dynasty in pro sports history

[outbreak]

Add the Australian test side from 1989 to 2005 too, they beat England in every ashes series during that period. From memory England only won more than one test in a series once through out that time as well.

Anyway I don't know when it started but I think owners are becoming more tolerant of longer plans of success which involve tanking, in the past I think management would be fired if they didn't try to compete but are now realising how big of a gulf there is between actual contenders and making the play offs. I'd rather my team sucked for a few years than be stuck as a 6-8 seed every year getting knocked out first round without even the hope of improving.

[stephanieg]

Teams tanked for Hakeem.

[houston]

Teams tanked for Hakeem.

yup that why the lottery was put in place for that

[iamgine]

After the 1984 coin flip, which was won by the Houston Rockets, the NBA introduced the lottery system to counter the accusations that the Rockets and several other teams were deliberately losing their regular season games in order to secure the worst record and subsequently the chance to obtain the first pick.

[Pushxx]

My Belichick picture didn't go through:

[jzek]

Soccer a long time ago has solved this problem. Bottom three teams get relegated to the second division. In the NBA's case, the D-League.

[SpanishACB]

greatest dynasty in pro sports history

yank

[SpanishACB]

Soccer a long time ago has solved this problem. Bottom three teams get relegated to the second division. In the NBA's case, the D-League.

you almost sounded clever

but soccer has no draft

[MiseryCityTexas]

When the Spurs tanked for TD and assembled the greatest dynasty in pro sports history

I don't agree that's where tanking started, but I actually agree with the Spurs tanking for Duncan, and Spurs fans keep using David Robinson's injury as an excuse. Let's be honest, if David Robinson was healthy that year, Duncan would have been drafted by the Raptors, 76ers, Grizzlies or Celtics instead.....

[MiseryCityTexas]

It hardly ever works.

Tanking worked for the Spurs, it worked foe the Mavericks, and it worked for the Iverson era 76ers.