The NBA is on the verge of a tanking epidemic as teams jockey for position at the bottom

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• In the final stretch of the season, the NBA is set to face a tanking campaign the likes of which the league has never seen before.
• With nine teams tightly bound at the bottom of the league, a single win could drastically sway a team's odds in the NBA Draft Lottery.
• Mavericks owner Mark Cuban even went as far as to openly admit that tanking was the best course of action for his team on a recent podcast appearance.

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With the All-Star Game in the rearview mirror, the NBA is set to begin the final push of the regular season.

Each team has about 25 games remaining, and at the top of each conference, these games will decide crucial battles for playoff seeding and homecourt advantage through the postseason. But perhaps the more important battle will take place at the bottom of the standings, as teams jockey for position in an attempt to win lottery balls.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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