NEW YORK _ NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday that his league is not doing enough to address tanking, which has been a problem for decades.
"I think the league can do more," Silver said at Associated Press Sports Editors commissioners meetings in Manhattan. "Long-term, it's very corrosive to the league."
Tanking is when a team appears to give up on a season and tries to position itself for the future, with the end result being a potential high pick _ and likely very talented player _ in the league's draft. A team can turn its fortunes around by continuing to build a talented roster of young players through high picks in the draft. The NBA has no set guidelines or rules to prove whether a team is tanking.
