The Utah Jazz were fined $500,000 on Thursday after they sat Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. late in games earlier this week. In colloquial terms, they were fined for tanking, which is especially egregious in early February.
Multiple NBA media members are now saying that it is the Thunder who are putting pressure on the league to curb the tanking this season. Why are the defending NBA champions, who had one of the hottest starts in league history and have an excellent chance to defend their title this spring, concerned with what the dregs of the NBA are up to?
