Tanking is the talk of the town in the NBA, and the Sacramento Kings are in the thick of it. Commissioner Adam Silver wants to crack down, but his avenues of doing so are limited. On the upside, if the Kings are tanking on purpose, they're making it look really natural.
When the worst teams reach the latter part of the season and any chance of reaching the postseason is gone, some basement-dwelling franchises start tanking. That's the polite way of saying losing on purpose in order to hopefully get a better lottery draft pick.
During the All-Star Weekend, Adam Silver had a lot to say about tanking and that the NBA is working on ways to shut it down.