NBA Launches Investigation into Mavericks Tanking Against Bulls: What Could Happen to the Franchise?

After completely squandering their lead against the Bulls in Friday night’s game, the Mavericks learned yesterday that the NBA had opened an investigation into their late-game bullshit. Losing to a potential top pick in the Draft is yes, doing it that badly… that’s average.

The NBA didn’t like it. Didn’t like the way the Mavericks handled their game against the Bulls on Friday. Not yet eliminated, the Unicorns could believe in a qualification for the Play-in in Chicago, but Jason Kidd and his team decided otherwise. Tim Hardaway Jr? Absent. Kyrie Irving? Absent. Luka Doncic? Only one quarter in play, just to say, then stop. No, you have to try to pretend anyway guys.

Without the main offensive assets of the team, the Mavericks came close to winning, but “luckily” managed to do anything late in the game to ultimately lose. A result that will have very little more to the management of the NBA, which issued a press release to announce the opening of an investigation against Dallas, in order to study the match more precisely. What could have prompted the league to act? Jason Kidd’s comments at the end of the matchwho spoke of a “organizational decision” to explain absences and choices during the game. History to return the stone to Mark Cuban, owner of the franchise. The NBA therefore reacted, via Mike Bass, spokesperson for the league.

“The NBA today initiated an investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the rostering and conduct of play decisions made by the Dallas Mavericks during the Chicago Bulls-Mavericks game, including the motivations behind those actions.” –Mike Bass

The statement also recalls that Mark Cuban was fined $600,000 in February 2018 for admitting his team was tanking during a podcast with Julius Erving. Not at all to the taste of the NBA, which had severely sanctioned it. We have to believe that dollars do not always make it possible to send messages on the side of Dallas… but what could happen to the franchise? Not much, apart from a new financial penalty.

The NBA will launch an investigation into the Mavs regarding their massive tanking against the Bulls on Friday night.

1) Other teams are tanking
2) Kidd who talks about it publicly and Cuban who is laughing, still not smart
3) The investigation should yield nothing

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— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) April 8, 2023

Source : NBA Press Relations