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It's not all on kyries shoulders. The players they traded away ruined their chemistry. And as far as last night that was all on the front office. They didn't want to lose their first round pick which they would have to the Knicks if they beat the bulls. Their puck was top 10 protected and they would have fallen to 11th if they won, essentially losing the pick. Sad sack of a franchise. I hate tankers..

The saddest part is they have a chance. And yes, Jason Kidd was honest in his press conference, it's the management who decided to lose the game for the first-round pick. That must've sucked for Luka Doncic as all players really want to play and try to tie with the OKC Thunder and maybe have a spot in the play-in tournament.
But, they cannot do anything about it since it's the management's decision. Kidd might even lose his job if he won't follow them.

Nuggets played today and I was surprised to see the first five playing the game. It's not that I am against it but with every jump they make there's this scary thought that an injury might happen. They are safe for the playoffs, they may want to just rest it thru the season and not jeopardize their stars especially Murray and MPJ who are more prone to injuries.

Tomorrow, all teams will play. 15 games and this is their last game in the season.

Kidd can't do anything about that as the decision is from the management, they might be seen differently as they decided to let this season and have a longer rest for preparations.

Whatever happens with their squad might not be in the shoulder of someone, but more on the whole
team who played the games. It's not their season and accepting that then they needed to plan ahead
of time, hopefully that 1st round pick will help them to their next chase for the title.

It's crazy that they openly admit throwing a game. I mean tanking happens, but they never say "yeah we want to lose a certain game" but in this game it's something else.

They always want to cover up when refs sell a game but when teams do it on tanking purposes it's ok. That's some strange bs in the biggest league in the world. This opens the door for inside information gambling because many people of the franchise knew they want to lose, what would stop them from giving this information to some people to bet on it and collect some extra cash.

Sports these days really is disappointing in so many ways.

Well, I guess they really didn't want to enter either the playoffs or the play-in tournament because of what they did.
Kind of surprising that they admitted it, and like you, I'm also disappointed with how the NBA is right now.

Referees making bad calls, referees making some decisions base on their feelings, and their past against the player, our Commissioner that's very soft, etc. etc. I guess there really are bets involved on this one that's why they admit that they threw the game, but it will just be a theory in the end because we don't have proof to back it up. Maybe they just threw it up because they wanted to. They threw it up for some personal reasons.

Overall, the Mavericks will have a huge change this upcoming off-season not only with the players, but also the management as well. They might fire Coach Kidd after this disappointing season with the team.