Adam Silver: 'There should be a penalty for performing poorly'

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There have been concerns that teams that genuinely struggle and finish with bottom-three records, without tanking, now have lower odds of improving. Silver considers it fair punishment for losing, similar to the competitive structures used in European soccer. In those leagues, the bottom-three teams in the end-of-year standings get relegated to lower leagues and face significant financial pitfalls as a result. “There should be a penalty for performing poorly,” the commissioner said. “In real relegation, you’re actually out of the major league. Here, if you’re the worst-performing team in the NBA, you still get your same economic share of national and global television revenue. You still get your same share of national and global merchandising revenue.”

New York Times

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