Tanking is going to be addressed. The 65-game rule might remain. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver insisted Wednesday that the league will change its draft process and address its tanking problem before the start of next season. And he pointed to the league’s player participation policy as proof of how the league can make effective fixes. The league’s board of governors discussed tanking — the issue of teams trying not to win in order to enhance their odds of landing the best possible draft pick — at its two-day meeting that ended Wednesday. Silver says votes were taken and no fingers were pointed at any specific teams.
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Dallas coach Jason Kidd might make a request to play more home-and-home series against Eastern Conference teams. After a 33-point loss at home to the Cavaliers two nights earlier, the Mavericks bounced back at Cleveland and earned a 130-120 victory Sunday. Kidd said his team had a character check test and passed. Friday’s 138-105 defeat was tied for the Mavericks’ worst loss of the season, after they dropped their season opener to San Antonio 125-92. Cooper Flagg, the top overall pick in last year’s NBA Draft, had his best game since coming back from a left foot injury with 27 points, 10 assists and six rebounds. It is the ninth time he has had at least 25 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game.
Bam Adebayo remembers what people thought of him nine years ago, when the Miami Heat drafted a then-teenager out of Kentucky after his lone college season. He was just a defender and dunker, nothing else. He’s evolved since. Adebayo joined Dwyane Wade as the only 10,000-point scorers in Heat history on Sunday night. Adebayo entered the night 23 points shy of the milestone; he got 24, helping Miami to a 121-110 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons.
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