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There's a debate
raging around Toronto about the validity of #TankNation. It's the notion that
when lower-end teams clearly aren't playoff bound, it's in their best interest
to tank down the stretch to secure a better draft pick.
Obviously no
professional athlete would lose purposely, but this is more about the fans. The
only thing they have to look forward to is next year, and they don't want
their team to lose, but it wouldn't hurt. I understand the argument that to tank is classless, and it is, but bottom line, it's a struggling team's best
chance at improving. The Raptors have embraced their fate and are tanking
accordingly, while the Leafs are clinging to false hope, and after playing
themselves out of the playoffs, will now likely play themselves out of a
lottery spot too. #WorstCaseScenario.
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