Cleveland Cavaliers: 3 reasons why tanking is a bad idea

1. Maintaining a winning culture

Intentionally losing games is something that players will never look to do. No player wants to be on a losing team. The front office is usually responsible for making questionable decisions to ensure that the team never reaches its maximum potential.

When this happens, players become frustrated very quickly. Stars and veterans will not take kindly to a front office that isn’t looking out for their best interests. As a result, there can be a rift between the players and management, which will only make it more difficult for the team to sign and retain talented players.

In addition to creating problems between the players and the organization, tanking can be damaging to developing players. The Cleveland Cavaliers currently have two key players that are still young and learning the game, Cedi Osman and Collin Sexton.

Sexton, in particular, will need all of the mentoring he can get. At only 19 years of age, Sexton is doing his best to learn the game on the fly. Surrounding him with incompetent players and putting him in situations in which he is doomed to fail will ruin his development.

Bringing new players into a bad environment is never going to help them become the stars the Cavaliers need. Setting down a competitive culture is very important and is the most important reason as to why the Cavaliers should not tank this season.