your reply is kinda all over the place.
The Pacers haven’t been tanking the last few seasons. They’ve just had a shit string of injuries. The Spurs sadly haven’t been tanking since Duncan retired also. We made it to the playoffs a few times after he retired and tried to re tool to stay competitive when Kawhi pulled that fuck boy shit.
OKC has been tanking since Paul George and Westbrook left and the only reason they made the playoffs after trading for Chris Paul is due to him and Shai being fairly healthy the whole season. Those 2 together were too good to tank that season.
I am not a fan of tanking but paying good but not great players who can’t get you to the playoffs a ton of money isn’t the smartest move. I understand your logic in being hesitant to trade a proven commodity for an unproven one, but San Antonio would’ve been dumb not to take that offer from Atlanta because having a Ocean front property close to a toxic waste dump is a depreciating commodity. Lmao