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Tanking Incentives
Episode 37

Tanking Incentives

Truth Teller Babak Somekh joins the program to discuss the paper he co-wrote with Paulo Falco and Mauro Caselli titled 'Inside the NBA Bubble: How Black Players Performed Better without Fans'.

Basketball Illuminati · Tom Haberstroh, Amin Elhassan & Anthony Mayes

October 26, 20221h 3m

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Show Notes

Be cautious, Illumination. These early season records are not what they seem. Except for the Lakers, they're going to continue to have issues unless they find a creative way out of the Russell Westbrook Category.

Truth Teller Babak Somekh joins the program to discuss the paper he co-wrote with Paolo Falco and Mauro Caselli titled 'Inside the NBA Bubble: How Black Players Performed Better without Fans'.

Finally, Amin shares his first Inconvenient Truth from the new season, concerning Adam Silver's flirtation with relegation and how to properly incentivize tanking teams.

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