NBA's widespread tanking has come at a significant cost for the entire league

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.On Saturday, the NBA gave us one of the most entertaining games of this or any other season, an overtime classic between the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets featuring MVP candidates Victor Wembanyama and Nikola Jokić going head-to-head, one that culminated in an impossible Jokić spinning stepback that he launched several miles into the stratosphere and just beyond Wembanyama’s fingertips before it magically crash-landed into the net.Advertisement