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08:07 AM ET 04.20 | The definition may lie in the eye of the beholder, and, in this case, Detroit coach Lawrence Frank says he's tinkering, not tanking. It's a fine line semantically and a vast crevice professionally, the latter of which he doesn't care to bridge. The Pistons won by a season-high 39 points Tuesday against Cleveland, only to lose by a season-high 32 points Wednesday in Atlanta. Detroit used an altered lineup in Wednesday's 116-84 loss, with Austin Daye starting at small forward and extensive minutes given to backup big man Vernon Macklin. Daye struggled and Tayshaun Prince will return to the starting lineup [Thursday]. ... "It takes a whole team to play, and by and large, there were very few bright spots in that game."

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April 20, 2012 08:22 AM ET

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I don't know how you can call it tanking when they just beat the Cav's by 50pts and took the Bulls into OT.

tigers182

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April 20, 2012 08:40 AM ET

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why you suck already there is not need to tank!!

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April 20, 2012 08:40 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:40 AM ET 04.20 by K.I.G.

why you suck already there is not need to tank!!

when....

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April 20, 2012 09:17 AM ET

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I bet brass wish they could go back in time and stop themselves from signing Villanueva and Gordon.... those two players weren't even close to deserving those huge contracts they got....

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April 20, 2012 10:02 AM ET

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Does It Matter, Bro?

I Love LA

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April 20, 2012 10:26 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:40 AM ET 04.20 by K.I.G.

why you suck already there is not need to tank!!

DR_Universal

Charlotte , NC

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April 20, 2012 05:31 PM ET

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Here's another dumb article from another dumb writer. And this one is excessively dumb. A team that has a 60 point won-lost swing isn't tanking: It's unreliable, unorganized, and simply bad. There's a b-i-g difference between that and taking the 1906 Chicago Black Sox route of outright cheating and scandal.

I've read that lousy writers invent garbage to bring attention to themselves. I smell an attention-seeking rat here who invents controversy when there's none naturally there.

Nothing getting a real job wouldn't fix, thought...As long as it didn't take intellect and composition skills.