Jake Fischer (@jakelfischer), author of BUILT TO LOSE: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever, joins Ryan and Michael to discuss his new book which releases on May 4. BUILT TO LOSE is an insider account of modern NBA team-building and it's most recent strategy, tanking. A single transcendent talent can change the fortunes of an NBA franchise. Backed by extensive reporting and hundreds of interviews with top players, coaches, and executives, Jake Fischer chronicles secret pre-draft workouts, feuding between player agents and executives, surprising trade negotiations, interpersonal conflicts, organizational power struggles, and infamous public relations fiascos, making for a fascinating look at the NBA. The definitive account of the NBA's tanking era, when teams raced to the bottom in the hope of eventually winning a championship.
Jake's book publishes May 4 - preorder now via Triumph Books, Amazon or anywhere books are sold. Meanwhile, join his Substack at https://builttolose.substack.com/ for behind the scenes stories that didn't make the book.
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