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The day Michael Carter-Williams went on The Players’ Tribune and said “don’t talk to me about tanking” would have been a good day for the Sixers to get their first win. Maybe in some parallel universe, they did. But in this one, they lost to the Mavericks by 53 points. It was the NBA’s biggest loss since the Lakers crushed the Cavs by 55 in 2011.

“I’m sure we’ll remember this, and don’t want it to happen again,” MCW said after the game. “None of us in this locker room will ever get used to losing like that. None of us will ever get used to losing, period. We’re upset after every loss.”

Howard Eskin, still feeling personally victimized by Sam Hinkie, said he was upset, but I can’t imagine a situation where he’d be more gleeful. Eskin has shit-talked the Sixers rebuilding plans all season long (to the point where I find myself favoriting Spike Eskin Tweets rebutting his father. SPIKE!) and was likely unable to wipe a grin off of his face no matter how hard he tried. He raises a great point with “Q,” though.

We won’t talk to MCW about tanking, but we can talk about MCW about tanking:

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Ah, damn.