PHOENIX β You never have to worry about the Phoenix Suns tanking, at least under owner Mat Ishbia. Ishbia, since arriving just a few years ago, has consistently pushed his chips to the middle of the table in terms of competing every season. Some other owners in the league can't say the same, and the issue of purposefully losing in order to gain better draft position has been a heavily debated problem within the NBA realm β so much so that the league has imposed new anti-tanking rules. Ishbia, asked about it during the Suns' end of season press conference, didn't mince words on his stance regarding tanking. "So I'm a big fan of the NBA, obviously, and I'm an advocate to making this the greatest game in the world, which I believe it is. And so when I've talked about tanking, I said what I said on my tweet, which was what I believe, which is that's loser mentality. I don't believe in tanking," Ishbia said. "I don't believe in purposely [losing], I want to win everything I do.β¦