Adam Silver: Tanking has ‘corrosive’ effect on NBA teams

Adam SilverCHARLOTTE, N.C. — In case David Fizdale didn’t hear it the first time, commissioner Adam Silver pounded home again the notion tanking will not make a team stronger in the long run.

In fact, just the opposite. Silver said during his All-Star Weekend press conference Saturday massive losing is “corrosive” — Zion Williamson or no Zion Williamson.

In perhaps sending a message out to Fizdale’s 11-47 Knicks tank machine, Silver also admitted his new lottery reform still needs more work and “is not a winning strategy.’’

“I, personally, don’t think it’s a winning strategy over the long term to engage in multiple years of rebuilding,’’ said Silver, who lives in New York. “There’s a mindset…