If you flip a coin and it winds up tails 5 times in a row what's the odds it will wind up heads on the next flip? 50% is the answer. The odds the lottery will be won by the worst team is 14% that doesn't change because it's about time for it to happen.
Having an NBA wide lottery for the first 5 picks then a straight lottery for all remaining non playoff teams draft positions would eliminate any incentive to tank.
The reason the lottery was instigated was because teams were tanking to get the worst record which guaranteed they would get the #1 pick. Originally all teams in the lottery had the same odds in the lottery. This resulted in many good teams getting the top pick and bad teams getting the worst...
I hope my rock doesn't offend you. I don't know if it's a justice league thing or not. I find it offensive that everyone in the NBA seems to think it's great to throw games. I come from an era that trying your best to win was what was expected. I know that sounds pretty old fashioned, but then...
I think my idea of making the first 6 picks a flat out lottery with all teams getting equal odds then go by record. This wouldn't eliminate tanking completely, but the incentive to tank would be lower.
My experiences in life tend to indicate it's more a suggestion than a law. The only thing of chance I ever "won" was a lottery, I got an all expense paid trip to Southeast Asia as the grand prize.
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