How is it random? Posters keep saying because the EC is so bad, that the Eastern lottery teams will have better records than Western teams. You know, because the bad teams play each other so much. In fact, I would expect even more wins from the EC teams because they play fewer games against the better Western conference.
And I've pointed out that the top half of the draft (1-8) has actually been weighted heavier with EC teams for the last three years. Does that mean the same will happen this year? Not at all. But there's simply been no correlation to strength of conference.