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2025-2026 Tank Race Prediction Contest and Current Results Thread

KqWIN said:
Yeah, it's way too easy to manipulate one season and in this scenario an L only provides 1/3 of the reward. I think less teams would force a tank. I also think a team should extinguish their ability to move up after some time. You should only be able to win so many times, or at the very least if you win your odds should drop significantly.
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Seems like that would be pretty easy to facilitate. At a minimum, I don't think teams should be able to have a top three pick more than once in a 3-year period.
 
It would be very hard to finish below the Wizards or the Nets: they are just legitimately that bad. If the Pacers decide to tank and shut down, say , Mathurin, there is also not much can be done to finish lower than them. And the Pelicans and Clippers will , most likely, rise above the Jazz since they have no incentives to tank.

The only three teams that can seriously compete with the Jazz in the Tanking Olympics are the Hornets, Mavs and Kings. And there are 9 days, January 8-January 17, when the Jazz play the Mavs three times and the Hornets once. If the Jazz have some unfortunate injuries during this period they can push both the Mavs and the Hornets above them for good.

Another interesting stretch is February 11-February 28, when the Jazz will play Sacramento, Portland, Memphis and New Orleans (twice), but this one is 17 days long with a week-long break in between.
 
I'm looking at 7 teams ahead of the Jazz in the lottery standings, and I'm not sure who we're going to be able to pass up.
WAS
IND
BRK
NOL
CHA
SAC
DAL

Maybe we can get to #5 or #6 if we can sneak by SAC and CHA. Dallas will get Davis back and play him for the sake of showcasing him.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm looking at 7 teams ahead of the Jazz in the lottery standings, and I'm not sure who we're going to be able to pass up.
WAS
IND
BRK
NOL
CHA
SAC
DAL

Maybe we can get to #5 or #6 if we can sneak by SAC and CHA. Dallas will get Davis back and play him for the sake of showcasing him.
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Pelicans aren't tanking, so I wouldn't at all be surprised if they started winning significantly more at some point.
 
hgb said:
Could be, I haven't been watching them at all, but there are plenty of skilled players there (Zion, Murphy, Herb Jones, Queen apparently looks good, Dejounte Murray will probably be back around New Years. I think they'll end up above us.
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Beat the Bulls, at least.
 
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