After Orlando won the 1993 lottery, the NBA tweaked the formula to make it harder for the best non-playoff teams to win. This idea is toast the moment some big-market team with one of the worst chances to win ends up with the #1 pick, leading everyone to cry that the system is rigged.
The system wouldn't appear rigged if there is a lot of variability.
Find me a method where the Lakers or Knicks can barely make the playoffs and end up with the #1 pick without people complaining around here that the system is rigged.
good thread. in response to the point directly above... could we create brackets for ALL teams and members could only move up/down WITHIN their bracket?
brackets such as ...
worst regular season record
- teams 1-5, and the lottery only moves them within that bracket, and movement is weighted with worse record having higher odds at best pick.
- teams 6-10, only these teams move within this braket, and movement is weighted.
and so on. the actually bracket size could be changed (say 1-7 instead of 1 to 5), but the point is to allow ALL teams to join a form of lottery.
just a thought to try and help an interesting discussion.