Timely post. Some games definitely seem like weird "bye weeks" for competitive teams. I don't know why anyone would want to see Jazz/Kings in April, it's not like baseball where they bring up young prospects.
I still don't understand option 3. Can any team from 7 seed down still win the #1 pick (but the worst five teams get best odds)? Or do the worst five teams get assured picks 1-5? If the latter, I don't think that's an effective anti tank strategy.
I think it's the latter, the worst 5 teams are assured to pick somewhere between 1-5. I think in effect this just means teams won't feel compelled to lose 65+ games, maybe "only" 55-60.
The best counter I've got right now is, separate the league into playoff (incl. play-in) teams and non-playoff teams. Give all 10 non-playoff teams equal odds. A team can be bad then, but not have to be intentionally execrable. There's still a chance low-seeded playoff teams might try to "tank out" for a shot at a high draft pick anyway, but it would come at the cost of playoff ticket revenue, the who-knows chance of making a run, and still wouldn't be high odds of landing a very high pick.
Timely post. Some games definitely seem like weird "bye weeks" for competitive teams. I don't know why anyone would want to see Jazz/Kings in April, it's not like baseball where they bring up young prospects.
I still don't understand option 3. Can any team from 7 seed down still win the #1 pick (but the worst five teams get best odds)? Or do the worst five teams get assured picks 1-5? If the latter, I don't think that's an effective anti tank strategy.
I think it's the latter, the worst 5 teams are assured to pick somewhere between 1-5. I think in effect this just means teams won't feel compelled to lose 65+ games, maybe "only" 55-60.
The best counter I've got right now is, separate the league into playoff (incl. play-in) teams and non-playoff teams. Give all 10 non-playoff teams equal odds. A team can be bad then, but not have to be intentionally execrable. There's still a chance low-seeded playoff teams might try to "tank out" for a shot at a high draft pick anyway, but it would come at the cost of playoff ticket revenue, the who-knows chance of making a run, and still wouldn't be high odds of landing a very high pick.