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Originally Posted by nik-
But it always will. Because only one will win, so in general the better you are the worse your draft position. They don't random draw the whole thing. Until the top players stop being in the top of the draft (ie: never) fans will always want a high draft pick for a poor team.
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You missed the point. The league has to stop giving teams high incentive to suck.
Even though the last placed team in the league currently only has a 25% shot at #1, they can not possibly draft worse than #2. In my mind, the re-tooling of the lottery odds did nothing to deter tanking.
Even if you lose the lottery, you are still pick protected. Worst case scenario, your pick drops 1 spot versus your final standing. This isn't enough to fix the issue of tanking. The potential should exist for your pick to drop from 2nd overall to 10th overall.
EDIT: my previous suggestion was random drawing the first 14 picks of the draft