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Originally Posted by The Fonz
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
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You don't see that it will be the exact same? Now the last place team will have maybe a 20% chance to draft first, but still won't draft worse than 2nd. It's pretty much the same thing. You're more likely now to be bumped down 1 spot, but drafting higher is still drafting higher.
EDIT: I see your edit now. They won't go for that. Some teams are just bad legitimately and need help. The better solution is a limit on how many years between drafting 1st overall.