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Originally Posted by Mathgod
As I've said and will continue to say, the draft order should not be based on the current year's standings. Instead, take a look at how much playoff success each team has had over the past 10 years (or perhaps longer).
Championships won, fewest to most.
Then among tied teams...
Playoff series won, fewest to most.
Then among tied teams...
Playoff games hosted, fewest to most.
among tied teams...
etc.
Until you get a clean 1 thru 32 draft order. No tanking, no lottery BS.
And you'd obviously need some additional rules such as no picking top 3 in back to back years, no picking 1st overall more than once every 4-5 years, something like that.
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Totally agree with you.
A draft is a good thing, but using a lottery to determine order is dumb. Especially one that puts weight on teams tanking and penalizes other teams for trying to compete or overachieving in a given season.
I am sure there are metrics and models that can be used to determine a draft order that awards position based on need that doesn't include tanking in a season.