04-15-2023, 07:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2023, 08:56 AM by ThisIStheYear.)
We’ll see if Dallas tanked correctly. The chances they didn’t are still ~20%. I would have lost another game or two if I were them. Rules should be put in place that align allowable draft pick trades with the lottery hierarchies — top 4 protection or full lottery protection only. Top 10 protection is misaligned and encouraged the Mavs to tank. Had the pick been top 4 protected, the Mavs wouldn’t have tanked. Had it been full lottery protected, the Mavs wouldn’t have tanked. If anything, the current system encourages more tanking. At least before, it was just a couple of teams every now and then.