Team Tank 2022-23

[Knutsen]

I would wager HOU will "manage to lose." Accidentally, of course! ~wink wink~

But it has nothing to do with the lottery, where HOU/SA are guaranteed to have identical odds. (There's no diff between 2 and 3).

Instead, it has to do with 2nd Rd pick. HOU/SA are currently tied for pick 32 or 33. HOU sends it to BOS if they finish w 33, and keeps pick if they finish w 32 (with no further obligation to BOS). If they tie in the standings, coin flip settles it.

For Mavs perspective, even if HOU loses, SA can also lose, then win coin flip and get pick 32 (not 33).

There‘s no difference in the odds for a Top 4 pick, right - but the draft order if a couple of teams were to jump them in the lottery depends on the draft order, right? So if they end up with the same record it will be decided by coin flip as well I think, who would pick 5th and who would pick 6th.

Difficult game tonight, I have no idea how we will be able to lose against the tank masters from San Antonio.


Edit: Mavs2021 brought up the same argument a couple seconds earlier in the last post. Thanks for nothing, Rockets!