I say this all the time. It’s the NBA biggest issue. The draft is meant to subsidize the teams who need it most. A lottery, especially the modernized one, loses the plot.
Tanking is not and has never been a greater issue than parity.
Tanking is not and has never been a greater issue than parity.
It's tough to look at the NBA landscape and remember the Spurs (who already had Wemby and Castle) lucked into Harper, and the Mavs (who had just made the dumbest trade in NBA history) lucked into Cooper.View quoted post on X
Luck plays a bigger role in NBA team-building than in any other sport. Not even close.
And the league just made luck an even bigger factor with the lottery reform. It just feels too random.
