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NBA new Tanking Rules pass
Posted on 5/28/26 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:11 pm to Tank77
Rule changes:
the loser of the 7v8 game gets 1 lottery ball
the loser of the 9v10 game gets 2 lottery balls
All other teams that miss the play-in get 3 balls each
Teams with the 3 worst records lose a ball and are no longer guaranteed a top 5 pick.
So new odds of a first overall pick:
1. 5.4%
2. 5.4%
3. 5.4%
4. 7.7%
5. 7.7%
6. 7.7%
7. 7.7%
8. 7.7%
9. 7.7%
10. 7.7%
11. 7.7%
12. 7.7%
13. 5.4%
14. 5.4%
15. 2.7%
16. 2.7%
the loser of the 7v8 game gets 1 lottery ball
the loser of the 9v10 game gets 2 lottery balls
All other teams that miss the play-in get 3 balls each
Teams with the 3 worst records lose a ball and are no longer guaranteed a top 5 pick.
So new odds of a first overall pick:
1. 5.4%
2. 5.4%
3. 5.4%
4. 7.7%
5. 7.7%
6. 7.7%
7. 7.7%
8. 7.7%
9. 7.7%
10. 7.7%
11. 7.7%
12. 7.7%
13. 5.4%
14. 5.4%
15. 2.7%
16. 2.7%
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:17 pm to Tank77
Free agency is done because the best players just sign the extension then force a trade, the draft is now a bigger crapshoot, and big time trades are harder because draft picks just became less valuable. Basically we're more fricked than normal
Motherfrickers just doing stuff
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:57 pm to saintsfan22
Pelicans 35-47 at best...LFG
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:18 pm to Tank77
This feels like Joe Dumars was advising his old buddies at the league office. This makes win/loss completely irrelevant for the draft now. Idiotic.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 10:24 am to Tank77
So our pick from the Bucks value just went down even if he’s traded.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 1:30 pm to saintsfan92612
I think the biggest thing that isn't being discussed much is that every single lottery pick is determined by ping pong ball now, not just the top 4.
That alone makes those mid to late lottery picks so much more valuable. Then factor in the updated odds, and the lottery could be chaos going forward.
That alone makes those mid to late lottery picks so much more valuable. Then factor in the updated odds, and the lottery could be chaos going forward.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 2:52 pm to Tank77
It’s going to be very fricking hard for bad teams to get better.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 2:55 pm to SammyTiger
Good. If you mismanaged your roster that badly, you should not be rewarded for it.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 3:07 pm to supe12sta12z
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Good. If you mismanaged your roster that badly, you should not be rewarded for it.
The Mavericks and Bucks have obviously been mismanaged and had this been in effect this season they would've been in the group with the highest odds at the #1 pick. Plenty teams between 4th-10th worst are mismanaged. The Warriors have a top 3 payroll and are a 10 seed play-in team. Not great management. Also they almost certainly would've tanked that first play-in game for better lottery odds.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 3:13 pm to saintsfan22
That is nothing compared to the teams who game the system year in and year out to try to grab a top 3 pick. Teams who will dump players to worsen their teams. Teams who will sit healthy players for significant games and teams who throw the entire season putting out a terrible product just to try to land a high pick.
There's a difference between a team who is mismanaged form.rime.to time and teams who are mismanaged bad enough year in and year out to be stuck down the bottom of the barrel with no way out.
There's a difference between a team who is mismanaged form.rime.to time and teams who are mismanaged bad enough year in and year out to be stuck down the bottom of the barrel with no way out.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 3:18 pm to Tank77
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Building in the NBA is entirely luck based.
Always has been.
We had the first overall pick twice. Both times there was a consensus top player. Both times he turned out to be Charmin soft.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 3:28 pm to supe12sta12z
quote:
That is nothing compared to the teams who game the system year in and year out to try to grab a top 3 pick. Teams who will dump players to worsen their teams. Teams who will sit healthy players for significant games and teams who throw the entire season putting out a terrible product just to try to land a high pick.
This is like 3 teams. If the moron commissioner didn't live on NBA Twitter he could ignore the Jazz, Wizards(who have actually been building), and the Pacers(who flushed this season in a one off fluke) like everybody else.
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There's a difference between a team who is mismanaged form.rime.to time and teams who are mismanaged bad enough year in and year out to be stuck down the bottom of the barrel with no way out.
The Spurs were wandering the desert for half a decade then they won the right draft. If they got the 3rd pick that year and won the Risarcher draft they'd still be wandering. For the vast majority of the time players make management look like they know what they're doing.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 4:11 pm to saintsfan22
I don't really give a shite about the evened out lottery odds. The product is shite because of the old lottery rules and I much rather see teams still play hard and have competitive games once December hits.
I've gone to too many games where teams held out key players to tank and teams who held out star players because they didn't feel they needed to play them against a tanking team.
I don't really give a shite about the Spurs. They had 2 sub 30 wins in the last 25 year and a ton of luck behind them. They aren't your typical example of tanking teams because they have a front office who knows how to build a team.
I've gone to too many games where teams held out key players to tank and teams who held out star players because they didn't feel they needed to play them against a tanking team.
I don't really give a shite about the Spurs. They had 2 sub 30 wins in the last 25 year and a ton of luck behind them. They aren't your typical example of tanking teams because they have a front office who knows how to build a team.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 4:24 pm to supe12sta12z
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The product is shite because of the old lottery rules
Flopping, foul baiting, too many 3s causing shitty blowout games are way bigger reasons the product is shite.
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they have a front office who knows how to build a team.
David Robinson broke his foot in December and was supposed to miss 6 weeks. He missed the season and they got Tim Duncan.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 4:33 pm to saintsfan22
I already said the Spurs has a ton of luck behind them. And yes, they know how to build teams and there's enough example of that over the last 30 years. They are the exception to the rule and the reason why teams can't emulate them very well.
At the end of the day, the good ownership and good management are the difference between the organizations around the league. We had "generational" picks with guys AD and Zion and we botched both guys. Bad organizations will always find a way to fumble talent. That's one of the reasons why I don't give a shite about the evened out odds. They'll find a way frick it up.
At the end of the day, the good ownership and good management are the difference between the organizations around the league. We had "generational" picks with guys AD and Zion and we botched both guys. Bad organizations will always find a way to fumble talent. That's one of the reasons why I don't give a shite about the evened out odds. They'll find a way frick it up.
Posted on 5/29/26 at 7:26 pm to Tank77
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Tank
I always respect a guy staying true to his handle
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