My friends in NBA media tell me that fixing tanking is a huge topic. I believe them, because I too have received long emails from subscribers on how to line up this particular Rubik’s Cube.
For the record, the official House of Strauss solution doesn’t take a lot of brain power. I just favor equal lottery odds for all teams that miss the playoffs, with an increased playoff share of money to further disincentivize attempting to miss the postseason. The only “hard” aspect is that I want the Play-In tournament scrapped. I know some fans now like it, but wasn’t the main reason for this tourney that it prevented tanking? And now we have more tanking than ever, so…
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