@ShamsCharania What???? No this is insane. Just lock the standings for the draft at trade deadline. Instantly the last 2+ months there is zero incentive to lose.
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources.
1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks.
2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently.
3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
JJ Redick on Luka Doncic’s technical foul:
"We'll obviously try to get that rescinded... I do know that there were certain things said in a language that the referees couldn't understand in references to Luka's mom.”
A new crime trend has emerged in Los Angeles, with thieves brazenly entering auto parts stores and grabbing as many car batteries as they can carry before making a quick getaway.
I’m convinced if Wemby score scored 83 points in the same exact fashion, y’all would be praising him. But because bam isn’t known for scoring, you guys are just hating on him.
@travelingflying I work in a very diverse, low income neighborhood and the way these people “move through the world” is why South MPLS has become a permissive shithole.
Sarah Stalker, Kentucky State Rep:
“I don’t feel good about being White. It’s a point of privilege&I’m just a White woman. If I was a White man,I would be functioning from a point of even greater privilege”
Liberals are self-loathing&full of White guilt. White guilt is idiotic.
@Raindropsmedia1 South MPLS resident here. Our city has become pajamaland with the jiffy pop head all over the place. Crocs and clothes that are two sizes too small. Pathetic.
@unclenandough@ohnohedidnt24 Anyone that has watched enough hoops knows this is some standard Marcus Smart bs that he’ll continue to spam into eternity. The guy is a joke and is just hanging onto a thread of relevancy in the association.
"Jonathan [Kuminga]'s fun to watch...But that's not what Steph Curry and Steve Kerr are into. They're not into 'really fun'...They want winners."
- @Mark_T_Willard on the state of the Warriors after trading Jonathan Kuminga (via @WillardAndDibs).
@CriminalTube What was the context here? Did he say something to the Black man as he was walking by? People don’t just push others in front of subway cars for no reason.
@anthonyVslater Anyone with a competent NBA mind knew that this was a financial move to clear the books for next season. There was no illusion that this current roster could win a NBA Championsip specifically after the season ending injury to Butler. It’s academic at this point.
Uncertain whether Kristaps Porzingis will join road trip. He was in the facility today. Out again with general illness.
Steve Kerr: “It’s a little mysterious. We’re working with him hoping he can get some clarity and breakthrough and get to a point he’s consistently healthy.”