Comments on: Thunder drama: Re-figuring the lottery odds http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/05/20/thunder-drama-re-figuring-the-lottery-odds/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Michael http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/05/20/thunder-drama-re-figuring-the-lottery-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-8556 Michael Wed, 20 May 2009 16:30:21 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/?p=934#comment-8556 I don’t care for the weighted lottery at all. I would rather see either of the following two alternatives:

1. Give all non-playoff teams the same chance. One ping pong ball per team. No team would have a reason to tank anything.

2. Let the non-playoff teams pick in order of best record to worst. Reward the fact that teams kept working hard all year and almost made the playoffs. Absolutely no tanking under this scenario.

The Clippers have proven that getting high picks is no guarantee that a team will improve its product on the floor. It has as much to do with ownership and management as it does with players and coaches, if not more.

]]> By: Bruce http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/05/20/thunder-drama-re-figuring-the-lottery-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-8554 Bruce Wed, 20 May 2009 14:58:38 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/?p=934#comment-8554 I’ve always thought that the lottery odds should be based on the records of the past two years. Less of a need to tank games at the end of the season if you were a playoff team or a near playoff team the year before and have an injury to a star player, like Washington, and it doesn’t necessarily reward a team that dumps vets in the previous off season. The record of the past two seasons is I think the best indicator of a team with inferior talent.

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