obviously there's a problem with the current system when a team like the cavs tanked to get bron, tanked to get kyrie, tanked last year and is tanking this season. if i had my druthers, the franchise would be contracted and the stadium burned to the ground with as many clevelanders inside as possible. it's the only way they'll learn.

but is there a better way to distribute college talent than the weighted lottery?

my solution would be to give the team with the worst record 30 balls, the team with the second-worst record 29, and so forth until the champion (who gets 1). it would eliminate tanking and give teams mired in mediocrity the chance to get a top pick without plunging into the abyss of ineptitude. the system of rewarding the worst-run organizations with the most valuable commodities in the sport is fucking ridiculous.