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The nhl a few years back moved to a lottery like the NBA. I really like it and dont see any reason every league shouldnt use it.

rJ

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I don't see why a lottery helps. The team with the worse record still has the best chance at the #1 pick right? So, if you are concerned about your team's draft pick (which would be the case if your team is not going to be in the playoffs), then the best thing to do is loose.

If there is concern about throwing games, they could do a true lottery (in which all teams have an equal chance of gettign the #1 pick), or they could give better picks to better teams.

Another option, would be something like give the best pick to the team with the best record than didn't make the playoffs. Or perhapse, they could give the #1 pick to the best record in games played after having been eliminated from playoff contention.

There are different ways that this could be done. My point is that an NBA style lottery doesn't really do anything.