"If teams are manipulating their performance in order to get higher draft picks even in a lottery, then the question becomes ... are they really the worst-performing teams?"
"It's not clear to me, for example, that the 30th-performing team is that much measurably worse than the 22nd-performing team, particularly if you have incentive to perform poorly to get a better draft pick."
"It's a bit of a conundrum. As I've said, the All-Star [Game] is 75 years old. The league is 80 years old. It's time to take a fresh look at this to see to whether that's an antiquated way of going about doing it."
Teams may manipulate on-court performance to secure higher draft picks even under a lottery, calling into question whether the worst-record teams are truly the weakest. Small measurable differences between low-ranking teams, such as the 30th versus the 22nd, can be obscured when incentives to lose exist. Such incentive structures create a conundrum about fair draft allocation and competitive integrity. The long history of league practices, including a 75-year All-Star Game and an 80-year league, suggests a need to reassess whether current methods remain appropriate or have become antiquated.
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