LakersGround Meltdown After Clarkson Game-Winner

[BatManu20]

, tbh..


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[BatManu20]

[BatManu20]

, meant to post this downstairs. My b. Mods, do ya thang.

[ElNono]

lmao Sanchez, Almeda, Fernandez, Acuña... Mexicali lakerfan repping...

[baseline bum]

I aint mad. You know, Clarkson might as well have been a lottery pick and if next year Randle turns out to be who we wish he can be, we got two legit lottery picks already. Not bad at all

[Spurs 4 The Win]

I aint mad. You know, Clarkson might as well have been a lottery pick and if next year Randle turns out to be who we wish he can be, we got two legit lottery picks already. Not bad at all

/blue font

[CitizenDwayne]

I aint mad. You know, Clarkson might as well have been a lottery pick and if next year Randle turns out to be who we wish he can be, we got two legit lottery picks already. Not bad at all

[RD2191]

Bunch of Mexicans and Asians

[will_spurs]

Would be so nice to see the Lakers lose their pick. One awful season of tanking and nothing coming out of it!

[freetiago]

Feel bad for Clarkson tbh..
He's gonna open his social media after this and be let down by all the death threats he gets after hitting a game winner

[pgardn]

The lottery system needs fixing in a bad way.
There must be minimal incentive to lose.

Suggestions?

[spursparker9]

They got a steal with Clarkson tbh.

[SupremeGuy]

lmao Sanchez, Almeda, Fernandez, Acuña... Mexicali lakerfan repping...

Bunch of Mexicans and Asians

[Cry Havoc]

The lottery system needs fixing in a bad way.
There must be minimal incentive to lose.

Suggestions?

The best idea I've heard is to have a playoff for lottery teams at the end of the season, and whoever wins the playoff gets the top draft pick. But that would suck for teams that are genuinely terrible, they'd struggle to get off the floor.

[baseline bum]

They got a steal with Clarkson tbh.

Just like with Kendall Marshall last year?

[baseline bum]

The best idea I've heard is to have a playoff for lottery teams at the end of the season, and whoever wins the playoff gets the top draft pick. But that would suck for teams that are genuinely terrible, they'd struggle to get off the floor.

It just needs to be a straight lottery. Put 14 balls in that air machine, first ball drawn is the #1 pick, second the #2, and so on. It was pretty effective getting rid of tanking after Houston did that back to back years, and you didn't start seeing tanking again until they went and started heavily weighting the lottery in favor of the worst teams again.

[Cry Havoc]

It just needs to be a straight lottery. Put 14 balls in that air machine, first ball drawn is the #1 pick, second the #2, and so on. It was pretty effective getting rid of tanking after Houston did that back to back years, and you didn't start seeing tanking again until they went and started heavily weighting the lottery in favor of the worst teams again.

Except that still wouldn't help teams in the Lakers situation, who need to finish with a bottom 5 record to retain their draft pick. They'd still be tanking as hard as possible. So while I agree with the concept of lottery, there still needs to be an overhaul as far as how lottery picks are protected. You should never be rewarded a draft pick for purposely being terrible. IMO that's worse than tanking for better odds, because you're guaranteed the pick.

[Cry Havoc]

Also relevant: LOL Lakers. When they aren't gifted an all-world big, they're the worst team in the West.

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs should expect an easy win against Orlando. You know that the magic are trying to out-tank the Lakers.

[baseline bum]

Except that still wouldn't help teams in the Lakers situation, who need to finish with a bottom 5 record to retain their draft pick. They'd still be tanking as hard as possible. So while I agree with the concept of lottery, there still needs to be an overhaul as far as how lottery picks are protected. You should never be rewarded a draft pick for purposely being terrible. IMO that's worse than tanking for better odds, because you're guaranteed the pick.

Why would they tank when it would do nothing to help them stay in the top 5 to keep their pick?

[Cry Havoc]

Why would they tank when it would do nothing to help them stay in the top 5 to keep their pick?

If they win, they might lose the draft pick. They're tanking to keep it. I'm not sure what you're asking.

[SupremeGuy]

PhiLOL and the LOLakers got exposed as the frauds and ty organizations, respectively, they are this year.

[baseline bum]

If they win, they might lose the draft pick. They're tanking to keep it. I'm not sure what you're asking.

How would they lose any chance of getting a top 5 pick by winning under my suggested system where your odds are independent of record in the lottery? It's not like the Lakers are a team that could have been on the verge of the playoffs if not for the tank.

[Cry Havoc]

How would they lose any chance of getting a top 5 pick by winning under my suggested system where your odds are independent of record in the lottery? It's not like the Lakers are a team that could have been on the verge of the playoffs if not for the tank.

Because of the trade clause they currently have, which states that if they finish 6 worst or better in the NBA they have to send the pick to Philly.

[baseline bum]

Because of the trade clause they currently have, which states that if they finish 6 worst or better in the NBA they have to send the pick to Philly.

The pick is top 5 protected. Not protected against the Lakers record. In my system the only way the Lakers could change the odds of keeping their pick would be to make the playoffs so that they had 0% chance of keeping it.