Game Thread: Spurs (19-56) vs Jazz (51-23) Wednesday 3/29/2023 7 PM CST 2 AM RIGA

[talkspurs]

Wrong. If teams fail to land a top 4 pick, their position is determined by record (worst to best), so it does matter. For instance: Detroit ends up worst, followed by Houston then Spurs. All three fail to land a top 4 pick (it's perfectly possible). Then Detroit picks 5, Houston 6, and San Antonio 7. So their first round pick can definitely be affected by their final record, even if they all finish bottom 3 in the standings and have equal chances at a top 4 pick.

True, I forgot about that. But the odds of them all not getting in the lottery is small. 2 could happen (still not likely) but that all 3 dont get in is pretty small.

[rascal]

Same. Not really sure how it actually works (it's a matter of implementation and ultimately irrelevant), but you can use a single coin to sort an arbitrary number of teams, like this:
1) Flip a coin for each team and par ion the original group into 2 subgroups: those who got heads (winner), and those who got tails (losers)
2) Repeat procedure from 1 to further classify between each group, until each final class has only one team
You can sort 1 million teams with one coin following that procedure.

Yeah it can work with one coin. It may take more than one flip if all the teams pick the same to eliminate to two teams. Just have the teams select again until there will be two on one side and one on the other side.

Or take a die and have the three teams select two numbers from the six sides and roll the die to determine the top team, then the other two teams select three numbers and roll the die a second time to determine who ends up in the 2nd draft position.

[Seventyniner]

True, I forgot about that. But the odds of them all not getting in the lottery is small. 2 could happen (still not likely) but that all 3 dont get in is pretty small.

Each of DET/HOU/SA has a 52.1% chance of a top 4 pick. If those are all independent then the chances none of them get a top 4 pick is 11%, not all that much less than the chances the Spurs pick #1 (14%).