@soromtochuwku@ShamsCharania I'll be a compromise candidate: If you are a bottom three team but within 5 or fewer wins of a play-in seed, you do not get punished for tanking. If you are outside that window, you face punishment.
@soromtochuwku@ShamsCharania (1/2) Here's a scenario where this fails: All 30 NBA teams go 41-41, each winning 41 home games and losing 41 road games. All tiebreakers except point differential are irrelevant.
@soromtochuwku@ShamsCharania (2/2) The three worst teams by point differential, each having the same record as the number one seed, would be punished for a literal 30 way tie between everybody.