Knicks are on such a lucky heater that even a knee injury to Brunson is just a shake it off and get back out there.
If that was the Nets, he'd be done for the year although it would've been in the first round.
If these changes make the Thunder draft stock way more valuable then they do the same for Brooklyn. OKC and BKN are the leaders in the clubhouse in terms of draft capital.
Brooklyn will not be tanking moving forward — that was the case before these lottery changes and certainly the case now.
The Nets benefit from these changes with all their future draft capital.
Breaking: The NBA's Board of Governors has passed new anti-tanking rules that include expanding the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams, a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams get penalized with lessened chances for the No. 1 pick, and flattened odds, sources tell ESPN.
May 15, 2002: Jason Kidd's alley oop to Kenyon Martin puts the finishing touches on New Jersey's 103-95 win over the Charlotte Hornets in Game 5 of the ECSF.
Kidd had 23 PTS/13 AST/7 REB/5 STL and Martin had 14 PTS/8 REB as the Nets advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
I was watching the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery again and I discovered that the No. 1 pick was almost in the hands of the Brooklyn Nets.
The 4-2 first two digit combination for the No. 1 pick essentially made it a 50-50 chance for BKN and WAS.
#1 was next, but #12 right behind. If the number had been #12 instead of #1 for that third ball being selected, the Nets would’ve had a 91% chance at the No. 1 pick with 10 of the 11 remaining combinations, compared to the Wizards having just one combination at 9%.
Once #1 became the third number, the Wizards instantly won the lottery, regardless of what the final number (13) was.
A split second took the Nets from being in the driver’s seat for the No. 1 pick to being out of the top four and selecting No. 6 overall.
Brutal.
Instead of addressing this massive league-ending level problem, they are focusing on making sure that bad teams stay bad forever through lottery reform.