In an effort to “incentivize winning,” the NBA created a lottery system which adds significant incentive to tank a *postseason game*. For teams in the 7 vs. 8 play-in game, it will be clearly beneficial to lose if you don’t have a reasonable shot to win a playoff series. Great!
Jaylen Brown on Joel Embiid:
“We didn't really have the answers for him. We tried a bunch of different things. He's a big body. He also was flopping around. He got some extra calls ... they rewarded him for that, but that's the league we’re in.”