My take on the NBA Lottery

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Sefko Says Del is Done
Published 5/24/2007 by Wes Cox <info@mavsmoneyball.com> at Mavs Moneyball: Front Page Posts
... Also, Mark Cuban has come up with a solution to "fix" the lottery, which I think is pretty good.

Time Wasters
Published 5/25/2007 at Cobra Brigade
... When the NBA Lottery is brought up, what’s the first thing to come to mind? You think WWMCD (What Would Mark Cuban Do) of course. Blog Maverick

Friday Bullets
Published 5/25/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... keeps growing. One very interesting idea from Mark Cuban: flip a coin after the season to determine which lottery system will be used that year.

The Weak Ender
Published 5/25/2007 by NFL Adam at The Hater Nation
... Mark Cuban weighs in the draft lottery. But he drinks Bud Light? Seriously, he doesn’t want those gay rumors to go away.

14 Darts at the General Sports Board
Published 5/25/2007 by Brian at Empty the Bench
... - Mark Cuban is chillin’ in the Cayman Islands and don’t you forget it. He’s also into coin-flipping.

The Weak Ender
Published 5/26/2007 by NFL Adam at The Hater Nation
... Mark Cuban weighs in the draft lottery. But he drinks Bud Light? Seriously, he doesn’t want those gay rumors to go away.

Mark Cuban Can Solve the NBA Lottery Problems
Published 5/27/2007 by The Big Lead at FanHouse
... Quirky Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban had an Isaac Newton moment while deciding between Bud Light and Corona Light in the Cayman Islands. He popped the top of his beer choice, the cap hit him in the head, and he came to a conclusion on how to solve the tanking problem in the NBA.* Writing on his blog, Cuban comes up with a pretty slick solution, although, to the untrained NBA eye, it will probably sound complicated and silly: Replace the lottery with a simple better team record or coin flip based on conference standings. In other words, for the last two teams in each conference , the team with the better record gets the first pick. If its a tie, there is a coinflip. The next to last in each conference face off. The better record gets the 3rd pick, a coin flip breaks a tie, all the way up the standings. I'll say this much - it's interesting. As I understand Cuban's theory, here's what we may have had in