Kirk Goldsberry

So I think we're this what this proposal does is it effectively disincentivizes really, really sucking.

It really disincentivized the quote process.

Right.

That we can't do that anymore.

I think we would agree, Zach Lowe, that this effectively takes that strategy off the board.

You don't want to be very, very bad.

The more interesting thing is what happens to the sort of typically bad teams and the incentives towards the middle of the league.

And you've heard this for as long as I have.

The NBA punishes the middle.

You don't want to be kind of bad.

The traditional lottery that we have right now really punishes a team like the Bulls.

They always seem to be there, right?

30 and 52, 32 and 50, something like that.

You don't want to be there.

So this to me is really going to be successful or fail depending on how teams react in that middle class, like the fifth to 15th worst teams.

And I heard Bill say this and I want to get your feedback.

Will we see teams?

I don't really want to deal with the plant.

Are we going to now see teams be like, Oh, I'm just two spots away from having an 8% chance of the number one pick in the draft.

Are we going to start to see a team like Miami or Charlotte this year saying, you know what?