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And so they got three lotteries, but they weren't tanking.

They just weren't ready to win yet.

That's the only thing I don't like, as opposed to the Sixers who were kind of losing on purpose.

Teams can't pick top four the year after making conference finals.

Yeah.

That's a super interesting one.

I love that one.

You can't get a top four pick.

And any team that makes the conference final typically wouldn't get a top four pick.

However, we have to bar against some of this shit that the Mavs did.

The Mavs went to the finals, and then the very next year,

I'm not sure there's rules for the trades that you're talking about.

Four or five years ago.

I get what you're saying.

But the Mavs made the finals and then got lottery picks the next year.

Y'all talking past each other.

I think the situation you're talking about is like Boston, when they kept winning, but we gave a terrible trade for Markel Fultz and they had our lottery pick, even though they were winning.

I don't think this rule is for we have a pick that we got from a trade later on.

I think it's saying if you're in the conference finals, you can't lose your way into a top four pick the next year.

Well, I think they are saying that, which is where the top four protected rule will come in.