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Zena Keita

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

This is fair, but I think to ensure parity is,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

the league is going to need to give a star player to every single team over the course of a period of time.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

But I think the biggest thing is that we want to discourage intentional losing.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

We don't want teams to be tanking, but there are some teams that aren't trying to lose that are still losing.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

And that is why I think that let's introduce...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

actually looking at how teams are competing, point differentials.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Let's say two teams missed the playoffs.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Who in the last month were they losing games on purpose versus competing and losing games?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Or maybe they won eight of their last 15 versus the other team that won one game.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Okay, you're competing.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

You're trying.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

You just still unfortunately suck.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

That's okay.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

You were competing.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

We're going to actually raise your odds because of that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

So it's still going to be the non-playoff teams.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I feel like there could be a formula where there's still not a mathematical formula, a non-playoff teams.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Those are automatically in the pool, but then there's tears to it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

And you're looking at the people that are at the very bottom, but how do they compete at the end?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

What's that port differential?