Tanking, it’s what all the kids are doing these days.
About a month ago, this very blog discussed how prevalent intentionally losing still is in the current league, in spite of the NBA implementing new rules to disincentivize such behavior.
They flattened the odds in the lottery so the three worst teams in the league all have a 14% chance of getting the top pick in 2019. After the bubble season in 2020, they brought in a play-in tournament to give the ninth and 10th seeds a chance at winning their way into the seventh or eighth seed and make the playoffs.