The NBA Draft Lottery.
It is not a system I have ever been a fan of, although I understand the reasoning behind it’s evolution. I prefer the NFL’s standard system for “rewarding” the crappiest teams in it’s league: base the draft on the reverse order of win/loss records. It is the fairest way to keep the league on a level playing ground, right?
The NBA has been prone to tanking, however, and therefore has to be creative in ways to disincentivize losing. Enter the lottery process.
Since the advent of the NBA Draft Lottery in 1985, the Phoenix Suns have watched the balls bounce (or the Frozen Envelope’s drawn) 17 times.