NBA lottery reform: How to fix tanking? Don’t give the bottom three teams the best odds
The NBA has been trying to solve tanking for about as long as I’ve been alive. Smoothed odds. Weighted odds. The ping-pong machine. Flattened top-four picks. Stern threats about “competitive integrity.” Even fines. None of it has worked, because none of it has addressed the actual disease, which is that the structure of the lottery […]
Fantasy Football: How to navigate bye-mageddon with 6 NFL teams off in Week 8
In late September, we opened up the bye week discussion. We outlined the schedule for the next two months, we outlined different strategies. Like any good manager, you made some notes in your head and got to work. That’s what winners do. But it’s time to revisit all of this stuff, because the next week […]