LogFAQs > #879300147

By winning. Is it going to be harder than most places? Of course it is.

But how about we look at the recent lottery top 3

2017 - Boston, Lakers, Philly (Bottom 3 of lotto: Heat, Nuggets, Pistons)
2016 - Philly, Lakers, Boston (Bulls, Suns, Jazz)
2015 - Minnesota, Lakers, Philly (OKC, Suns, Jazz)
2014 - Cavs, Bucks, Philly (Suns, Wolves, Magic)
2013 - Cavs, Magic, Wizards (Jazz, Mavericks, OKC)

The bottom 3 of the lotto has generally been smaller market teams than the top 3. So if anything, reversing the lotto odds would have helped smaller teams more than the current system.

Plus generally speaking you're going to have more smaller market teams in the lotto than the playoffs anyway. So if you made the lotto odds equal for all lotto teams, it's not like you'd suddenly be rewarding way more big teams than small. If anything it would help those smaller market teams that are on the cusp of playoffs but can't breakthrough due to being less attractive in free agency and are too far down the lotto to get a good pick