Even as the worst team you only get a 15% chance of the first pick.

The only picks that would be worth tanking for are the number 1 or 2 pick and you arent even guaranteed that, and the odds are not even close to in your favor to get them.

It instills a losing culture that is extremely difficult to overcome when you do start to accrue some talent.

You can still get lucky and get a top 3 pick by just being bad, not worst team in the league bad.

Trading away assets to get draft capital and cap room isnt a bad idea, but purposely putting a shitty team together to get a marginally better shot at a franchise player is just dumb.

If you get the cap room you should probably do something with it and if you are in a middle market team in the cold weather maybe you should realize this will never be a free agency destination and factor that into your plans.

Lastly, just because tanking has worked for a team or two in the past doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do or the best way to turn your franchise around. Note i am defining tanking as making no effort to not be the worst team in the league because you hope you get the #1 pick.

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