The #TankRace for the middle of the 2017 NBA Draft lottery

Wrote about the tank-off. An excerpt:

The Knicks just announced that they’re sitting Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose and Lance Thomas against the Blazers as I began typing this paragraph, so I’m going to go ahead and assume that they’ve dropped to 27–45 by the time you’re reading this. If they haven’t, my editors will fix this section in the morning. The Knicks have the toughest remaining schedule of these five teams, and it’s actually tougher than it appears because it comes with two games against the Heat, who are way better than their 35–37 record. The Knicks have two more home games on their schedule than any of these other squads, but they also exclusively play teams that are either in the playoffs or in the race for a spot until they take on the Sixers in the season finale. Now just a game ahead of the Magic and facing a significantly tougher schedule the rest of the way, the Knicks might actually be the favorite for the №4 spot in the lottery.

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