Let’s Fix NBA Tanking: 11 Wild Ideas, 1 Real Solution

NBA tanking is broken… so how do you actually solve it? We run through eleven possible fixes—from abolishing the lottery and the draft to relegation, fewer games, paying for wins, and fully randomizing the order—and argue our way toward the one that might really work.

Which idea saves the league, and which ones make everything worse?

🎯 Let’s Settle This turns hypotheticals into full-contact conversation.

Every week, Grant and Jonathan dive into something that needs a definitive answer in TV, movies, or sports and they get to the bottom of it! Best TV shows? Movies you should see? Best dunk of the year? Yeah — we’re settling that.

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⏱️ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:46 Abolish the Lottery?

3:16 Abolish the Draft?

7:53 Same Lottery Odds?

11:55 No Pick Protections?

17:08 Relegation?

21:59 Fewer Games?

24:21 Play for Picks?

29:29 Pay for Wins?

32:22 COLA Option?

39:17 Wins as Losses?

42:32 Randomize?

46:53 Let's Settle This!