Thus you see the concept of "tanking" the season just to position themselves in snagging a potential top tier pick.
Now, a fan by the name of @kingchan on Twitter developed a website called Tanking For Wiggins (www.tankingforwiggins.com).
What does that site do? It basically tracks the league standings every hour and shows you which teams have the best chance of snagging the first overall pick, which could be that guy on the left, or could be his teammate Joel Embiid, or the guy he faced in Chicago, Jabari Parker, or someone from Cal's one-and-dones.
Also, it has a guide explaining which team owns which pick (and the conditionals), so you can totally mock how bad these kind of trades turn out to be.
Chan explained that he developed the site to track where the Suns (who are seemed to be too good to tank as of the moment) are situated (they're currently 23rd, but they also will pick 16th and 28th, thanks to deals with the Wizards for Gortat and the Pacers for Scola).
In addition, someone even took it one step further.
Tankathon (http://www.tankathon.com/) took what Tanking for Wiggins is supposed to do, and then added the element of the draft lottery. So people can actually do a mock lottery based on the win-loss records at the time, and see how it might go.
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