If the Celtics traded everybody ....and lost every game for the rest of the season .....
Celtics still can not catch the worst team......because they tanked from the word go ........and they will never WIN enough games to catch the a celtics in Wins.
If you want TO TaNK for a top three pick ......then you have to do it EARLY .....as too many teams are are giving up from day one for a lottery shot.
If all these teams truely tried to win ....like they are supposed to ......the celtics would be right in the thick of the sweepstakes.
So .....there is no way Celtics will ever get a top three pick .....Danny won't wipe the slate clean .
I would say only Philly went down the path you're advocating.
Minny made the best of a bad situation with Love and got the last 2 #1 draft picks plus more. They also weren't counting on Pek and Rubio being out for so long. Martin is a walking injury but they figured he'd have played more this year. this was not the tanking method you're advocating.
NY would never tank with Carmelo. what would be the point? Melo is a win-now type of player, not someone who's talents you waste on a horrible team. they started with JR Smith and Shumpert who are win-now players. this was not the tanking method you're advocating.
the C's will have more wins than those teams but the worst team in the league has only won the lottery 3 times. Cleveland won last year with the 9th worst record. having the worst (or one of the worst) records is no guarantee of winning the lottery. that's the point -- there is no sure way to get the top pick.