Other solutions fail because they focus on the odds (i.e. the make it completely random solution). This works because it aims to fix the actual problem: bad basketball!

Just a slight modification on your all star deadline from today. Credit where it's due. Turns out someone thought of this a while ago! Gold Plan
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If you're genuinely terrible, you have a month to try to accumulate wins. If you're an 11 seed, you might have a week, but since you're better you should rack them up faster.

Imagine the late season races, the win tally segments. It incentivizes winning instead of losing.