With just a month left on the 2020-21 schedule, there’s no better time than now to wrap up the Tank Commander series. In case you’re new here, this series monitors where the Pistons and their fellow tanking members of the National Basketball Association stand regarding positioning in the draft lottery.
Based on FiveThirtyEight’s prediction formula, the projected bottom four teams when the season concludes will be the Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, Orlando Magic and your Detroit Pistons.
One thing that’s extremely important to note when conducting this thought experiment, is the NBA’s lottery odds.