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What's not to understand? It's essentially the same as every year. The lottery odds for every seed are unchanged.
However since the seed 8-15 teams have yet to be decided, they're using generic placeholders "Team A" thru "Team H" to designate the "play-in" teams. If none of those placeholders win the lottery, then the teams that are eliminated in the play-in will be seeded according to points percentage. If one or more of the placeholders do get drawn in the lottery, then each of the 8 teams that were eliminated participate in a "phase 2" lottery to determine which team is "Team A" and which team is "Team B". Each of the eliminated teams have an equal chance (1 in 8, or 12.5%) of getting a specific team letter. No weight is given to any team in the phase 2 lottery based on points percentage.
So for example, if Pittsburgh, who has the highest points percentage of the play-in teams, is eliminated in the 1st round, if no placeholder teams have a ball drawn in the lottery, they will automatically get the 15th overall pick. However, if one placeholder ball is drawn, then Pittsburgh will have a 12.5% chance of getting that lottery spot, and a 87.5% chance of getting 15th overall. If two placeholder balls, then 25%/75%. If three, then 37.5%/62.5%.
Make sense?