Change to NBA Lottery is coming soon
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Sausageman
Banned
Rip knicks and Lakers 
yes but if you intentionally make your team bad like Philly is doing, you shouldn't be rewarded for it. while teams like Sacremento are making moves trying to win but just suck.
right now the system benefits the extremely bad teams and not those that are trying to moderately improve. I'd rather have a system that encourages incremental building rather than a system that gives a team that intentionally throws mutliple seasons continually high picks.
this. and then have an anti-Cleveland rule where you can't win the #1 pick again for 3 years after you win it the first time.
fukk that Sacramento had 7 straight lottery picks, they don't deserve anymore either just because they suck at drafting. Like I said before, teams that have been in the lottery 3 or more years should be banned from the next lottery.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
if I sucked for 82 games, why would I all of a sudden be awesome for a week?a tournament system would be better than tanking
Just goes back to what I said.
You know how tanking or the concept of it truly goes away? Three words: Deeper Talent Pool
They should give the team with the best record that didn't make the playoffs the #1 pick. Hopefully with the help from the #1 pick they could make the playoffs next year.
The team with the worst record should go last among teams that didn't make the playoffs.
That should give them incentive to play to win every game
The team with the worst record should go last among teams that didn't make the playoffs.
That should give them incentive to play to win every game
PortCityProphet
Follow me to the truth
aka contraction
does it matter when the bulls and there like 0.9% can get the number 1 pick
just keep it the way it is but get rid of that teams cant drop out of the top 3 if they have the worst record etc.
just keep it the way it is but get rid of that teams cant drop out of the top 3 if they have the worst record etc.
I came up with a simple fix and I've been championing it for years on various message boards, but here we go again, maybe Silver will read it.
As soon as a team is eliminated from playoff contention, they begin playing for the first overall pick. Every game they win is worth 1 point... but they must be eliminated from playoff contention to earn those points. The team with the most points at the end of the season gets the first pick.
This benefits the worst teams in the league (who are eliminated from contention early) in that they have half to a third of the season to earn "points". Teams just on the cusp of making the playoffs would obviously have fewer games to earn points in, so would pick lower.
So let's say the Knicks are garbage next season and are eliminated from playoff contention with 30 games to play. Let's assume that the Knicks play .300 ball for the rest of the season and finish 9-21... they would finish with 9 points. Now, if a team is eliminated with 10 games to go, they could still win out, get 10 points, and finish ahead of the knicks in the draft.
It encourages teams with nothing to play for to play their starters and fight for draft position.
As soon as a team is eliminated from playoff contention, they begin playing for the first overall pick. Every game they win is worth 1 point... but they must be eliminated from playoff contention to earn those points. The team with the most points at the end of the season gets the first pick.
This benefits the worst teams in the league (who are eliminated from contention early) in that they have half to a third of the season to earn "points". Teams just on the cusp of making the playoffs would obviously have fewer games to earn points in, so would pick lower.
So let's say the Knicks are garbage next season and are eliminated from playoff contention with 30 games to play. Let's assume that the Knicks play .300 ball for the rest of the season and finish 9-21... they would finish with 9 points. Now, if a team is eliminated with 10 games to go, they could still win out, get 10 points, and finish ahead of the knicks in the draft.
It encourages teams with nothing to play for to play their starters and fight for draft position.
I think the NBA champion should get the #1 pick. Runner up gets 2nd pick. So forth and so on
There's nothing wrong with the lottery in application; the only questionable part is the "weighted odds" based on record.
Like a few others said, give every non-playoff team an equal chance to win #1-3 which composes 75% of the balls, and give the playoffs teams the other 25%.
Oh, and they still keep the trading away picks and other components.
Like a few others said, give every non-playoff team an equal chance to win #1-3 which composes 75% of the balls, and give the playoffs teams the other 25%.
Oh, and they still keep the trading away picks and other components.
This is pure madness, plus it's impossible until there will be 2 separate conferences, how many contenders for the 8th seed would start to lose on purpose the very last games of the season?
EVERYONE would rather get the 1st pick instead of a beatdown against the 1st seed.
Secondarily, how I said before it's simply impossible with 2 conferences in the question.
Suns ended the season 48-34, so they should've gotten the 1st pick meanwhile the Hawks 38-44 in a weaker conference would've been the 8th seed in the PO? (then they would've been screwed in either way)
Unlogic.
wont this just lead to more tanking because now instead of everyone going for number 1, literally every bottom 10 team can fight for the bottom 4 by midseason. like what the fukk are they thinking, this doesnt solve shyt. getting rid of the lottery altogether would be a far better idea than making it so even more teams will be trying to do badly.
or yeah know, make it so there arent 82 games so there isn't a legit competition by January for the first overall pick and makes it harder for teams to tank as they have less games to purposely lose in. Theres a reason tanking doesnt happen in football and it's because each and every game matters and every team has an actual shot at making the playoffs even midway through the season. Midway through the NBA season the bottom teams no they're no longer fighting for shyt except possibly losing to the first seed so they try to bottom out. It's pathetic and this will change nothing.
or yeah know, make it so there arent 82 games so there isn't a legit competition by January for the first overall pick and makes it harder for teams to tank as they have less games to purposely lose in. Theres a reason tanking doesnt happen in football and it's because each and every game matters and every team has an actual shot at making the playoffs even midway through the season. Midway through the NBA season the bottom teams no they're no longer fighting for shyt except possibly losing to the first seed so they try to bottom out. It's pathetic and this will change nothing.
Supercoolmayo
Superstar
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