tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
So you want a 20 team NBA league where 16 of them make the playoffs?
My idea to prevent tanking in the NBA
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There used to be a 6 team league where 6 teams made the playoffs, in which Bill Russell won 8 straight Finals.
I dont see why not
Its only 3 teams that have a chance at a title, ig if u add chris pauls new team, thats 4 but cmon now, they aint beating GS
Just give everyone the same odds.
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Give GSW or any NBA champion a chance to Win a chip AND get the Number 1 pick in the draft, brehs.
They've already stopped the divisional rewarding after 2015. Conference playoffs aren't going anywhere anytime soon if ever.
Rewarding teams for getting hot at the end of the season, after being shytty (you would have to have been shytty most of the season to finish the season hot and miss the playoffs) doesn't accomplish anything. Teams would just tank until the last 25-30 games. I've heard various tournament ideas. In reality, how hard are guys gonna play for the opportunity to be replaced or demoted? The answer is simple...true lottery. That way there is 0 benefit to bottoming out. A .500 team has just as much of a shot at the top pick as a 10 win team. Sure you may have average squads tanking down the stretch. I'll take that over the whole season. Plus young studs will get a shot at starting off with a half way decent squad around them and halfway competent squads will get their chance with the studs every so often. And occasionally being shytty will pay off. Not sure how anyone (other than shytty GMs) would have an issue with this system.
Would rather teams tank to win than tank to lose. It's not easy to catch fire for a 25 game stretch at any point in a season.
It is easy to stink up the joint for 60 though. Teams could basically take the first 65-75% of the season off and then go hard down the stretch for the top pick. This would especially be an issue when you had generational guys like Bron or Duncan or Shaq available. Solid teams would have mysterious "injuries" and their top guys would have their minutes cut for most of the season.
If a team suck the 1st 80% of the year. I don't see a team playing that well to close the season. Teams that bad are not capable of turning on the switch. But even if they try I would rather see AD going all out vs Joel for the most ping pongs on April 7 than seeing both rest the last week of the season
That would only happen if both of their teams were in the running for the top seed. By the time you get to the last week, you would still have the majority of top players sitting out. Playoff teams (majority of the league) are gearing up for the playoffs. The majority of non playoff teams would be out of the top pick running at this point. You said yourself teams would approach things differently under the system that you are suggesting. Therefore you can't make any projections based off of what we have already seen when such a system wasn't in place. Nobody thought teams would tank, until teams starting doing it.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Breh, you had people calling what the Lakers did tanking because they shut down the immortal Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov early. If you're a Lakers fan, even if the result meant they'd win later (which it did), there's no point in criticizing the move. Fans of teams that are out of it in any sport wanna see young guys down the stretch, even if it means the L's pile up.
People really have to get off the idea that teams can't possibly be awful even with effort. The worst team in the league last season was a team with zero incentive to lose. If you missed the playoffs, you're most likely incompetent, rarely unlucky. Teams rest guys now more than they used to, good or bad. Blame that on the money. The problems that people swear exist in this regard are people who want shyt to go back the way they used to be.
