So, hypothetically, lets say the Cavs have the #1 pick going into next year's 2014 draft and the Lakers have the #1 pick in 2015. What would stop Jabari Parker, Andrew Wiggins, and Julius Randle from staying an extra year in college in order to not be drafted by the Cavs, but instead the Lakers?
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- Thread starter ThaBronxBully
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The would create those Lakers drafting Magic Johnson and Celtics loaded drafting Larry Bird years again. I am against it. There will never be a good lottery system because classes aren't equal and it's hard to acquire it unless your a certain franchise any other way.
street heat
merchant of death
ehh.. i still think the teams with poor management will still fukk up no matter what picks they are getting.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
Can someone explain the gS-Harrison Barnes situation?
The biggest problem is the imbalanced conferences. It's makes an average to decent team like the Hawks and Raptors a playoff team and only a true scrub will have a shot at a lotto pick.
the cac mamba
Veteran
this is actually a huge hole in the idea
Ehh Not Really, Some Guys Are So Impatient They Just Wanna Be The NBA, Also You Dont Know where You Can Land The Following Year
LOL @ The Confidance At Holding Youself Back A Year Cuz You KNOW Your Gonna Be Drafted #1 The Next Year, Says Who? lol
the cac mamba
Veteran
actually maybe u got a point
i guess i was thinkin along the terms of a bron
Reid2Achieve
Superstar
Like others have said, the biggest problem with this is top players picking the years that they declare for the draft....Unless they raise the age limit (and years out of high school) rule one more year again.
Kings County
Law III | Law XXV | Law XV
give the thunder, heat a top 6 pick brehs
teams gonna be stacked the fukk up
teams gonna be stacked the fukk up
NBA Gonna Hand The Knicks 3 Top 10 Picks In 6 Years And They Gonna Trade Them All Away 
That Pretty Much Encourages Tanking Though Doesn't It?
I Dont See What The Problem Is With The Lottery (If It Stayed True To An ACTUAL Lottery And Isnt Fixed)
Only one of them can go to the Lakers for starters. Secondly the Lakers would only have that top 1 pick once in a 30 year span so it's not like any one team can just load up on top picks. Lastly if nikkas regularly do shyt like that then there would be no argument against raising the age limit because guys would already be on a self-impose limit looking to get drafted in the right year.
I personally don't see anything wrong with top players having a modicum of control over where they end up.