NBA Draft Lottery could be changed for the 17-18 season
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If the Cavs Brooklyn Pick ends up out of the top 5
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FreedS[ohh]lave
Banned
I like it. I think it's more exciting when a team that just misses the playoffs gets the first pick rather then a lousy team
It was great imo when the MAgic won it the year after they got Shaq and you knew they were gonna be a team on the rise
It was great imo when the MAgic won it the year after they got Shaq and you knew they were gonna be a team on the rise
Bilz
Superstar
So making the #1 pick more attainable to more bad teams is supposed to discourage tanking? 
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
They'd still have to win the lotto for that though.
By your logic the Magic woulda never got Shaq because by then you woulda got tired of seeing them in the lottery.
If a lousy team can't have that kind of talent infusion they'll be forever lousy
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Meanwhile the NFL is gonna deal with the same shyt as the New York fukkin Jets are trusting the process
So making the #1 pick more attainable to more bad teams is supposed to discourage tanking?
I wouldn't call the Nuggets, Pistons, Hornets or Heat bad teams. It would be mightily discouraging for anyone to try the Sixers process ever again if that outcome is impossible.
David_TheMan
Banned
Two easy solutions
1) Top picks are given based on best record not in the playoffs, if you are a bad team you are more likely to finish at the bottom of the draft, you aren't rewarded for poor performance.
2) Removal of draft altogether, teams pick player who they want to draft and have 5 min auction for player services in the first 2 rounds and 2 minute auction periods per pick afterwards. (NBAPA should be behind this)
1) Top picks are given based on best record not in the playoffs, if you are a bad team you are more likely to finish at the bottom of the draft, you aren't rewarded for poor performance.
2) Removal of draft altogether, teams pick player who they want to draft and have 5 min auction for player services in the first 2 rounds and 2 minute auction periods per pick afterwards. (NBAPA should be behind this)
We've had Mark Cuban admit Dallas tried to lose on purpose the last month of the season. The Suns sat 3 of their 4 best players the last month of the season. If a team tanked to get the worst record, only to end up with the 8th pick, that'd be a great thing for the NBA. The league is better off with all 30 teams making basketball moves to win.
My proposal was always to change the weighting scale. Do it in reverse, so the teams that just miss the playoffs have a greater shot at a high pick. Like the 6-8 best record, outside of the playoffs, are the ones in high contention of the Top 5 pick...worst record with the lowest shot.
4 teams with best rec outside of playoffs - 20% each at #1-8
4 next teams that missed playoffs - 2.5% each #1-8
4 next worst recs - 2% at #1 #1-8
2 worst records - 1% at #1 #1-8
So lottery would be Top 8, and then record best to worst outside of playoffs, worst to best playoff teams. Encourage competitiveness since everyone is competing for a spot, and reward treadmill teams, hopefully get them over hump. And just enough randomness.
4 teams with best rec outside of playoffs - 20% each at #1-8
4 next teams that missed playoffs - 2.5% each #1-8
4 next worst recs - 2% at #1 #1-8
2 worst records - 1% at #1 #1-8
So lottery would be Top 8, and then record best to worst outside of playoffs, worst to best playoff teams. Encourage competitiveness since everyone is competing for a spot, and reward treadmill teams, hopefully get them over hump. And just enough randomness.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Cuban was never a proponent of tanking until his team got crappy. The 2 NY teams are where they are because instead of taking a long term pragmatic approach to rebuilding they felt their fans wouldn't stand for that kind of wait. The big loser in this could be a team that's bad because they didn't have a choice.
The league is in denial of 3 things:
1. Tanking pays.
2. Nobody really does it and you can be awful without intentionally doing so
3. Nobody really believes in any talent outside of the top 10, because teams will do anything to not have a build a team using picks outside of that area
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
So if you're the worst team how can you sell anyone in your fanbase hope for the future, because the 14th pick every year isn't gonna do it?
Good.
Kings haven't had a top three pick in the lottery since 1989
Kings haven't had a top three pick in the lottery since 1989
Bilz
Superstar
Whether they are bad or not isn't the point. These new ideas don't eliminate the tanking incentive, they just pass it around.