Tell me why my idea is stupid-NBA should get rid of the draft and have to recruit incoming rookies

[PortCityProphet]

First of all, really bad teams in some way or another have to recruit incoming rookies because players and agents try to duck some teams. Doing what you want gives the agent as much power as anyone in any organization. In the NBA where vanity plays more into decisions then anything, that's a dangerous proposition.

The players/agents end up with power anyway. Go head and get it out there. It'd make teams step their shyt up and get GM's and coaches in place that players will want to be with.

Secondly you are operating on a very flimsy premise that players are down to play wherever. Wrong! You mean to tell me that if I'm the top prospect and I grew up a Lakers fan that I'm not gonna do what I have to do I can spend the first 5-9 years of my life on the Lakers regardless of who's on the team?
Certain teams really can't sell you on much as it is. Imagine being a rebuilding team in an undesirable location. What can you offer a prospect besides opportunity he can now apparently get anywhere? Meanwhile Pat Riley can break out his rings and the Bang Bus van and recruiting doesn't look like a tall order.

The Lakers would still have to.want him and if he's that big of a Lakers he'd end up there in fa anyway.

 

[Captain Crunch]

What top flight 18yo will go to Milwaukee or Utah?

If Milwaukee or Utah can pay the most and/or offer them a starting role, they will

 

[Bilz]

The rookie contract would have to be changed to let them sign bigger contracts. The veterans who make up most of the NBA are not going to sign off on something like that.

 

[42 Monks]

I don't think so. No top player bout to go to the warriors to ride the pine or to Cleveland to go sit behind vets. Cats ain't gonna be on that Kentucky shyt in the league cause they gotta get that second contract.

Nerlens is praying every night that he ends up in GS

 

[Captain Crunch]

If they had teams have a maximum of let's say 15-20 mil of cap space to spend on rookies, the small market squads would have a shot. Do that and have rookies get paid a maximum of 8mil per year. The top flight teams have little to no cap space, so Philly; Brooklyn, Miami, and Phoenix would get the top talent. Basically any team with cap space would get 1-2 high end up players.

 

[42 Monks]

If they had teams have a maximum of let's say 15-20 mil of cap space to spend on rookies, the small market squads would have a shot. Do that and have rookies get paid a maximum of 8mil per year. The top flight teams have little to no cap space, so Philly; Brooklyn, Miami, and Phoenix would get the top talent. Basically any team with cap space would get 1-2 high end up players.

That's fukking stupid too.

Embiid in LA under contract for a box of poptarts is still making crazy bank due to the exposure and larger market.

 

[I.V.]

You couldn't think of ANY downside, bruh? :kofinah:

 

[DPresidential]

No. HELL NO, bro.

This would be the most likely implementation that would lead to taking advantage of College Athletes.


The Draft should be either random or revamped somehow

 

[KevCo]

Who the fukk is going to Charlotte? New Orleans, Indiana etc

 

[Alexander The Great]

what owner you think would go for this, besides the ones that own teams in LA, NY, CHI, and Mia?

sports leagues would not survive without "socialism"

 

[tremonthustler1]

The players/agents end up with power anyway. Go head and get it out there. It'd make teams step their shyt up and get GM's and coaches in place that players will want to be with.

How can a team do that when you've killed off the most valuable currency GM's use: draft picks?

The Lakers would still have to.want him and if he's that big of a Lakers he'd end up there in fa anyway.

Only FA doesn't begin until 4-5 years into your career and that's if you opt not to sign a second contract. You're now making it impossible for any other team to get their hands on him.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

This might be the worst thing I've ever heard

 

[Bilz]

For some reason I thought the complaints about the draft setup would go away once the Lakers and Knicks enrolled in the league's welfare program.

 

[David_TheMan]

They could do an auction style draft, where you cut down the number of rounds to say 3 and each team gets to nominate a pick and then bid on the services of said player and player opts to accept the bid they like the best.

 

[DPresidential]

I would say if you really want to have a goal of parity AND increase revenue for the NBA at the same time:

The first 3 draft choices should go by a random selection w/ the bottom record teams having the overwhelmingly highest chance of obtaining those picks.

The no. 3 pick should be reward based. You could have a March Madness style NBA bracket week that happens during the week after the season ends but before the playoffs in which the middle "just missed the 8th seed" teams compete where the last teams per Conference get the rights to the 4th pick AND a Wildcard playoff spot and face the 8th Seed. The 1st seeded teams per conference would get the first week by and be well rested in Round 2 of the playoffs.

That would be an interesting and crazy week before the playoffs.

Everybody wins. The top 2 teams get an extended rest to ensure highest performance in the 'Offs. The 8th Seed faces a fired up opponent to make things interesting. And the winner of the NBA April Madness gives a one week one and done bracket of hungry teams (which helps teams who struggled early but got back on track too late in the season to get that 8th spot) and you set up the winner of the bracket with a great draft pick to help put them right in the realm of becoming a powerhouse team.

Who loses in this? Definitely not the fans.