NBA Contemplating Eliminating The Draft Lottery: Check Out The Possible Replacement

[Panther]

Not a terrible idea, it looks like it would be better than the lottery

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Simple way to avoid Tanking, have every team a chance at winning the lotto.

non-playoff teams get 2 lotto balls, while the playoff teams get 1 ... So it's not completely unfair to the bad teams.

 

[Sam Peel]

wack

 

[nomoreneveragain]

btw under this system the Thunder wouldn't exist.

 

[FTBS]

It's an interesting idea. At the same time, there are organizations that know how to draft wherever they are slotted and a majority that have no idea what they are doing.

Which begs the question why those orgs who have no clue should always get first crack at top players.

 

[L. Deezy]

Its better than how The Lakers and Boston got Bird and Magic respectively...lol

Them days were criminal to the rest of the league

 

[FTBS]

btw under this system the Thunder wouldn't exist.

But how many other better teams would. Generally if a team is in the lottery year after year they deserve to be there and really aren't progressing.

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[GoldenGlove]

So what would happen to all the future picks that teams have acquired to this point?

 

[ThaBronxBully]

So what would happen to all the future picks that teams have acquired to this point?

• It would not kick in until all current draft-based trades have been executed, so there would be a nearly decade-long preparation process. Teams would look nothing like they do now by the time this system came into play.

 

[Rev]

who thought this up, Daryl Morey?

 

[ThaBronxBully]

who thought this up, Daryl Morey?

Sound Like A John Hollinger Troll Job lol

 

[Houston911]

Terrible idea

 

[threattonature]

I liked the idea of more slots being up for the lottery. Make it so that the top 5 or 6 picks are up for grabs in the lottery instead of just the top 3. And make it so that it is not so heavily weighted towards the bad teams. So now if a team completely tanks there isn't as much of a benefit to being the worst team in the league. To me the bigger problem is that it doesn't pay to be an average NBA team. Make it so that being an average to good team isn't as much of a death knell as it currently is. If they open the odds up so that the average team has more of a shot at the early picks teams would be comfortable being an average team.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

i like the fukkery that is the draft lottery