Darkwing Duck
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Teams would try to lose the first game to get a better draft pick. Not like it's a March Madness thing.
5 game first round is ideal, but that's not happening anymore.
New draft lottery system
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Teams would try to lose the first game to get a better draft pick. Not like it's a March Madness thing.
5 game first round is ideal, but that's not happening anymore.
Coach Ellis
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I personally think that competitors would rather compete to win than not. If they aren't in the bottom six, then they'd be in the tournament with an outside shot at the playoffs. Losing the first game gets you the same pick as getting eliminated in the last game - whatever spot you would have gotten based on your regular season record. It only changes if you win the tournament and end up with the 8th seed. The main incentive to win is a last-ditch shot at the playoffs and going on a run. Getting healthy, or adding a mid-season piece could pay of big for a team in that instance.
I thought my plan would stop it. Tanking on purpose like Philly is doing wouldn't make any sense unless they have been really bad for a long time. If they had been bad for 4 prior years,then maybe it would work.
Not true. Minnesota hasn't been a powerhouse team even with love. If they lose love and lose more games next year they may get a real good pick. Minnesota would definitely benefit from this type of system.
That's an interesting idea. At least you would not get so many terrible games. Its sad to watch a team trying to win and a team trying to lose. That is how you get 40 or 50 point blow out losses. No fun to watch. The only thing that would matter is losing enough games to get into the playoffs. It would be interesting to have two playoffs. One group playing for the championship and one playing for the top pick.
My only problem with this idea is that the teams that really need the top pick wont get it. It could really make perennial losers
tanking hurts the NBA because with so many teams trying to lose over half the games played on any given night are intentionally noncompetitive. The league doesn't want that. The NBA wants games as exciting as possible not the dumpster fires that are taking place this year with so many times trying to improve their draft standing. Everyone except the jazz that is.
I agree the Lakers will get Wiggins and Boston will get Parker or vice versa and that is bull crap. The Jazz and other teams have been out of the playoffs for years and deserve a real shot at a great player. You should not be allowed to lose one year and get a great player when other teams lose every year and can seem to grab the one guy who would improve their team. Teams like the Bucks deserve a really good pick because they have sucked for years.
Darkwing Duck
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It would be several years down the line if you're averaging records.
so I decided to look up their record for the last five years and you could not be more wrong. In fact, Minnesota would be in contention for the number one overall pick this year. Last year 2013 they were 31-51, in 2012 they were 26-48, in 2011 they were 17-65 and in 2010 they were 15-67. If they finished off this season out of the playoffs, the NBA would average those seasons and Minnesota would get a very high pick in this draft. The bucks have also been pretty bad over that time to so it could be close.
fgcamel
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Surely the bobcats would take the worst record for the last 5 years. or possibly the wizards. pistons maybe. kings?
Yea, there are some bad franchises atm.
I haven't posted here in well over a year but I'm gonna make all of your brains explode with these 2 words, "reverse lottery."
How about this idea of the reverse lottery, where the 14th best record would get the most balls? Also, I would make it that the 14-10th place teams would get an higher probability of getting the 1st overall pick (say 15-20% chance) vs what the current system has for the top 5 (9-25%).
Teams would be fighting for the 8th seed or a 15-20% chance of getting the top pick. This would give the NBA a better product (ie, PHI wouldn't just dump Evan Turner for a ~14M 2nd round pick).
I feel this rewards winning, ensure smarter contracts, & instills the game's integrity. Look if PHX doesn't get the 8th seed, they deserve the 15-20% chance for "Wiggins" & as of today, UTA would get the 6th position (vs 8th).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#Process
BTW, there won't be any "lottery tournament" unless they update the CBA. The players union would then negotiate for more BRI. Will those games be nationally televised? Money aside, do the players even want to participate in said tournament?
https://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/3289/playoff-bonus-money
How about this idea of the reverse lottery, where the 14th best record would get the most balls? Also, I would make it that the 14-10th place teams would get an higher probability of getting the 1st overall pick (say 15-20% chance) vs what the current system has for the top 5 (9-25%).
Teams would be fighting for the 8th seed or a 15-20% chance of getting the top pick. This would give the NBA a better product (ie, PHI wouldn't just dump Evan Turner for a ~14M 2nd round pick).
I feel this rewards winning, ensure smarter contracts, & instills the game's integrity. Look if PHX doesn't get the 8th seed, they deserve the 15-20% chance for "Wiggins" & as of today, UTA would get the 6th position (vs 8th).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#Process
BTW, there won't be any "lottery tournament" unless they update the CBA. The players union would then negotiate for more BRI. Will those games be nationally televised? Money aside, do the players even want to participate in said tournament?
https://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/3289/playoff-bonus-money