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Another somewhat convoluted proposal

♪alt13

♪alt13

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1st and 2nd NBA contracts would work the same way that they do now. The draft would work the same way. Between the draft and FA I propose a yearly redraft of players who have 8 years NBA experience to be ran thusly:3 rounds. The team with the best record picks first and the team with worst last in all 3 rounds. In the first round you must pick a player that was on your roster at the end of the previous season or pass on your pick. Players selected 1-16 will be paid the mega max, players salary will be further decided by where they are selected and may change from one year to the next. Since they are essentially on a one year deal any player selected in the rrdraft will have injury protection where any team agrees to pay the full salary of an injured player for up to 3 additional seasons at the rate at which the player was earning when injured.

Thoughts?
 
No way in hell do you get the players to give up Free Agency to get stuck on a team that has ****ty players on 1st and 2nd contracts.
 
gregbroncs said:
No way in hell do you get the players to give up Free Agency to get stuck on a team that has ****ty players on 1st and 2nd contracts.
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It seems to me that the players that would get stuck in that situation would be on the best teams. Further Players could earn their way on to a better team year over year by good individual play and teams could earn better FA by good team play.
 
No, this is ****ing stupid. Let players have some degree of freedom in choosing their employment. This is an awful proposal.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I think there is an argument against it, but its better than the current system for sure IMO. NBA really needs to get rid of incentives for losing.

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Completely agree that whatever can be done to stop tanking in the NBA should be done. I basically think tanking should, in a certain sense, be illegal. Not criminally illegal, but I think fans should be able to get refunds on season tickets, broadcasters should get some of their money back, same as the people advertising. If taxpayers funded the home arena they should be repaid by the team.
 
Bulletproof said:
Completely agree that whatever can be done to stop tanking in the NBA should be done. I basically think tanking should, in a certain sense, be illegal. Not criminally illegal, but I think fans should be able to get refunds on season tickets, broadcasters should get some of their money back, same as the people advertising. If taxpayers funded the home arena they should be repaid by the team.
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That is dumb. In most cases tanking is fan supported and encouraged. If the Jazz lose Hayward, I would encourage the season to be tanked to get a top 3 pick. As long as the system is designed to benefit tankers, teams should tank.
 
JimLes said:
It's the least we can do for those poor people getting paid tens of millions of dollars to put a ball through a hoop.
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And yet the owners make many multiples of that.

I'm ok with you being pissed at what the players make, but your anger should start with the owners.

Looks like you, my friend, have just become a democrat.
 
green said:
And yet the owners make many multiples of that.

I'm ok with you being pissed at what the players make, but your anger should start with the owners.
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No, my anger starts with the idea of free agency which I think it's obsolete and outdated and made sense back when you could perhaps argue that players were being taken advantage of. I think not having a choice in where you work is a pretty fair exchange for making at least 900,000 a year even if you're the lowliest scrub in the league.
 
JimLes said:
No, my anger starts with the idea of free agency which I think it's obsolete and outdated and made sense back when you could perhaps argue that players were being taken advantage of. I think not having a choice in where you work is a pretty fair exchange for making at least 900,000 a year even if you're the lowliest scrub in the league.
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Whoa. You just went from democratic to socialist.

Welcome comrade.
 
green said:
And yet the owners make many multiples of that.

I'm ok with you being pissed at what the players make, but your anger should start with the owners.

Looks like you, my friend, have just become a democrat.
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I'm not sure he was saying he is mad that players make what they make but rather that he won't feel sorry for them if they can't choose where they play.

I know I wouldn't feel sorry for them.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
That is dumb. In most cases tanking is fan supported and encouraged. If the Jazz lose Hayward, I would encourage the season to be tanked to get a top 3 pick. As long as the system is designed to benefit tankers, teams should tank.
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I don't care who supports it or doesn't. In a competition teams have an obligation to compete. If I pay to watch a competition I expect a competition.
 
Hey guys, I know you hate where you work and who you work for, but you're making a lot of money, so we don't care. You're just for our entertainment.

It would take about 5 seconds before the modern day slavery opinions to start on that one. What a terrible idea.
 
fishonjazz said:
I'm not sure he was saying he is mad that players make what they make but rather that he won't feel sorry for them if they can't choose where they play.

I know I wouldn't feel sorry for them.
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What other profession are you not allowed to pick where you work?

Why do we let professional athletes not choose where they want to play?

The NFL is close to right. Hard cap, non guaranteed contracts, no salary slots/max deals and lots of free agency.
 
green said:
What other profession are you not allowed to pick where you work?

Why do we let professional athletes not choose where they want to play?

The NFL is close to right. Hard cap, non guaranteed contracts, no salary slots/max deals and lots of free agency.
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How are your questions relevant?

I said I wouldn't feel sorry for rich basketball players not getting to choose which nba city they live in. That's true, I wouldn't.

I didn't say they shouldn't get to choose I just said I wouldn't feel sorry for them.

I would totally be ok if I were forced to live in any nba city that anyone chooses for me if I get to make millions playing basketball. I wouldn't be upset even a little bit.

Minnesota is probably the place I would least like to live of any nba city.
But if someone called me up right now and said I have to move there and get paid millions of dollars to play basketball then I would be super happy about it.
 
fishonjazz said:
How are your questions relevant?

I said I wouldn't feel sorry for rich basketball players not getting to choose which nba city they live in. That's true, I wouldn't.

I didn't say they shouldn't get to choose I just said I wouldn't feel sorry for them.

I would totally be ok if I were forced to live in any nba city that anyone chooses for me if I get to make millions playing basketball. I wouldn't be upset even a little bit.

Minnesota is probably the place I would least like to live of any nba city.
But if someone called me up right now and said I have to move there and get paid millions of dollars to play basketball then I would be super happy about it.
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Sure you would because it's something you'll never be able to do. Once you reach that level, you'd think differently.

Name me another job where you can be the best (top 1% in your field) and be forced to go work somewhere you don't want to.

It's ridiculous.
 
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