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Draft reform vote coming up

Enes CanTear You Apart said:
I like it as well. But will they fix the rigging too? That's a bigger problem for me.

I offer to write a petition at change.org or ipetitions.com etc to make the draft lottery event public and 100% transparent. Is there anyone here volunteering to prepare such a petition? I would do it if I could put together a well written, eloquent text.
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The draft is not held privately, and it is not rigged. That is a myth that won't die (probably because it was not a myth in the Ewing draft). The actual drafts are all on youtube. It would be difficult to imagine a way to rig them, and they are boring as hell to watch.
 
I like it... I just think it should come in effect once all current pending draft-pick trades have expired.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
The draft is not held privately, and it is not rigged. That is a myth that won't die (probably because it was not a myth in the Ewing draft). The actual drafts are all on youtube. It would be difficult to imagine a way to rig them, and they are boring as hell to watch.
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https://watch.nba.com/nba/video/channels/draft/2014/05/20/052014-draft-lottery-behind-the-scenes.nba

OK, I'm kinda convinced, not 100%(any smart person with an engineer mind/education could find ways to rig it) but it's good enough. Still, why is it not live though? I don't agree on the boring part. Add a few fun elements to it that the lottery announcement show has and it's almost exactly what I want to see on the TV. And wouldn't it help the myth to die at least?

Plus, it's still really really hard to believe that it's entirely clean, especially after the Cavs' recent run. 0.0074256% chance of getting the first picks three years in a row and it just happens.
 
I like the idea of the worst 5-6 teams all having a shot. I do not like the best of the bad teams (the ones that barely missed the playoffs getting a real shot at the top pick. Just my opinion.
 
da ThRONe said:
This is illogical IMO. You want to do something about tanking then get rid of max contracts. As of now the best way for bad teams to get better is to lose.
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I kinda agree with this. Problem is, that for a Jazz fan it's better for us the new way. The Jazz aren't ever just going to go into full tank mode. Last year they were seriously still trying to win games even when it made no sense.

I don't think Jazz management is going to change, and we are probably always going to better than the 5 worst teams, so this makes more sense for us and is better for us
 
Hack said:
I kinda agree with this. Problem is, that for a Jazz fan it's better for us the new way. The Jazz aren't ever just going to go into full tank mode. Last year they were seriously still trying to win games even when it made no sense.

I don't think Jazz management is going to change, and we are probably always going to better than the 5 worst teams, so this makes more sense for us and is better for us
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I've been saying this as well.


Also with Quin at the helm, I think we'll see a greater improvement in our young guys, as well as general level of play across the board. And I wouldn't be surprised if we win a few more games than last year.
 
It's better for everyone this way. Gives you a shot of actually getting off the treadmill and stops making being intentionally horrible better than trying to build a contender organically.
 
So they flattened the curve. Bottom 6 teams with basically the same chance at #1. I think this makes sense.

I wonder what the respective teams' chances are for the #2 an #3 pick.

And does the lottery decide more than just the first 3 picks?
 
Hack said:
I kinda agree with this. Problem is, that for a Jazz fan it's better for us the new way. The Jazz aren't ever just going to go into full tank mode. Last year they were seriously still trying to win games even when it made no sense.

I don't think Jazz management is going to change, and we are probably always going to better than the 5 worst teams, so this makes more sense for us and is better for us
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If the canned max contracts yet maintain a firm cap it would come down to management and a franchise's front office not just the draft. Killing max contracts would be great for every team that's not a glamour franchise.
 
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