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Game Thread Jan 17, 2025 06:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Sure, but there will be less if there is incentive to win.
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We're rehashing the same ideas in a lot of different threads, but you could tie revenue sharing based on win%.

There is already some financial incentive to win. The playoffs are huge revenue generators and I can only assume that winning teams have more fan engagement and thus revenue. I'm not sure how much more financial incentive it would require to push FO over the edge.

FWIW, I'm not a proponent of this idea as it would suck for the fans. Having the FO promote winning meaningless games and thus dropping your drafting odds so that owners can put more money in their pockets isn't something that would go over well.
 
idiot said:
I think, like with the three-point shot, the league eventually catches up to what makes mathematical sense, tradition be damned.

So, I suspect the problem of "too many" tanking teams is just going to get worse over time. I doubt this year is a one-off situation.

(And yes I agree that if we're going to keep the lotto in some form, which I'm not wedded to by any means, the NBA ought to look into flattening the odds.)
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How much more flattening makes sense? If anything, I would unflatten them but make it so teams can only win the lottery (a top 3 pick) once every 3-5 years.
 
NUMBERICA said:
How much more flattening makes sense? If anything, I would unflatten them but make it so teams can only win the lottery (a top 3 pick) once every 3-5 years.
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I don't know. I could give an opinion, but there are smarter people than me that could probably figure it out better.

But, sure, I'm open to things like limiting the number of times a team can have a top pick in a given period. Lots of possible ways to deal with the issue.
 
HermanG said:
Yeah and my response meant that this year the bottom is so packed the problem is emphasized. I dont think its about the maximum odds as much as its about not falling from 3rd to 7th due to few meaningless wins. Usually I feel like the bottom 3-4 are at their own level of bad, but this year that isnt the case.

So in a normal year the current flat lottery wouldnt cause this much tanking... but this year there will be 1-2 bad teams drafting way later than they should based on their roster.
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I've always wanted pre-scheduled rotation of picks. i.e:

30 teams
6 Groupings of five teams
Your group rotates each year in priority 5->4->3->2->1 if a team is in 5 priority this year in 4 years it will be #1
Groupings rotate similarly- i.e. first 6 picks go to the #1 entry of each group, and the group priority changes yearly, so if your group picked 6th, next year it will be 5th ect
You cannot trade 1st round picks, at all. This forces teams to use other means to the draft to make changes and make's sure they can't mortgage their future.
Entirely predictable, you know infinitely ahead what your pick is going to be any particular year and can plan around it.
 
KqWIN said:
Look, I’m happy we are benching Kessler for this game….but it just shows how pathetic the NBA is. A 23 year old having a great season resting twice in one week. The NBA has to address this.
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Can't you see that this year is all about youth development as all the Jazz brass declared over and over again?

Walker is developing his... towel waving capabilities?
 
If Kessler is out and Zion plays then Zion gonna eat and jazz gonna lose.
 
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