Zack Lowe: Fix the Lottery to take away need for tanking

[green]

With a hard cap and extra cap room or an exemption for players signed by bottom dwellers I think money talks and BS walks. The hard cap plus room for bottom teams I think you DO see top FAs go to teams who can give them more money.

This, but I don't think you get a hard cap in basketball. Not for a long time. Even then, getting an All-Star on a rookie deal is always better than an All-Star on a max deal for a ton of reasons.

 

[green]

So most everyone skipped over my balancing method. Give teams with bad records salary cap incentives instead of draft position. I think it changes things and makes this a good system. Add a hard cap, or at least a hard cap to the playoff teams and we could get somewhere.

In my opinion you need a fair draft combined with hard cap exceptions for the bottom dwellers and you have a better league.

I don't like salary cap incentives because for most teams, the reason why they can't get better is because they overpaid for bad players.

I think the fixed draft slots is better. It gives building teams solid assets to build with and contending teams solid assets to stay contenders.

 

[akirac73]

Didn't read all 6 pages, but one big thing I don't like about this new proposed lottery system is that college & HS players can essentially pick which teams they want to play for. For instance, say this system is already in place and Utah is slotted for the #1 pick in the 2014 draft and the Lakers have the #1 pick in 2015. If Wiggins and Parker aren't interested in playing for the Jazz but would like to play for LA, they can simply forego the draft, play their sophomore season, and wait for the 2015 draft. Utah get's screwed as usual and the marquee franchises win again.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Didn't read all 6 pages, but one big thing I don't like about this new proposed lottery system is that college & HS players can essentially pick which teams they want to play for. For instance, say this system is already in place and Utah is slotted for the #1 pick in the 2014 draft and the Lakers have the #1 pick in 2015. If Wiggins and Parker aren't interested in playing for the Jazz but would like to play for LA, they can simply forego the draft, play their sophomore season, and wait for the 2015 draft. Utah get's screwed as usual and the marquee franchises win again.

Had a similar thought but thought it kind of silly and unlikely. But there's probably something to it, though I don't think there's much.