NBA Draft Lottery changes?

[cfoo]

I listen to these media guys and they scare me with their proposals. Felger is one of them. I hope the nba never gets rid of the lottery. It's what makes the nba the nba imo and I always like seeing how things end up. Having a rotation an djust having a pick so many years would be terrible. I agree it needs some changes but simple changes would solve the tanking issue like lowering the odds and making the lottery determination more random and also increasing the amount of teams that are determined by a lottery selection each year. for example you can be a 7th or 8th seed in the playoffs and still have a good shot at a good pick. Half the draft could legitamently be a lottery with the odds slotted and much lower.

In other words expand the lottery. Don't get rid of it. Again people jumping ship vs improving something who I will never understand how they dress themselves in the morning.

Also felt bad for belicheck at the nfl meetings this week. Executives keep passing stupid rule after stupid rule. Belechek knows wha the is talking about and tells it like it is, but is a terrible salesman and liar and not stupid enough or a self promoter or greedy enough apparently. So nobody listened to him. All the crappy new rules got passed anyways.

[runrondo]

Yea I'm completely against the whole rotating picks idea so every team gets a #1 pick. How is that fair? Usually the good players from the drafts end up in bigger markets anyway like Lebron leaving Cleveland for Miami. Why reward the large franchises that can compete most years? Not every franchise has won a championship. Only 8 teams have won 3 or more finals. There's 8 teams that have never won a final. Unless you shorten the season or amount of teams, there are always going to be a decent size of terrible teams. That's why it's a competition. Smaller franchises/markets (Bucks, Cavaliers, etc.) are more than likely going to be at the bottom of the standings compared to the larger franchises unless they can hit it big on the 1st pick or lottery pick. Even then, it's not a guarantee they can keep the player. If they should change anything, it should be geared toward making it harder for all-stars to switch teams or leave franchises when they get tired of losing. I'd rather the reward of a high draft pick not be automated so every team gets a chance because every team doesn't even have a legitimate chance at winning the Championship. I'd rather not make it harder for smaller franchises to contend for a championship.

[DERRENMATTS]

Excellent points, RunRondo.