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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 30, 2014 22:14:31 GMT -5
Today, I read that the NBA is considering changing the draft, specifically the lottery. Teams in the lottery would have a more equal odds of winning the lottery. Ironically, PHI was opposed to the proposition? Any thoughts?
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Post by freshnthehouse on Jul 31, 2014 1:37:58 GMT -5
I think it should stay the same, or maybe a slight tweak (possibly have the first 4 spots decided by the lotto instead of the first 3). I think all the teeth-gnashing over tanking is silly. Most of the proposals wouldn't eliminate tanking, it would just chance which teams do the tanking. And the other proposals make it too hard for the truly awful franchises to get good picks.
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 31, 2014 17:47:04 GMT -5
I think part of the issue w/ the draft which Charles Barkley has said is that team that are really bad do not get immediate help. Most likely they draft a player that takes 3-4 years to develop.
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Post by eja117 on Jul 31, 2014 18:16:28 GMT -5
This is how I would deal with the lottery...
Keep it a lottery
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with two months to go announce which bottom 14 teams will be eligible for the draft lottery which will be weighted
After the season flip a coin to decide if the order of the weight will be based on wins or losses....
meaning 50% of the time the team with the best win percentage of the bottom 14 teams in the last two months will get the best odds.....the other half of the time it will go the other way
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Post by freshnthehouse on Jul 31, 2014 18:38:30 GMT -5
That would lead to teams tanking to get out of the last rounds of the playoffs. What would Atlanta and Charlotte have rather had last year. A first round appearance with no real shot to win it all, or a 50/50 chance to be in the catbird seat for a top pick in a loaded draft.
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Post by eja117 on Jul 31, 2014 20:31:22 GMT -5
It's not as bad though. First of all you'll only have the best odds for the best pick half the time. So considering how unusually the worst team wins the lottery that's how often the 14 worst team would win the lottery....divided in half. Second you have to forgo playoff experience and playoff revenue. Last instead of teams taking to be the absolute worst team teams would be tanking to be the best of the worst....but only half the time.
You could make the same argument about now. Who wants to be the 8 seed now? Where's the reward in that?
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Post by Roadrunner on Jul 31, 2014 22:23:02 GMT -5
My changes would be:
*no frozen envelopes (aka Pat Ewing to the NYK draft)
*no team can get the top selection (aka ORL)
*eliminate territorial selections (aka LBJ to CLE, or DRose to CHI)
However, I think the biggest change (which is something I have not thought of a solution yet) is elminating teams from deliberately trading away good players, then signing d-league caliber of players.
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