draft lottery

[podsox]

1.would giving every team that doesn't make the playoffs 1 lottery ball improve the regular season and how teams treat the regular season?
2. should they just get rid of the lottery teams and just randomly draw picks? meaning the nba champs could get the overall number 1 pick.

the current system is garbage imo

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

1.would giving every team that doesn't make the playoffs 1 lottery ball improve the regular season and how teams treat the regular season?
2. should they just get rid of the lottery teams and just randomly draw picks? meaning the nba champs could get the overall number 1 pick.

the current system is garbage imo

Give the champs a shot at the top pick is ridiculous.

 

[LAKERSUSCBAM]

yea we'd be going backwards with the rich getting richer...on the flip side, a #1 doesn't always ensure top flight player will improve the losing franchise that chose him.

 

[gordontrue]

1.would giving every team that doesn't make the playoffs 1 lottery ball improve the regular season and how teams treat the regular season?
2. should they just get rid of the lottery teams and just randomly draw picks? meaning the nba champs could get the overall number 1 pick.

the current system is garbage imo

The problem with #1 is that you could actually encourage tanking. If a team is at the #8 seed, they might chose to lose knowing they have a pretty legit shot at a top 5 pick if they miss the playoffs (and what good is an 8 seed in the NBA?).

I personally wouldn't mind #2, it would certainly eliminate 100% of tanking. The drawback is top teams getting high picks... but its no guarantee, and top picks often don't pan out.


How about some sort of auction draft?? Everyone gets a 'budget' (not money to pay the players, just fake draft money to make picks). You can spend it all in the first round going for broke, or you can use it to get several 2nd rounders. You could still use the lottery to determine everyone's starting budget... giving the worst teams slightly more of a budget to solve tie-breakers on Lebron-like prospects. Winning the lottery would be greatly devalued, thus providing less incentive for tanking.