The Athletic ranks the recent draft lottery ideas from the NBA to prevent tanking

[thunderc]

So it would be a straight 8 percent chance or 2.5 percent chance. Hmmm, I think I liked the one where they would add wins to a teams total over this one.

 

[shopson67]

Stop the gimmicks. Kill the lottery. Worst team picks first. These players will eventually force their way off the perennial losers anyway.

The one change I would like to see is to make the G-league an actual minor league, with each NBA team having an affiliate to draw from. All g-league players would essentially be on 2-way contracts.

 

[thunderc]

Stop the gimmicks. Kill the lottery. Worst team picks first. These players will eventually force their way off the perennial losers anyway.

The one change I would like to see is to make the G-league an actual minor league, with each NBA team having an affiliate to draw from. All g-league players would essentially be on 2-way contracts.

You mean it’s not an actual minor league?

 

[Hotel Security]

Yeah, I thought it already was the minors. And, yeah, kill the lottery. It doesn't prevent the very problem it was created to solve.

 

[thunderc]

Mark Cubans thoughts on the proposed changes.

https://x.com/mcuban/status/2049620569268605146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2049620569268605146%7Ctwgr%5E6c7ac25072a2f434ee5f9c8d68b600001d830540%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fnba%2Farticle%2Fmavericks-co-owner-mark-cuban-predicts-number-of-trades-will-explode-with-nbas-new-anti-tanking-plan-013754108.html&ct=rw-null

 

[Hotel Security]

>Mark Cubans thoughts on the proposed changes.

Yeah, this coming from the guy who said that people going to games don't even care about the result. He comes off as very detached from reality these days. Also, it's amazing how outspoken he is now given he's the f***-up who sold his team to morons and seriously expected to still be part of the decision-making. He's on some weird campaign to save face.

And if we're not getting rid of the lottery, then I'd like to have a lottery that can be explained in three sentences or less. And that's it. Anything proposed that is longer should be instantly rejected.

 

[thunderc]

>Mark Cubans thoughts on the proposed changes.

Yeah, this coming from the guy who said that people going to games don't even care about the result. He comes off as very detached from reality these days. Also, it's amazing how outspoken he is now given he's the f***-up who sold his team to morons and seriously expected to still be part of the decision-making. He's on some weird campaign to save face.

And if we're not getting rid of the lottery, then I'd like to have a lottery that can be explained in three sentences or less. And that's it. Anything proposed that is longer should be instantly rejected.

You can’t discount him in this without tackling what he said, which made a lot of sense and at a minimum was very interesting.