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What about doing pay slots instead of the NBA draft?
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:17 am
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:17 am
I was listening to XM Radio a while back, and a writer made an interesting proposition.
He said to do away with the draft and implement pay slots. I am probably wording this horribly.
Basically the team with the worst record would have the most money to offer. The more successful teams would have the least.
So lets say Orlando goes 12-70, they could go out and offer a rookie 4 million a year over 4 years. Lets say the Heat win the title, they might only be able to offer 500,000 a year, but could promise being competitive immediately and winning titles.
I'm not saying the league should do it, but I think it would be an interesting twist.
What do you guys think?
He said to do away with the draft and implement pay slots. I am probably wording this horribly.
Basically the team with the worst record would have the most money to offer. The more successful teams would have the least.
So lets say Orlando goes 12-70, they could go out and offer a rookie 4 million a year over 4 years. Lets say the Heat win the title, they might only be able to offer 500,000 a year, but could promise being competitive immediately and winning titles.
I'm not saying the league should do it, but I think it would be an interesting twist.
What do you guys think?
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Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:18 am to bigpetedatiga
wouldn't that just make more teams tank?
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:19 am to geauxtigers87
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wouldn't that just make more teams tank?
I don't think more then they already do!
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:25 am to bigpetedatiga
It might give bigger markets even more of an advantage. I'm sure that would be a pretty big selling point when signing these rookies.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:33 am to bigpetedatiga
I don't see how that helps the tanking problem.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 10:36 am
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:38 am to WB504
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In fact you'd prob have more teams trying to tank since the worst team is guaranteed the best player 100% of the time.
Not true. You still have to sell them on your team.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:40 am to Peazey
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It might give bigger markets even more of an advantage. I'm sure that would be a pretty big selling point when signing these rookies.
The draft just needs to have the lottery teams set by record, not by if you made the playoffs.
If the Grizzlies miss the playoffs, they will end up with a better pick than 5 eastern conference teams with worse records. It is really helping the two conferences separate talent wise even more.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:45 am to bigpetedatiga
Not only does this not get rid of tanking, it also gets rid of the low rookie wage scale and gives larger contracts to unproven rookies. So signing the wrong guy for the wrong price could cripple a franchise
ETA: The reason the scale would increase is because it's really close together right now so they'd have to widen the gap between the good and bad team salaries for money to even be a factor in a player's decision.
ETA #2: Well after looking at the current wage scale it's further apart than I thought so that wouldn't have to be changed too much. But it still doesn't really prevent tanking which is the main issue.
ETA: The reason the scale would increase is because it's really close together right now so they'd have to widen the gap between the good and bad team salaries for money to even be a factor in a player's decision.
ETA #2: Well after looking at the current wage scale it's further apart than I thought so that wouldn't have to be changed too much. But it still doesn't really prevent tanking which is the main issue.
This post was edited on 1/31/14 at 10:57 am
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:46 am to RTR America
Or they need to make the lottery transparent. Tell me doing the bouncing ball thing and filming the GMs reactions wouldn't make good television.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:52 am to Hazelnut
I don't think a team would be cap strapped from this. 4 a year for 4 years is about the norm for #1 right now. Then it scales down.
Posted on 1/31/14 at 10:56 am to bigpetedatiga
If you want to end tanking, reverse the lottery. Give the team that finished with the best record yet missed the playoffs the top pick.
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