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NBA Lottery Reform is coming
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:33 pm
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I like this much more than wheel idea that was proposed last season. Not sure how much more of an improvement it is over the current system. Then again I seem like one of the few people who is a fan of the current system.
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The proposal, which dominated the lottery-reform discussion in league meetings this week, is essentially an attempt to squeeze the lottery odds at either extreme toward a more balanced system in which all 14 teams have a relatively similar chance at the no. 1 pick, per sources familiar with the proposal.
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The league’s proposal gives at least the four worst teams the same chance at winning the no. 1 pick: approximately an identical 11 percent shot for each club. The odds decline slowly from there, with the team in the next spot holding a 10 percent chance. The lottery team with the best record will have a 2 percent chance of leaping to the no. 1 pick, up from the the minuscule 0.5 percent chance it has under the current system.
The proposal also calls for the drawing of the first six picks via the Ping-Pong ball lottery, sources say. The current lottery system actually involves the drawing of only the top three selections. The rest of the lottery goes in order of record, from worst to best, after the top-three drawing is over.
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The goal of this initial proposal is obvious: to prevent out-and-out tanking among the league’s very worst teams for the no. 1 pick. Equalizing the odds for the five worst teams, and giving the next few clubs odds very close to that 11 percent chance, goes a long way toward removing the incentive to race toward the bottom
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But it’s clear that Adam Silver is serious about tweaking the lottery system, possibly as early as next season. It’s important that the league examine all unintended consequences before instituting a revamped lottery. This is gonna get interesting, fast.
I like this much more than wheel idea that was proposed last season. Not sure how much more of an improvement it is over the current system. Then again I seem like one of the few people who is a fan of the current system.
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:38 pm to RTR America
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:38 pm to RTR America
"Who cares? The #1 pick is predetermined anyway" - goldenugget
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:40 pm to RTR America
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Then again I seem like one of the few people who is a fan of the current system.
<-- Likes the current system as well.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:41 pm to RTR America
The Sixers tanked so disgracefully that they killed the system for good. Incredible.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:41 pm to LSU Piston
Tanking is bad for all fans.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:41 pm to RTR America
This is just smoke & mirrors the NBA is employing to make it look like the loterry is random. The NBA lottery is anything but random, the event is just a formality. Everything has been decided months, if not years, in advance
Don't be fooled by this charade
Don't be fooled by this charade
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:43 pm to philabuck
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<-- Likes the current system as well.
Of coursePosted on 7/16/14 at 2:44 pm to goldennugget
How does the league benefit by having the cavs win it 3 of 4 years?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:44 pm to Ray Penpillage
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Tanking is bad for all fans.
Depends on the end product imo
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:45 pm to goldennugget
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This is just smoke & mirrors the NBA is employing to make it look like the loterry is random. The NBA lottery is anything but random, the event is just a formality. Everything has been decided months, if not years, in advance
Don't be fooled by this charade
Bravo. I bet you practiced that one on a typewriter.
So is the general intent of the lottery to not allow the same teams to waste a top pick year after year? I've never been a fan of the system, but if that's the case, I see some merit.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:45 pm to goldennugget
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This is just smoke & mirrors the NBA is employing to make it look like the loterry is random. The NBA lottery is anything but random, the event is just a formality. Everything has been decided months, if not years, in advance
Don't be fooled by this charade
I guess the NBA was looking forward to all of the revenue pumping in from sending Greg Oden and Kevin Durant to the Pacific Northwest, where you needed to stay up on the East Coast until 1AM to watch them play.
Oh wait...
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:46 pm to RTR America
The problem with this is that you have a bunch of outstanding trades involving lottery picks that could be greatly affected by this.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:48 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
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The problem with this is that you have a bunch of outstanding trades involving lottery picks that could be greatly affected by this.
Which is why I don't think you see much change for the next 3 or so years.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:50 pm to TreyAnastasio
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How does the league benefit by having the cavs win it 3 of 4 years?
Do you Lebron James bro?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:52 pm to TreyAnastasio
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How does the league benefit by having the cavs win it 3 of 4 years?
I've been trying to figure this out, as well. David Stern's gift to Cleveland was the #1 pick in 2 really bad drafts?
Didn't the Lakers and the Celtics lose a spot in the draft this year?
Yep, certainly fishy.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:52 pm to RTR America
But of course they want to change it now. Cleveland just won it twice in a row and for the third time in four years, then got LeBron.
Combine that with teams like Philly intentionally tanking entire seasons and you've got a recipe for change.
Philly was clearly riggin' for Wiggins this year and will be doing the same thing this upcoming season since their top two draft picks are Embiid, who won't play a minute this season, and a Euro who won't come over for at least two years.
Combine that with teams like Philly intentionally tanking entire seasons and you've got a recipe for change.
Philly was clearly riggin' for Wiggins this year and will be doing the same thing this upcoming season since their top two draft picks are Embiid, who won't play a minute this season, and a Euro who won't come over for at least two years.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:53 pm to RTR America
We should not reward teams for tanking.
However, a team that fights and scraps and barely misses the playoffs, while commendable, doesn't deserve the number 1 pick either.
I'd rather have a few dreadful teams I'm not watching much of anyways tank down the stretch. I get that they're also trying to stop the cycle of mediocrity, but mediocre teams should work internally and through free agency to become contenders. Awarding them with #1 picks would frick up league balance, and it's not worth it in my opinion. Bad teams will stay bad even longer, mediocre teams will receive bailouts as if they were bad teams.
However, a team that fights and scraps and barely misses the playoffs, while commendable, doesn't deserve the number 1 pick either.
I'd rather have a few dreadful teams I'm not watching much of anyways tank down the stretch. I get that they're also trying to stop the cycle of mediocrity, but mediocre teams should work internally and through free agency to become contenders. Awarding them with #1 picks would frick up league balance, and it's not worth it in my opinion. Bad teams will stay bad even longer, mediocre teams will receive bailouts as if they were bad teams.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:54 pm to RTR America
Just turn the top 5 into a fan vote
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:54 pm to TreyAnastasio
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How does the league benefit by having the cavs win it 3 of 4 years?
By putting a strong young core around the superstar LeBron. Duh.
All kidding aside, it seemed pretty rigged when the Pelicans got AD
But you see a team like Chicago leapfrogging everyone for Rose and it is totally unknown.
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