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My proposed way for a new Draft Lottery (if you want to call it that)

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Guys I need help with this. I posted this a little bit a go and want or insight and opinions!

There is alot of talk on how the Lottery isnt fair. Well I think I have a fair way of doing it.

Take the 8 teams with the worst record in the NBA, not to be confused with taking 4 from the East 4 from the West.

So if they went with this format the Lottery playoffs would look like this.

1.Memphis Grizzlies
2.Boston Celtics
3.Milwaukee Bucks
4.Atlanta Hawks
5.Seattle SuperSonics
6.Minnesota Timberwolves
7.Portland Trailblazers
8.Charlotte BobCats

Now the teams 9-who ever didn't make the playsoffs don't play nor do they get Lottery balls their penciled in.

So this is how the Bracket would loo, it would look much different seeing how there would be reseeding.

8 vs 7 6 vs 5
4 vs 3 2 vs 1

The team with the worst record would play at home no matter what. Seeing how they are the worst and wouldn't be fair if they had to play elsewere.

Lets say 7 beats 8, 4 beats 3, 5 beats 6, 1 beats 2 the Lotto if you want to call it that would be

8.Bobcats
7.Minnesota
6.Milwaukee Bucks
5.Boston Celtics

Now its 7 vs 5, and 4 vs 1

Lets say 5 beats 7 and 4 beats 1

Now it looks like
4.Portland TrailBlazers
3.Memphis Grizzlies

Now its 4 vs 5 and 4 comes out on top

Then its
2.Seattle Supersonics
1.Atlanta Hawks

Final Lottery playoff standings

8.Bobcats
7.Timberwolves
6.Bucks
5.Celtics
4.Trailblazers
3.Grizzlies
2.Supersonics
1.Hawks

That way its fair. You would see a very compeitive games to get the top pick. The Higher seeds would face other higher seeds while the lower seeds faced the lower seeds. Reseeding would take place in all this.

Now the question is how do you stop teams from tanking? Easy Teams that aren't playoff bound would have to play their starters through atleast 30 mins of play. Now how you determine the starters is simple Who ever started the majority of the season would have to play.

Now as far as trading draft picks are conern the way I see it is like this. Lets say The Suns trade Marion for a player(s) and the draft picks. What would happen is they would automaticly get the player(s) and Second round pick. How the Suns would acquire the first round pick would be if the team finish in the bottom half of the 8. If they finish better then they keep it.

So what do you guys think? Please comment on this. I need opinions or why it wouldn't work!
 
Your putting way too much into this. They have it pretty close to where it needs to be. It sucks for some teams, but great for others.
 
It would be interesting to say the least.

Not sure it would work though, personally I would just change the odds more and try and fix tanking somehow.
 
Alex44 said:
It would be interesting to say the least.

Not sure it would work though, personally I would just change the odds more and try and fix tanking somehow.
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They did with the Shaq draft and there is no way to fix tanking.
 
Alex44 said:
Most likely not, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't try.
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There is just no real way to tell. I mean how would you actually prove it? Evening out the odds, So teams don't tank for the lottery would only hurt the teams that really do stink.
 
Yeah it would be really hard to prove and it could hurt really bad teams.

I don't think the system is all that bad now, I might just tweak the percentages a little bit is all.
 
dude come on you need to get a girlfriend
 
why would you see a COMPETITVE game for a top pick. Why do the current players on a team care if the team gets the #1 pick or not???? All they are doing is playing hard so the organization can draft somebody and cut their butt and put them out of a job.

This would never work
 
just give every team NOT in the playoffs 1 ping pong ball.

Pick only the Top 3. Then from pick 4 and on do it by record. That way, no team will tank games. Either your in the playoffs. Or you get 1 ping pong ball.

AT worst the team with the worst record is picking 4th. There, everything solved!
 
MikeO said:
just give every team NOT in the playoffs 1 ping pong ball.

Pick only the Top 3. Then from pick 4 and on do it by record. That way, no team will tank games. Either your in the playoffs. Or you get 1 ping pong ball.

AT worst the team with the worst record is picking 4th. There, everything solved!
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That makes WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much sense.

The idea for one ping pong ball is great. No one would tank because they all know they have the same chance. I think picking 4th when your'e the worst team in the league is a little harsh though.

I'd do it the way you laid it out accept I'd have the lotto for the first pick only. One ping pong ball. Then it goes by order of record.

I don't think you'll ever get the "tanking" thing out of the league though.
 
MikeO said:
just give every team NOT in the playoffs 1 ping pong ball.

Pick only the Top 3. Then from pick 4 and on do it by record. That way, no team will tank games. Either your in the playoffs. Or you get 1 ping pong ball.

AT worst the team with the worst record is picking 4th. There, everything solved!
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David Stern has already said he wouldn't do that.

Besides whats wrong with bottom teams fighting for a top pick.
 
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