Change the Draft Lottery SYstem

[VlaDiv]

Teams who lose for draft picks...THe thing I hate most in the entire NBA. The rockets in 83... lost as much as possible just to secure Hakeem. The same thing happened in orlando in 92 and 93, to get shaq and penny. Then the Cavs dump productive vet Tyrone Hill in 02-03 just to make SURE they are the worst, and get LEbron. Now the Bobcats start up with a bunch of nobodys. They could have taken this lineup... I don't care what anybody says, this would be a playoff team!

PG: Penny Hardaway
SG: Allan Houston
SF: Jerry Stackhouse
PF: Antoine Walker
C: Okafor
Bench: Antonio Davis, Derrick Coleman, Elden Campbell, Gerald Wallace, Brian Grant, Jason Kapono, Clarence Weatherspoon
IR: Scottie Pippen, Jamal Mashburn, Grant Hill

So what are your ideas for changin the lottery system? They put it into place to stop the celtics, yeah it would be boring if the same team won every year, but why encourage LOSING? the fan come to games to have SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.

[50first]

well if they want to make things more competitive in the league. they could award the picks accordingly by overall record. say the best overall gets 1st and so on. so that having the best record during the regular season gives the organization something to work for. forcing teams to be more competitve in order to get that player. that way teams wouldn't have any good reasons to have the worst record, because they don't get anything for it. obviosly there will be some salary issues that wouldn't allow something like this to happen but i think its a good way to improve basketball and the rivalries between teams.

[VlaDiv]

Or what if it was just completely random lottery? That way, you would just try to win, because you don't know what next year might bring. And also, it wouldn't create an unstoppable dynasty for one city, since it would all be random.

[MC Hao]

PG: Penny Hardaway
SG: Allan Houston
SF: Jerry Stackhouse
PF: Antoine Walker
C: Okafor
Bench: Antonio Davis, Derrick Coleman, Elden Campbell, Gerald Wallace, Brian Grant, Jason Kapono, Clarence Weatherspoon
IR: Scottie Pippen, Jamal Mashburn, Grant Hill

do you realize thats impossible financially? yeah its good to dream sometimes.

[VlaDiv]

They just go over cap and pay luxury tax, no? If new york is possible...

[J@3]

Lol believe me, that team would have salaries alot worse than what's happening at New York.

[VlaDiv]

still though

don't you think a couple of those guys could have been taken?

I mean, that was my point.

Say, Stackhouse and Antoine Walker instead of.... Corey Benjamin... and Brandon Hunter...

I mean stack and walker are almost 80 rated in live 04, they would make an impact for this team.
But no, they wanna lose, and pick no.1

[cklitsie]

But no, they wanna lose, and pick no.1

if only the nba business wouldve been so easy as you write it down...

[VlaDiv]

my point is that the bobcats did not select best talent possible within nba rules and basic reasoning any fan would know. the 2002-03 cavs did not play to win. These are teams looking to manipulate system for the future, maybe?

[J@3]

I mean stack and walker are almost 80 rated in live 04, they would make an impact for this team.

Oh dear God

[UconnDynasty]

Well VlaDiv I can see your point. There have been times when teams have sought losses for future gains. Maybe they should make the odds of getting no.1 just a little bit lower, by using less balls for the worst team, say 225 instead of 250.

[Riot]

How would getting rid of the lottery stop from teams bombing it to get the first pick?

[Steve04]

I mean stack and walker are almost 80 rated in live 04, they would make an impact for this team.

Oh dear God

Didn't you get the memo Jae? EA Sports NBA Live is the gold standard by which we are now supposed to rank NBA Players.

[NNpF]

I mean stack and walker are almost 80 rated in live 04, they would make an impact for this team.

Oh dear God

Didn't you get the memo Jae? EA Sports NBA Live is the gold standard by which we are now supposed to rank NBA Players.

From what it looks like, some people think it is true

Anyways, the reason the Bobcats didn't take those players is because they are trying to build a young athletic team around Okafor. And Walker and Stackhouse are by no means young and athletic. You have to realise that the NBA is a business, not a game.

[J@3]

I mean stack and walker are almost 80 rated in live 04, they would make an impact for this team.

Oh dear God

Didn't you get the memo Jae? EA Sports NBA Live is the gold standard by which we are now supposed to rank NBA Players.

yeah well Sean Marks is only a 33 so he sucks

[Matt]

if the lottery is to be totally random then it should be only for the bottom 14 teams.....it would be unfair if San Antonio last season would have ended up with Lebron James if this kinda of system existed. However if a losing team got him it would have been much more fair

Better yet, if the bottom 7 teams chance of winning the lottery is something like 1-7 and the teams that are 8-14 (from the bottom) have chances of 1-14 of #1 or sumthin like that.

[hmm]

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[50first]

giving picks to higher teams, etc, you'd have to be prepared to watch the same teams struggle and the same teams win year after year, even more so than you do now!

yeah it wouldn't be fair with the current rosters. besides its better to see the next someone to become the next someone. instead of him not getting any playing time on a winning team. kind of be like a wasted draft pick.