Yea I agree with philly.
Cant blame them for taking advantage of a broken system.
The system is broken.
They need to just make the odds even for every team that misses the playoffs.
This would solve some of the current problems and create a few new problems.
But the problems that it would solve would be better then the new problems it creates.
I dont think the teams that are 9th in the playoff standings the last week of the season would try to lose on purpose to get in the lottery.
And the teams with the worst records and the end of the season would have no reason to try to lose it would not improver their draft position.
It would completely end tanking almost 100%.
Then do the draw live on ESPN.
The ratings would be huge.
You miss the playoffs you get 1 ball with your name on it.
The first ball that pops out gets the last pick in the lottery.
Keep pulling balls live till you get to the first pick.
At the end you have 2 balls spinning around for the 1st pick of the draft for the rights to draft an Anthony Davis, or Andrew Wiggins type player.
This would be must see tv.
Just playing devils advocate, this could cause some problems
There is a massive difference between an anthony davis type player and say, the 10th pick in draft. HUGE difference. There is also a massive difference between the team that misses the playoffs by one spot and the team that finished last. The current system is meant to address that issue.
With each team that missed the playoffs having an equal chance to get the 1st pick, you are going to end up with perennial bottom dwellers that just keep getting worse and worse and worse. You could possibly see a team that finishes last place in the league 10-15 years in a row.
As I said it would create some new problems but the problems that it would solve would more then make up for the new problems it would create.
And the same teams finishing in the bottom 10 years in a row thing.
Have you every heard of the Sacramento Kings or the Milwaukee Bucks?
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-rejects-lottery-reform/
That is the latest on it...Got voted down like 2 weeks ago. Pretty good writeup from Lowe
That is the latest on it...Got voted down like 2 weeks ago. Pretty good writeup from Lowe
There is nothing wrong with what Philly is doing. They took a shot on Andrew Bynum a few urs ago to help put a 6-8th seed team over the top and it failed. So they are starting over. They drafted a bunch of young kids and they are smart enough to not waste their money on shitty overpriced free agents. They are competing, not like they are trying to lose. They just do not have the talent right now. They have a core of MCW, Embiid, Noel, KJ McDaniels, a legit player over in Europe who will be coming over next season and they will have a top 10 pick again. The sixers are trying to build a team to win a title not be a 7 seed every yr and get bounced in rd1.
oh by the way, Tony Wroten can play. he may end up being better than MCW. Wroten can get to the rim on anyone. What a steal he was.
oh by the way, Tony Wroten can play. he may end up being better than MCW. Wroten can get to the rim on anyone. What a steal he was.
