2018 NBA Draft

[Mavric]

 

 

[Mavric]

 

[Mavric]

Conspiracy Theory: Cavs get #1 pick to help keep LeBron in Cleveland.

 

 

[The Murphinator]

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

Conspiracy Theory: Cavs get #1 pick to help keep LeBron in Cleveland.

 

 

 

If they really want to stop tanking, they should let the Nuggets win the lottery this year. 

[HuskermanMike]

2 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

 

If they really want to stop tanking, they should let the Nuggets win the lottery this year. 

 

Eh, the Nuggets should have made the playoffs this year and they didn't. So it doesn't make sense to reward a borderline playoff team. Taking is just part of the game now, the NBA can't do anything about it. They can, however, find a way to balance teams more before it ends up becoming the Western all-stars against the eastern all-stars. Small market teams are going to have no chance if it continues to be superstar team v superstar team. Credit the Warriors for drafting well but no way in heck should Durant have been able to go there and make the Western All-Stars. 

 

Cavs won't get the first pick but if they do it would be used as a trading piece most likely. Or they will take whoever Lebron wants them to so he stays. 

[The Murphinator]

30 minutes ago, HuskermanMike said:

Eh, the Nuggets should have made the playoffs this year and they didn't. So it doesn't make sense to reward a borderline playoff team. Taking is just part of the game now, the NBA can't do anything about it. They can, however, find a way to balance teams more before it ends up becoming the Western all-stars against the eastern all-stars. Small market teams are going to have no chance if it continues to be superstar team v superstar team. Credit the Warriors for drafting well but no way in heck should Durant have been able to go there and make the Western All-Stars. 

 

Cavs won't get the first pick but if they do it would be used as a trading piece most likely. Or they will take whoever Lebron wants them to so he stays. 

 

What they should do is make the odds of winning the #1 pick equal for all the teams who miss the playoffs. This would reduce tanking 

[HuskermanMike]

2 hours ago, The Murphinator said:

 

What they should do is make the odds of winning the #1 pick equal for all the teams who miss the playoffs. This would reduce tanking 

 

That would be interesting. Many teams do tank on purpose and that is bad for the league but some just don't have the pieces in place yet to field a competitive team. You either make the playoffs or you get a lottery pick. The NBA "purgatory" does not help the franchise and therefore teams tank. It is that simple, barely missing the playoffs gets you a mid first rounder and watching from home. 

 

What would be cool is if they had some consolation latter where the 14 teams who don't make it play until there is a consolation champion. Yes, it would be not watched as much but it gives those teams something to play for and potentially make the league some money. It would be one and done and the winner of that gets the first round pick and the better you do the higher chance you get at a better pick. This could be a way to get rid of tanking or tick off a bunch of owners of teams who continually spoon feed the top teams in the league. 

[Mavric]

They are changing the odds next year so the worst team doesn't have as good of a chance of winning the lottery.  I don't think it's enough of a change to make a difference but it's something.

 

I can't remember if it was Bill Simmons or who that suggested a single-elimination tournament for the non-playoff qualifiers to determine the lottery.  Win the tournament, get the #1 pick.  But that makes too much sense.

[brophog]

Tanking is a byproduct of the dichotomy of making the playoffs vs not making the playoffs. All of the major professional leagues have had to deal with it. Even good teams tank, in the sense they take games off, or rest players. It's not just about talent acquisition. It's about making the playoffs, and then winning through the playoffs. No one cares about the regular season, why would you, it's not set up for you to care. 

 

Professional leagues want close finishes and races to the end to keep TV viewers. Well, that's just not how a normal distribution works. They all try to fudge it to some degree, whether it be draft order or scheduling, or some other controllable variable that gets the results they want.