OT Adam Silver Warns Teams About Tanking, Says NBA Will Closely Monitor Their Play (5 Viewers)

[Everything Beagle]

The NBA should just give the top picks to the Lakers every year

Dallas already does that now

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Chris Craig]

That would be unfair. All the good incoming players would just sign with winning teams. That would be a death knoll to parity in the league.

 

[BBert]

IMO the only way to prevent teams from gaming the system is to give every team the same odds in a lottery that randomly sets the draft order for all teams regardless of record.

 

[BBert]

That way every team will try to win to make their fans happy. It might even increase revenue by getting more butts in seats.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Tanking is easy solve if you put fans first.

If teams want to tank, which honestly, that should be their right to do, then they have to refund their fans and season ticket holders 50% of the ticket cost.

Yes, there should be a penalty/fine if teams intentionally put out a poor product. But it should be the fans, not the league, who benefit from any financial penalty.

 

[KingSpeed]

My tanking solution is still the best. Salary incentive for staying out of bottom 3. And bottom 3 get last 3 picks of first round. This is only proposal that gives incentive to players, coaches, and GMs to win. A Pacers/Wizards game in April could get great ratings. Both teams would want to win.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

My tanking solution is still the best. Salary incentive for staying out of bottom 3. And bottom 3 get last 3 picks of first round. This is only proposal that gives incentive to players, coaches, and GMs to win. A Pacers/Wizards game in April could get great ratings. Both teams would want to win.

Sorry man, I think your idea is terrible. If teams stink they could stink forever. Punishing the least talented teams is like charging the highest tax rate to a homeless person.

It also could incentivize teams to try to coerce players to play hurt so they don't end up in the bottom three.

 

[blazerfan11]

That's really stupid if that's what he said.

All he had to say was that the lottery would determine all 14 spots and all 14 teams would have the same odds.
That would definitely get rid of tanking.

 

[BBert]

That's really stupid if that's what he said.

All he had to say was that the lottery would determine all 14 spots and all 14 teams would have the same odds.
That would definitely get rid of tanking.

Teams on the fringe would still game the system. Give all the teams the same exact odds for draft position in the first round. There would be zero incentive to throw games and competitive athletes and coaches would play to win every game. The second round would be based on record, worst first, best last.

 

[blazerfan11]

Teams on the fringe would still game the system. Give all the teams the same exact odds for draft position in the first round. There would be zero incentive to throw games and competitive athletes and coaches would play to win every game. The second round would be based on record, worst first, best last.

Teams on the fringe wouldn't be tanking the way we think of tanking, where a team aims for 18 wins. That is the issue.

Nobody would care about a team losing a game to miss the playoffs. That same thing could happen with a team trying to control who their opponent is in the playoffs.