OT Adam Silver Warns Teams About Tanking, Says NBA Will Closely Monitor Their Play (6 Viewers)

[tlongII]

I don't think players  ever tank, so  they don't need to be iincentivized not to.

Uh…have you seen the betting scandals currently being litigated?

 

[BigGameDamian]

just base it on record. most wins get the top pick. tanking solved.

It’s not a bad idea. The team that has the most wins in the lottery gets the top pick and you just do the lottery backwards. No more ping pong balls or anything.

 

[Pinwheel1]

It’s not a bad idea. The team that has the most wins in the lottery gets the top pick and you just do the lottery backwards. No more ping pong balls or anything.

Then they would probably tank the play in games to make sure they make the lottery.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Then they would probably tank the play in games to make sure they make the lottery.

Well you could freeze the standings at march 31. Or just end the season for the playoffs teams/play in teams. Beginning April 1 the lottery teams play for there pick.

 

[Everything Beagle]

Kill the odds curve, just pure chance for picks 1-32. All teams get equal chances. Worst to best record for the second round.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Who cares if OKC has the same odds as SAC???? Either one can get lucky and land a top pick. Having a bad record no longer matters. That is the important thing. No more tanking. Who cares if a good team gets another good pick, it really doesn't matter. The point is is that it gives all teams equal odds. If a good team gets a good pick, there's just as much chance that a bad team will also get a good pick in the same year. It's not going to kill the league if a good team gets a good player. They get good players anyways in different ways.

It is absolutely bonkers to think a team like the 72-10 Jordan Bulls should have the same odds as a team that can barely win 20 games.

If the Jordan Bulls won the #1 pick in 1996 and had their pick of AI, Kobe, Marcus Camby etc that would have been interesting.

League parity is what makes things interesting.

 

[BBert]

Kill the odds curve, just pure chance for picks 1-32. All teams get equal chances. Worst to best record for the second round.

This is exactly what I've been saying. So what if the best and worst teams have the same odds. The bad teams need to run their franchises better. Like every other business. I'd be willing to exclude the existing champion from the lottery and give them the 30th pick. Or the two finals teams. But no more than the 4 finals teams. Remove all incentive to throw games.

 

[blazerkor]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...ct-anti-tanking-rules-next-season-sources-say

I like the combination of a few of these rule changes: Flatten the lotto odds, teams can't pick in the top 4 consecutive years and teams can't pick in the top 4 the draft after making the conference finals.

So every team that misses the playoffs has the same chance at a top 4 pick except teams that pick in the top 4 the season before if they miss the playoffs again and any team that misses the playoffs the year after going to the conference finals.

 

[BBert]

It is absolutely bonkers to think a team like the 72-10 Jordan Bulls should have the same odds as a team that can barely win 20 games.

If the Jordan Bulls won the #1 pick in 1996 and had their pick of AI, Kobe, Marcus Camby etc that would have been interesting.

League parity is what makes things interesting.

I like league parity too. But good luck paying all those all stars with an effective salary cap.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

This is exactly what I've been saying. So what if the best and worst teams have the same odds. The bad teams need to run their franchises better. Like every other business. I'd be willing to exclude the existing champion from the lottery and give them the 30th pick. Or the two finals teams. But no more than the 4 finals teams. Remove all incentive to throw games.

We should expect the ma and pop franchises to run their business just as well as the Walmart?

Small market teams are at a disadvantage for free agents and pretty much everything else. To expect Portland to run as well as the Lakers is bonkers.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I like league parity too. But good luck paying all those all stars with an effective salary cap.

Teams in larger markets will be able to if they want to. We wouldn't be able to unless the owner wants to go SPAM.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Uh…have you seen the betting scandals currently being litigated?

Fixing ain't tanking.

 

[Everything Beagle]

This is exactly what I've been saying. So what if the best and worst teams have the same odds. The bad teams need to run their franchises better. Like every other business. I'd be willing to exclude the existing champion from the lottery and give them the 30th pick. Or the two finals teams. But no more than the 4 finals teams. Remove all incentive to throw games.

I’d add one rule to keep a team out of the top 5 picks if they drafted top 5 in the last three years. Traded picks follow your team’s status not the status of the team that gave up the pick.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

There's no way they'll get rid of the draft. It has more fans than the regular season.