Exclusive Around the NBA: February, 2026! (5 Viewers)

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

They have footage of Bird's infamous left-hand-only shooting game against the Blazers.

 

[riverman]

Silver is considering getting rid of the NBA draft and making all rookies free agents to solve tanking.

MSN

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Silver is considering getting rid of the NBA draft and making all rookies free agents to solve tanking.

MSN

Lakers would love that!

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Silver is considering getting rid of the NBA draft and making all rookies free agents to solve tanking.

MSN

If that happens its time to stop being a Blazers fan. We would never be able to compete.

 

[wizenheimer]

If that happens its time to stop being a Blazers fan. We would never be able to compete.

we agree on that. It's a dumb idea based upon a tanking problem that isn't much of a problem in the first place

 

[RR7]

I've tried kicking around the idea of the elimination of the draft, tied to each team getting different salary slots based on record. Wouldn't necessarily eliminate tanking, but being worst wouldn't immediately mean you get the best player, if they don't want to play there. I think there's hundreds of kinks to work out of it, but if you generically took the rookie scale, and applied it to each team. So worst team has 11.5 to spend on their 1st rounder, 2nd pick has 10.3, etc. Maybe you still have a lot to to see who gets the most money, but 11.5 doesn't guarantee you Flagg if he prefers, say, SA with the #2 slot, Philly with 3, etc. Teams trade $$ instead of picks.

 

[Chris Craig]

What you do is have the draft, but give everyone that didn't make the playoffs the same odds at getting the first pick. Then there is no need or incentive for tanking.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

What you do is have the draft, but give everyone that didn't make the playoffs the same odds at getting the first pick. Then there is no need or incentive for tanking.

I think you could still have teams tanking that would make the play in. If they had the same odds as the 13th worst team as the 1st team, and the draft had someone like Wemby, and the team thought they overachieved and had no chance at contending, they may tank too.

It just isn't as big of an issue as people are making it. Who cares? I rarely hear the NFL complaining about this and they don't even have the lottery.

The lottery was supposed to solve tanking. And it has to a degree.

Just leave it alone and fine people you can prove are blatantly tanking.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Wow, so we could have had Oden, but instead of a rookie contract, we would have given him the max.

 

[BassPlaya]

Wow, so we could have had Oden, but instead of a rookie contract, we would have given him the max.

Great Oden's beard!

 

[KingSpeed]

What you do is have the draft, but give everyone that didn't make the playoffs the same odds at getting the first pick. Then there is no need or incentive for tanking.

Then tanking would happen higher in the standings to make play-in but blow it and get maybe the #1 pick.

 

[KingSpeed]

So World just has to win this game by 3 and they’re in the final.

 

[BBert]

I'm going to guess those were the Hornets announcers based on their obvious bias.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm going to guess those were the Hornets announcers based on their obvious bias.

Pretty awesome that Hornets and Pistons could meet in first round.

 

[BBert]

Silver is considering getting rid of the NBA draft and making all rookies free agents to solve tanking.

MSN

Terrible idea. Unless the goal is to favor big market and marquee teams. Come to think of it....

 

[PDXFonz]

Terrible idea. Unless the goal is to favor big market and marquee teams. Come to think of it....

Don’t see how they think this would ever lead to competitive balance.