Players Union wants to change draft rules

[Rhal]

A change to the draft like that really hurts borderline playoff teams more then any other. Great teams will still be great without there draft picks, but the mediocre teams will get hit harder because they wont even have the chance to get a good bench player with there non existent first anymore.
A hard cap with non guaranteed contracts like the NFL would be the best to even the playing level for small market/big market teams.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

It's not a one-time loss, it's annual. If an average owner is worth $500M, he'll lose more than 1/4 of his worth every decade. (133 / 500 = 26.6%)

Of course, his franchise's value will have appreciated by more than that amount over the course of that decade, so when he eventually sells his club, he'll more than recoup his "losses".

 

[Mediocre Man]

A hard cap only creates "parity" in the sense that it creates a tyranny of the lowest common denominator. A hard cap is for people who think Donald Sterling is the epitome of a great owner.

I am also more than fine with putting a minimum slary cap in place as well.

 

[Peaceman]

Increase the years to 6 for the rookie contracts with a team option to terminate the contract at 3 years(in case they are a bust). Decrease the salaries of rookies 20% and allow teams to extend at 4 years. More players will sign extension with current teams instead of having to get low paying salaries. Also the franchise tag the NFL has isn't a bad idea either. Keeps the league with more parity.

 

[huevonkiller]

Does a franchise tag really work in the NBA? I don't think the general fan wants to see great players in meh organizations.

You'll probably see more forced trades then.

 

[Sinobas]

I do not like that draft idea. You've got lot of teams around .500 in the playoffs, so they'd get no 1st round picks? Even though a team is good, You've got to give them some opportunity to get young players to groom the next generation. That's just way too much of a punishment for success.

The biggest change I'd like to see is non-guaranteed contracts, just like the NFL. No more being cap strapped by someone who can't play or underachieves

And though this would never happen, I'd like to see fewer, games. There's too much lolly-gagging around the league because it's such a strenous schedule, also reduce the playoff pool to 6 per conference with 2 byes, like the NFL has.

I don't like the idea of a hard cap, because teams should be allowed to keep players they draft. I like this current system, where you can't go over the cap to sign a FA.

 

[julius]

I do not like that draft idea. You've got lot of teams around .500 in the playoffs, so they'd get no 1st round picks?

good point. what if you're an EC team and you made the playoffs, but your record is far worse than the 9th seed in the WC? A huge stretch I know, but think about it. Making the playoffs in the Eastern conference could potentially have a double whammy negative impact for teams. It would just make the teams in the Western Conference even better.

 

[Minstrel]

The biggest change I'd like to see is non-guaranteed contracts, just like the NFL. No more being cap strapped by someone who can't play or underachieves

Plenty of NFL teams are cap strapped by players who get hurt or underachieve or just never were that good to begin with. That's because signing bonuses are guaranteed, so that's what negotiations revolve around, generally not years and average annual value. The signing bonuses are paid out evenly over the length of the contract, but if the contract is terminated early, the remaining amount left to be paid on the bonus is accelerated to that year's cap...which generally is not something a team can afford, because then they have to get rid of other players somehow to get under the cap by the deadline.

If you went with totally non-guaranteed contracts, and no guaranteed money at all, no players would sign multi-year deals. The reason athletes want multi-year deals now is for security against possible injury. If contracts weren't guaranteed, then there's no incentive for players not to go year to year. Some fans might be okay with every player on every team being a free agent every off-season. I bet a ton of fans would hate it, since they like the idea of "locking up" players they like, knowing those players will be around awhile. That would not happen if there were no guaranteed contracts/money beyond the first year.

 

[Draco]

I am also more than fine with putting a minimum slary cap in place as well.

They already have one, its been that way for over a decade.

 

[Draco]

If you went with totally non-guaranteed contracts, and no guaranteed money at all, no players would sign multi-year deals. The reason athletes want multi-year deals now is for security against possible injury. If contracts weren't guaranteed, then there's no incentive for players not to go year to year. Some fans might be okay with every player on every team being a free agent every off-season. I bet a ton of fans would hate it, since they like the idea of "locking up" players they like, knowing those players will be around awhile. That would not happen if there were no guaranteed contracts/money beyond the first year.

Good point. I like the idea of contracts being 1/3rd or some percentage partially guaranteed.

 

[Mediocre Man]

They already have one, its been that way for over a decade.

I should have worded that better. I think the maximum hard cap and minimum hard cap shoul dbe really close to each other preventing teams from beaing cheap. Right now the number is 75% (I think) of the tax level. I'd like to see that number raised to maybe 85-90%

 

[hasoos]

Which would turn all the bad teams into farm teams for Miami, Boston, LA and NY. Isn't that what everybody wants? Go play a few years and learn how to play on a bad team, and then go by free agency to one of the 4 big cities where the winners are?

This proposal changes nothing until they put controls in place to stop player movement like it is happening now.

 

[maxiep]

The same teams are in the lottery all the time for the same reason the same teams are in the playoffs all the time--management and coaching matter. The Clips are a really talented team. Gregg Popovich could win 50 games with that group. Give Vinny Del Negro the Spurs and he struggles to keep them above .500.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

How about this.

Bottom 6 teams in the league are in the lottery for top 6 picks.
Next 6 picks are by record.
Rest of round (12 on) is by record starting with the worst team in the league BUT the division leaders do not get a first round pick at all.

So, the worst team in the league will get the 13th pick as well as one of the first 6 picks in the draft.

 

[TripTango]

Listen to all you pinko talent-distributing commies! First picks should go to teams who have shown they know how to use em. The teams should all be ranked by "wins per salary dollar". No lottery, no tanking, no nonsense. Thus, successful and frugal teams are rewarded, while poorly-managed losers get taught a lesson.

 

[jlprk]

How about this.

The worst 5 teams draft from the best 5, 1 round only, 1 superstar going to each bad team. This draft is held each year, plenty of time before the normal college draft, to give the best 5 teams time to cry and figure out how to salvage the next season.

You might say, this permanently takes Kobe from the Lakers, but you would be wrong as usual. Because the next year, the Lakers, now one of the bottomfeeding 5, take him back, or at least one of those pretend superstars I've heard about. This is great for parity because Kobe is now shared around the nation. One year he graces one city and another, another.

4 other near-stars get moved around each year, if there are any besides him.

 

[TripTango]

How about this.

The worst 5 teams draft from the best 5, 1 round only, 1 superstar going to each bad team. This draft is held each year, plenty of time before the normal college draft, to give the best 5 teams time to cry and figure out how to salvage the next season.

You might say, this permanently takes Kobe from the Lakers, but you would be wrong as usual. Because the next year, the Lakers, now one of the bottomfeeding 5, take him back, or at least one of those pretend superstars I've heard about. This is great for parity because Kobe is now shared around the nation. One year he graces one city and another, another.

4 other near-stars get moved around each year, if there are any besides him.

I can't think of a single thing that's wrong with this plan, but I still like mine better.

 

[Minstrel]

I think we should just hold a draft lottery that involves every team in the league, with every team having an equal chance at every draft position. One ball for every team in the NBA goes into the hopper, and the balls are drawn out one by one to set the draft order.

That would be pretty exciting. Also, you could sell your draft spot for nothing but hard cash. So if the Clippers won the #1 pick, you'd also get an exciting, high-stakes auction (price paid doesn't count against any cap) and the additional plus of a top prospect not being on the Clippers.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

My idea: a dispersion draft every five years, with seeding determined by random lottery (with equal odds for every team). Twelve rounds, no trades until one month after the draft is over. Salary is determined by the round in which the player is picked, all contracts are guaranteed for 5 years.

1st round = 10 mil
2nd round = 8 mil
3rd round = 6 mil
4th, 5th, and 6th rounds = 4 mil
7th, 8th, and 9th rounds = 3 mil
10th, 11th, and 12th rounds = 2 mil

Every team would have a starting salary of $51 million, and a month to get their house in order. On the 3rd week of this month trade moratorium, the college draft occurs: Two rounds, with the order being the opposite of the Dispersion draft order on Dispersion years, or the current lotto-style order in non-Dispersion years. First rounders earn $2 million a year. Second rounders earn $1 million (non-guaranteed). No muss, no fuss. A Fifteenth Player budget of $1 million is allowed for signing a 15th player out of the pool of talent that is left. These players can be signed in the week after the draft, before the trade moratorium is up.

Every team will have between $53 and $55 million dollars of salary on their team when the trade moratorium is lifted. They then have five years to fuck everything up or cleverly take advantage of idiots. Then, after 5 years, the wheel resets, and the dispersion happens again, moving everyone back to a similar salary situation.

It'd be exciting, at least.