Draft Lotto Reform

[eballa1]

The league submitted its own proposal to reform the draft lottery this week. Here are the details: http://t.co/ILx1eGshdz

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) July 16, 2014

I like this

[MichaelMcNamara]

Dell WILL NOT like this.

He made the pick top 3 protected because only the top 3 spots are drawn currently. In this new system, the top 6 are drawn. Now, the possibility to give the 4th, 5th, or 6th pick to the Rockets would exist.

He will not be a fan of that if it happens, though I doubt it happens by next year. But its possible.

[AD23nEG10]

i think it's pretty fine how it is now personally. this will make teams who are bad permanently bad & teams who just missed the playoffs potential powerhouses in the making.

[Carbon]

I saw an idea that I like for the NBA. Basically the draft order would be based on team records over a 3 year period instead of just one. It should make it a lot harder for any team to tank targeting a particular player. It would probably need a couple exceptions, perhaps you can't be #1 in consecutive years. Probably you'd also want to exclude the top tier of teams, probably like now where the playoff teams aren't eligible for the best picks.

[PELICANSFAN]

Dell WILL NOT like this.

He made the pick top 3 protected because only the top 3 spots are drawn currently. In this new system, the top 6 are drawn. Now, the possibility to give the 4th, 5th, or 6th pick to the Rockets would exist.

He will not be a fan of that if it happens, though I doubt it happens by next year. But its possible.

It would seem unfair to change this part of the lottery given how protections in trades are based off of the current system. I would think it would take several years to institute such a change given these types of situations.

[MichaelMcNamara]

It would seem unfair to change this part of the lottery given how protections in trades are based off of the current system. I would think it would take several years to institute such a change given these types of situations.

I tend to agree. I think this will be brought to the leagues' attention and it will take a few years

[Euphonetiks]

I think the bottom 2 teams should be slotted 5 and 6 and leave the regular lottery system in place. At least it would allow for some entertainment, strategy and art to tanking.