NBA looking to change draft lottery

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It was a couple of years ago, and I think it was in here, but somebody posted a draft model that the NBA was looking into that did away with the lottery and drafting based off of record all together. I absolutely loved it, thought it was revolutionary and refreshing. Basically, it was a fairly intricate system in which an NBA team rotates through every single draft position over the course of 30 years. This is just a hypothetical example, but basically it was along the lines of: If the Jazz are slated for the #1 pick in 2020, then in 2021 they would be slated for the #15 pick, and so on.

I love it and wish the NBA would pull the trigger on something like that.

The wheel

Yeah I like it too.

My favorite thing is still getting rid of the draft altogether and treat incoming prospects like college does and make it a recruiting game.

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[7StraightIsGreat]

The wheel

Yeah I like it too.

My favorite thing is still getting rid of the draft altogether and treat incoming prospects like college does and make it a recruiting game.

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Why, so large market teams could snatch up every blue chip prospect?

 

[Jazz Spazz]

Why, so large market teams could snatch up every blue chip prospect?

It's perfect. We could have P5 G5 and Independents in the NBA. Maybe even have bowl games to determine who the national champion is.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Why, so large market teams could snatch up every blue chip prospect?

You think every top tier rookie is going to go to the same handful teams? There is a thing called playing time that really matters and team reputation for player development.

I've made some post about how to curb that too if this general system was adopted. This is generally what I remember coming up with.

As it stands now there are 60 draft picks. The NBA could do the same, but instead of calling them draft picks they are now player vouchers.

30 tier 1 vouchers and 30 tier 2 vouchers. The tier 2 vouchers are capped out at the rookie minimum as it stands now. These vouchers can be traded just like draft picks.

The tier 1 vouchers would have a cap too, but I'm not sure what it would be. Tier 1's would also have a minimum amount that is higher than the tier 2 (enough to make it very difficult for any rookie to say no to a tier 1 and take a tier 2). No team can go over the cap to sign rookies to anything above the minimum amount for that tier.

So basically once the off-season starts teams would start recruiting these rookies right away. Setting up interviews, showing them around, basically just like how colleges do. And at the same time, the rookies are trying their hardest to impress the teams they want to play for. The NBA could still have a televised event too where these players announce their choices live.

NBA teams no longer have any incentive to be bad. If anything they should try their hardest to be as competitive as possible.

 

[RJF]

You think every top tier rookie is going to go to the same handful teams? There is a thing called playing time that really matters and team reputation for player development.

I've made some post about how to curb that too if this general system was adopted. This is generally what I remember coming up with.

As it stands now there are 60 draft picks. The NBA could do the same, but instead of calling them draft picks they are now player vouchers.

30 tier 1 vouchers and 30 tier 2 vouchers. The tier 2 vouchers are capped out at the rookie minimum as it stands now. These vouchers can be traded just like draft picks.

The tier 1 vouchers would have a cap too, but I'm not sure what it would be. Tier 1's would also have a minimum amount that is higher than the tier 2 (enough to make it very difficult for any rookie to say no to a tier 1 and take a tier 2). No team can go over the cap to sign rookies to anything above the minimum amount for that tier.

So basically once the off-season starts teams would start recruiting these rookies right away. Setting up interviews, showing them around, basically just like how colleges do. And at the same time, the rookies are trying their hardest to impress the teams they want to play for. The NBA could still have a televised event too where these players announce their choices live.

NBA teams no longer have any incentive to be bad. If anything they should try their hardest to be as competitive as possible.

There aren't a lot of Donovan Mitchell types that are anxious to work out let alone play in the state of Utah.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

There aren't a lot of Donovan Mitchell types that are anxious to work out let alone play in the state of Utah.

The Jazz get plenty of 1st round prospects in for workouts. They would get more if there werent draft positions.

 

[Park Bites]

I still think the wheel based system is the best.

Remind me what the wheel based system is?

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[Park Bites]

Remind me what the wheel based system is?

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Never mind

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[Park Bites]

The wheel system would make trades very interesting as you would know what pick you are trading.

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[JimLes]

Why can't we just go back to the way the lottery was its first decade. Put 14 names in a bowl, draw them. Everyone has the same odds. What the hell was wrong with that?

Oh, and also, get rid of pick protection in trades. Make GMs accountable for what they do, don't bail them out when the team still sucks 4 years after the trade and they don't want to lose a high pick.