After four Kentucky freshman (Wall, Cousins, Bledsoe, and Orton) and an almost certainty that junior Patrick Patterson will declare soon, i started thinking about the ambidextrous process the NBA uses when conducting its "Draft Lottery".
The process gives ALL 14 teams not making the playoffs a chance to get the number one overall pick in the NBA Draft. With the team with the worst record getting the best chance to get the pick. How you might ask? Through a series of various "ping-pong ball probabilities" that would make Archimedes himself smile. My question is this fair? The NFL and MLB lets the team with the worse regular season record get the number one pick each year. Now why must the NBA make things so difficult?
I know in 1984 the NBA decided to "change it up", after accusations of teams "tanking" games to get higher picks in the draft. My question is how do you prove that? I'm sure that can be said in every sport; but seriously how are you going to tell me a professional sports organization is going to "tank" games, when fans pay their hard-earned money to watch games.
This "lottery" process also gives teams who is maybe a player away get a lot better in a hurry, when a team who has lost more games that year doesn't get the chance. Case in point: 1997, the San Antonio Spurs win the lottery and select Tim Duncan. The next year, he joins David Robinson, who was injured most of the '96 season, to win the NBA Championship the following year. Is this fair?
Look back at past draft lotteries, how many times since 1990 has the worst team in the league won the lottery? Answer: Three times! (1990, 2003,2004) How is this feasable?
I believe the NBA Draft should be conducted just like the NFL and MLB, when it comes to what team, gets what pick, in the 1st round. The worst team, with the worst record, should have a chance to get better. With the "NBA Draft Lottery" who knows if that will ever happen.
Until Next Time, Adios!
Wasn't Boston tanking games real bad a couple years ago? I can't remember what year exactly,maybe the year before KG and Jesus Shuttlesworth came to town.
ReplyDeleteAnd its not too big of a deal when most of the teams are equally bad. But this year it will be an outrage if the #1 pick doesn't go to New Jersey or Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteIs this OH Napier.......
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's OH, but he has to be OH's cousin.
ReplyDeleteJust do things regular, a professional organization won't tank games, just put the team who deserves the number one pick, with the most amount of regular season losses in that position.....No need for ping pong probability lol
ReplyDeleteI've always thought it's an unjust system. Who came up with this idea in the first place?
ReplyDeleteIS THIS OH.
ReplyDeleteLook at the contributors smart, anonymous one lol.....does it say "OH"?
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