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Flat out disaster that was easily avoidable
Matt Breen@matt_breen
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This part but without flattening odds
Jake Fischer@JakeLFischer
@TheSteinLine And lastly, the union and other league figures are pushing to employ additional penalties to punish blatant tanking. Such as reducing a team's lottery odds, moving their pick to the end of the lottery or the first round, or stripping them of their first-round selection.
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@BillSimmons Yes, shortening the season will certainly help bad teams get better! Does anyone actually think before they speak?
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0 for 3!
Also — notice how none of the ideas involve shortening the season which is partly how we fell into this tanking sinkhole in the first place. They come up with 3 “solutions” and none of the 3 are “what would 72 games look like?”
This league is so frustrating
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@RichHomieFlom Correct. Even remove the lottery altogether. Also, tie in revenue sharing, ticket prices and discounts
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Simple tanking fix:
1. Unflatten the lottery odds: the worst teams are very likely to get top picks and mid-lotto teams are unlikely to move up.
2. Eliminate pick protections outside of top-4.
3. Can’t draft top five more than two years in a row or three in five years.
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@JonesOnTheNBA So, when bad teams stay bad, then what? These options are from a league that has zero awareness. Abolish the lottery, let bad teams get better. This is an easy step 1 to fix it
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People are up in arms, but 2 is by far the best option. Play-in teams and teams that are first-round playoff exits are included in the lottery. Lottery includes record last 2 years. Basically there’s no real incentive taking to avoid play-in or 7/8 seed
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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Yes, this is step one of what should be an easy fix but unfortunately NBA leadership is clueless
Chris Mannix@SIChrisMannix
I'm an abolish-the-lottery guy for one reason: The NBA needs to get the best players to the worst teams. Because for all the talk of other avenues (free agency, trades) the draft is the most realistic path to sustainable success.
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@KeithSmithNBA Option 1 is what directly led to the Spurs and Mavs jumping. It’s a terrible idea that will lead to more tanking. Bad teams will stay bad.
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I don't mind Option 1. I don't love including teams in the playoffs, but I don't hate it. This is probably my favorite of the three options.
Option 2 is interesting, but will get confusing for folks to keep track of. There's a lot going on there. I don't hate it though.
Option 3 feels like we're just moving the goalposts a bit. If a draft has prospects good enough, won't teams just tank to be bottom 5? Not a fan of that one. Feels like change for change's sake.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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Mike รีทวีตแล้ว
The next proposal should probably come from someone who understands why the draft exists in the first place
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@KevinOConnor Fixing tanking is simple:
1. No lottery, draft set based on record
2. Limitations on pick protections and consecutive years with top 3 picks
3. Tie it to revenue sharing
4. Bad teams can not raise ticket prices, offer discounts if stars are out, refunds when necessary
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Proposal #1 is the best and also easiest to understand. But it introduces so much randomness that it won’t shock me if teams don’t support it. I’m just glad Adam Silver and the NBA are thinking outside the box instead of taking half measures.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@KevinOConnor Bad teams will stay bad longer, leading to continuous tanking. This leadership has no clue how to fix this.
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@KevinOConnor Proposal 1 increases tanking, just like flattening odds did in the first place. Get rid of the lottery, put limitations in place, restrictions on pick protections, and tie it to revenue sharing/ticket prices/discounts. Very easy. Adam Silver will destroy the league
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Exactly, just simply get rid of the lottery, put some restrictions on pick protections, tie it to revenue sharing/ticket prices
Sohil D, MD@oh_sohilarious
They keep making things worse. Stop expanding the lottery as if incentivizing more teams to tank wasn’t the progenitor of today’s problem. Stop punishing bad teams even more by completely taking an avenue away for them to get better.
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