Why an NBA Lottery in the first place?
Why do you think there is an NBA Lottery? My personal belief is not because it will keep teams from tanking (They do it anyways i.e. 96-97 Spurs!), I believe it is because David Stern was tired of seeing big time players going to small market teams and losing money! More benjamins in Ol' Davey Stern's already grotesquely greedily lined pockets - Oy Vey! Tell me what you think!
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Who will win the 2007 NBA finals?
No i completly agree that the Lottery is a joke and so is david stern's completely bogus way of stopping teams from supposedly "tanking games" because apparently teams are still tanking games even with the lottery set up, so basically whatever way he sets up the draft it is still gonna end up being corrupt. honestly he should just switch to what every other leagues do. If you have the worst record then you get the best pick. honestly how hard is that? it makes everything so much easier.p.s why is it when a team does really bad they are considered tanking their season? if they do bad wouldn't it mean they suck? tanking games theory isn't always true.
Its overall very stupid, I think it should be just like the NFL, the worst records get the higher draft picks, basically they are the teams that need the most help in the first place. If big time teams get all the big time players there will never be a good competition, so they need to level the playing field off, for more entertainment.
I think the main purpose is so that teams cant start scouting next years players under the table. no secret agreements when you dont know when you will draft.
If you had gone by records alone, boston could have made a secret deal with oden long long ago.
It think the lottery system is fine. the playoff system is broken.
Did the the spurs deserve to beat the suns?
i think it stops teams from deliberately losing games to get the top pickWho do you think is going to win defensive player of the year in the NBA?
The fear is that one player can make a huge difference to a team. Think the Spurs were helped by getting Tim Duncan? The Knicks were helped by Patrick Ewing? Absolutely.In the old days, the worst two teams had a coin flip to determine the first pick. The NBA decided that wasn't enough, so now the system is designed to make sure there are no guarantees. I like the weighted system, which gives bad teams a better chance but, as Boston and Memphis will tell you tonight, no guarantees.
Will the jazz make it past the first round?
I actually think it is very interesting and mixes things up a bit. Though my team has never been in a position like the Celtics of this year.More Questions & Answers...