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Haroun McCadney UR THOUGHTS CUZ ABOUT THE PROPOSALS ON FIXING THE DRAFT NBA THAT IS ....Fixing the mess with something other than ping-pong balls is something Stern couldnt accomplish, but there are several theories out there about how it could be done. Here are some of the ones that have been proposed: Reverse the draft order: Thats right. Best team picks first, worst team picks last. But get rid of the Bird Rule that allows teams to exceed the salary cap, and get rid of the rookie wage scale. Teams wont be able to afford to keep their best players and the top picks. Reward playing to win: Doctoral candidate Adam Gold, speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, said teams should be ranked for the draft based on how well they play after being eliminated from playoff contention. Not entirely sure how that would work, but he had a bunch of charts. Use the wheel: The NBA has seriously looked at instituting a 30-year draft cycle in which every teams draft position would be laid out for that length of time and is not affected by standing. Each team would pick first, second, third, all the way to 30th, at some point during that span, and would be guaranteed a top-six pick every five years and so forth. Get rid of the draft: Everyone is a free agent. Sign with the team that is a good fit and has the money. This would also require a hard salary cap, and a sincere hope that someone good would still want to play in Detroit, Minneapolis, or Toronto. None of those solutions is perfect, but having teams set themselves up to lose on purpose isnt perfect, either. In fact, it is awful, and it is difficult to watch the Sixers being put through it. Maybe David Stern will take another look at this on his last day in office. After 30 years, he must have figured it out by now.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:14:43 +0000

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