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31628.13 in reply to 31628.12
Date: 5/20/2008 3:46:52 AM
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yeah and if you drafted unpopular first picks you get easily 3 5* draftees, and other maybe just one and a lot of crap.

And i think it to much confusing the system, because you can't see why you just get your pick number 10.

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31628.14 in reply to 31628.13
Date: 5/20/2008 4:10:24 PM
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Sure you could see why you got your #10 pick..

Imagine this visualization. On "draft day", the names of the players that you have ranked are revealed, so that you know that you have Joe Smith as your top rated player instead of Player No. 11.

Each team would have an avatar, and these would slide over by the picture of their #1 pick. If this was a unique matchup, the player would return with a smiling avatar to join his new team. The players would also be crossed off your draft list.

If there were multiple teams that had selected a player, there would be a drawing to decide which team would get the player, and the succesful team would take their pick back to their team. The other avatars would slide back to their team, with a disappointed expression.

Those who didn't get their first pick would slide over to their next pick, and the process would repeat, and so on.

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31628.15 in reply to 31628.14
Date: 5/20/2008 6:33:47 PM
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but it is somekind of irritating when you have to look on 16 teams to see why who get to this team. And if geton high pick numbers you are the last for every good decision

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31628.16 in reply to 31628.11
Date: 5/21/2008 7:37:23 PM
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I like the lottery idea...but would it be like the NBA and include only the non-playoff teams or all teams?

Steve

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31628.17 in reply to 31628.16
Date: 5/22/2008 12:28:25 AM
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I think it should include all teams. Maybe have the lottery style for the non-playoff teams and then the playoff teams would be ranked by how they finished the season(or playoffs?).

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31628.18 in reply to 31628.17
Date: 5/22/2008 6:04:27 PM
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I think it should include all teams. Maybe have the lottery style for the non-playoff teams and then the playoff teams would be ranked by how they finished the season(or playoffs?).


That would be the NBA. That being said. I would LOVE to install that system here. And no whining threads allowed.

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31628.19 in reply to 31628.18
Date: 10/2/2010 6:27:33 AM
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how about setting the draft order in 2nd round as the opposite of 1st round. best team of the league gets picks 16 and 17, meanwhile worst team gets 1st and 32nd pick. that would still be favorable for losing teams but keeps things much more fair for everyone.

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31628.20 in reply to 31628.19
Date: 10/2/2010 7:51:38 PM
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The fact is there already is a lottery. That is choosing the players. Unlike in real life where everyone knows John Wall or Blake Griffon will be the top pick and is a certain star (Well almost certain - sorry Greg Oden) in BB often the top pick can be a total dud and the best player is USUALLY picked outside the top half a dozen picks. The "word on the street" instituted this season was supposed to help but it is so innaccurate as to be almost worthless, guys your scout thought were one ball turn out to be 5 balls.

I think the system should help the lower teams more than it does now and introducing a lottery obviously reduces the worst teams chances of geting the first pick. The draft is the one way those bottom teams can get better, we should keep the system the way it is and not make things even worse for them.

If anyone follows the NFL things work even better there and the draft ensures that teams that are on the bottom can move up fairly easily.