Is there actually any evidence that the draft lottery has contributed to parity in the past (or makes bad teams good)? It was in place since 1963 and for at least the past 30 years, it doesn't look like there is any correlation between teams that get high picks and teams that are successful. Teams that do well draft better in later rounds and spend money. For every example of a team drafting high and turning it around, it seems that there are more examples of teams drafting high and never turning it around, or teams succeeding is spite of not drafting high very often.
The salary cap did more in the past decade than the draft lottery has in the past 50 years to ensure an even playing field.
At this point, the lottery system only serves to offer consolation to teams that are terrible and poorly run. Perhaps there is merit in that, but let's not pretend that it has anything to do with parity or helping out bottom feeders. It's all about throwing the fans a bone.
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Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 02-04-2014 at 07:31 AM.
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