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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This. The point of the draft is to distribute the best young players to the worst teams. It isn't a regrettable side-effect. Or a mistake. It's the whole point.
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What they want the draft to do:
- Distribute the best young talent to the worst teams.
- Create parity.
What the draft does not do:
What the draft actually does:
- Rewards failure and promotes tanking.
- Burdens the best young talent by confining them to teams the fail to help them grow.
- Keeps mediocre teams mediocre.
- Prevents good teams from drafting the best players, promoting a decline.
The way I see it, there are way fewer pros than cons with the current (and proposed) system. The only real benefit is that it gives fans of bad teams a silver lining, but this is probably outweighed by the frustration of other fans whose teams have good enough management to stay somewhat competitive, but never get the same benefit from the draft.