[Caged Great]

Just thought of a possible solution to the imbalance.

What about competitive balance picks.

After the first round in the draft, the 5 teams with the least internal value get picks 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. You could also tack on 5 competitive balance picks to the end of the second round as well. The valuations could be made at an arbitrary date well before the trade deadline, say a month before. That way a team couldn't sell off a ton of assets to fall into the bottom 5.

That way there doesn't need to be a huge shake up of rosters etc, but it is something that could quite painlessly address the problem.