Would just prefer a simple, tiered system of lottery odds. Every team not in the playoffs can win a lottery pick. Out of the 14 teams that don't make the playoffs... The ones ranked 30th to 21st have an even chance at the lottery. The ones ranked 20th to 17th have a slightly declining chance at winning the lottery.
This makes it so there is no motivation for teams to lose. The majority of teams ranked 20th to 17th will be fighting for a chance at playoffs right to the end of the season anyways so this has no effect on them. However, it makes it so winning or losing does not change the outcome of the lottery chances for the bottom 10 teams who likely know they aren't making the playoffs by the time March comes around.
Just as an example:
30th to 21st place teams: 9% chance of winning the draft lottery.
20th placed team: 5% chance
19th placed team: 3% chance
18th placed team: 1.5% chance
17th placed team: 0.5% chance
A system like this adjusts for the fact that the league has a lot of parity in it. The difference in talent between all of the bottom 10 teams isn't usually that much. Might also include a rule preventing a team from winning multiple lotteries over the span of 3 years... Though that rule would not be as vital cause the odds are even across so many teams.
Would still do 3 lotteries too for the top 3 picks. I like that addition by the NHL.
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