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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Eliminating the draft is by far the worst idea, contraction of probably 10-12 teams would be a given within 10 years as all the best players go to the major markets. Lesser markets would struggle to get 5,000 fans a night. The realistic solution is just accept this for what it is and eliminate the lottery. But, go with an Oilers rule or something where if you end up in the bottom five two years in a row you forfeit your slot and get kicked to the end of the first round.
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I think it would sort itself out just fine.
For arguments sake, let's stick with the current
rookie scale applied to current standings . If you're the top prospect, would you rather:
Sacramento for $14M per year
Washington for $12.5M
Indiana for $10.25M
Brooklyn for $9.25M
Dallas for $7.5M
Chicago for $6.1M
GSW or LAC or MIA for about $5M per year
LAL for $4M
NYK or BOS for about $3M
The near-term money is important, but what you really want to do is set yourself up for a Max ASAP. Being the 7th most important Knick for the next two years ain't making that happen.
It's also less likely to happen if you're not the most indispensable guy on a roster because Haliburton or Flagg are.
Is Chicago going to be competitive much sooner than Sacramento? Washington is a joke of a franchise but it's still a decent size market so I'd go there if I wanted to be in the east, but the guaranteed money and being the franchise cornerstone in Sacramento starts to look pretty appealing.
Now if I'm Lebron level of prospect then maybe Brooklyn or Dallas or Chicago are more of a consideration, but the ownership for the latter two is a joke and the Nets are still way down the NYC sporting pecking order. Will Nike really cover an extra $10M per year to get me to GSW knowing that I might turn out to be just AD or Zion and not Lebron? Maybe the Inspiring Clippers would find a way to make up that money...