Gold plan is silly IMO because it depends too much on how good the 8 (or now 10) seed is - and how many games they've played. The bottom 10 teams in the East have been garbage in the NBA for a lot of years, so it takes longer for the 15th team in the East to get eliminated than their counterpart in the West. Similar can happen in the NHL, particularly with weak divisions.
I like the idea of doing away with the draft and managing distribution of rookies through the salary cap and limits on rookie deals (something the PA would be reluctant to give up.
If they do keep the lottery then recent playoff success and recent lottery success should be more heavily weighted than single season results.
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