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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 5675399, member: 297"] The basic issue is that there is an imbalance between the rewards and the outcomes of choices. Basic thesis - Tanking rewards losing. The NBA and organizations improve when we reward winning and development. 1, I propose that half of a team's lottery odds are locked in after 41 games, and the second half of the odds lock in based after the second 41 games. The odds on the first 41 function as they do now, where the biggest losers get the best odds. That acknowledges the reality that some teams lack talent to compete. To reward the right behavior, we incentivize winning the back half of the season. The teams that land in the lotto with the best winning percentages the second 41 games get the best odds. Some possible consequences - tanking still happens, but since it's only worth it to do it the first half of the season, that's the only time we see it. Truly bad teams would want to give themselves the best chance at keeping high lottery odds by competing the second half of the season. That could make for more interesting playoff races since there would be fewer easy wins. It's also possible that this reduces "load management" for lesser competitive teams, limiting star minutes, etc. It might mean teams are stingier at the trade deadline. 2, the 4 teams that do finish with the worst 4 records are encouraged to develop talent. This could go a couple of ways. 1 is they get an additional two-way contract to offer. Another way is they could get 1 of 4 sandwich picks between the 1st and 2nd round with some salary cap relief. The sandwich picks would function like standard 2nd round picks and serve as an additional asset as a player or tradeable player that could be used to acquire other draft picks or talent. Some possible consequences - losing teams still get a bit of a boost, but to take advantage of it they need to put efforts toward good things like player development instead of hoping to luck into odds of landing a generational player. It's a slower build so not as appealing as just "we got a great player." This would potentially devalue second round draft picks since it pushes them back 4 spots or if you go the extra two way contract out it's debatable that moves a franchise much since the best ever two ways are guys like Lu Dort, Alex Caruso, Naz Reid. [/QUOTE]

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