Lottery Time

Where is a good problem to have.

I really like what you said, noble and just minded. That is good. I can see how with as strong as the west is, just how much of a black eye it was for the nba to send the 2 franchize players to the pacNW, to 2 relatively small markets, and keeping an imbalence to the “forrce”. But wouldn’t it make tanking even more likely? I really don’t know how that would affect things posatively. I keep thinking that the law of averages will give the worst team the best pick the major majority of the time, but to ensure that teams dont specificaly try for that role ala celtics last year the check and balence system of a good old fasion b!#@&slap every now and then would keep it interesting. I never got to read your original posts, so if there was further explations on how this would play out appropriatly, well I just don’t know. i almost dont want to post, but I wont get to adress my lack of knowledge about the draft proscess, and how this feeds and affects the future of the nba with out specificaly asking why.
i feal like a 5 year old. Why?

Who would we pick if the Blazers had the first pick?

ESPN’s Chad Ford thinks he knows in an article named:
Draft Watch: Odds now favor Rose as No. 1 pick, not Beasley

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=DraftWatch-080512&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fdraft2008%2finsider%2fcolumns%2fstory%3fcolumnist%3dford_chad%26page%3dDraftWatch-080512

The answer is …... ROSE

Why even have a two tiered system? Your logic would suggest that it is right to have bad teams get the higher picks, so why have a lottery at all? I guess it is to keep teams from tanking. Does it do that? Not really. So again why have it at all if the goal is fairness/equality?

Do they start with the number pick, put all the ping-pong size balls in some container, mix them and someone hands pick a ball out? Then once this is done, remove all of that team’s balls, and do the same thing for the #2 pick…??

Anyone know??

Perhaps this will pave the way for changing the system to be more fair, both in terms of the lottery and playoff seeding. They’ll probably name the new rule after us. I wouldn’t mind the Bucks coming up with pick #2. I hope their new GM can work something out of that mess.

It seems like tanking would still occur, but in addition to tanking for the most balls, middling teams would start tanking to make the bottom 7 as well. I mean was there really much difference between CHA and MIL this year? Both teams have talent and underperformed, but I doubt one was objectively worse than the other. Yet this system would only give one of them a shot at the #1 pick.

I lead where your heart is at Dave, but I don’t think a two tiered system is the answer.

And if you really want change then you should root for Portland to land a top 3, as that would guarantee some sort of shakeup from what is now being employed, or at least that is my take for this year.

DOH!

I totally agree with your post, but, well I’m selfish. What do you guys think about a two tiered system like you mentioned but no difference in the odds for the worse team compared to the 7th or 8th, or however many are in the first tier. maybe that way you wouldn’t see so much of a tanking situation.

In the now infamous Jordan draft (Hakeem draft) ...Houston tanked outragously to end up tied with Indiana for the worst record in the league. The Blazers who had accquired Indy’s pick in a trade for Tom Owens (Tom Owens? Are you kidding me?? Why doesn’t Indy get more crap for trading that pick). The Blazers lost a coin toss for the right to pick Hakeem (and took Bowie as we all know). That all brings me to my real point…..if we do win the lottery this year it will be because we DESERVE it. It will be a karmic equalization (I just made that phrase up BTW). Don’t feel bad Dave. Rejoice in the fact that the universe would now be back in balance.

I don’t worry about starving kids in Africa when I go out to dinner.

There are numerous things in life to worry about. The fact we live in the US means that for most of us, our worries are considerably less than for much of the world. Even with that, there is still enough to consider without taking on silly stuff like worrying about the health of the NBA or the feelings of fans in another city. I have absolutely no control in how the NBA is operated or how the draft is constructed. Nor have I ever dictated to any individual that they must be a fan of some sports team. Do I feel bad for Bucks fans? Sure. I’ve rooted for teams that have experienced long droughts from being a winning organization. I’ve even atch my team get sold and relocated. So I have some sympathy for other fans. But not so much that I’d feel bad if my team gets better at their expense.

There is a simple little rule to follow in life. And it’s this – Life is hard, and then you die. That is all each of us can truly expect. The fact that most of us really don’t know how hard life is is a blessing and something we should appreciate every day.

for the people he is in contact with because they share their blogers passion and they have a lot of need where we are really wealthy. I understand we can´t worry about others but … I never worried if there would be an earthquake or something in Oregon, but now I can do.

because I just really want to see what KP does this year. I want to see someone else get pritch-slapped.

But if we were to receiver another gift from the basketball gods, I would not cry for the rest of the league. I would laugh, and lift my glass high.

other teams’ fans say “the only reason you’re good is because you got lucky.”

I’d rather that our team’s success be based on hard work, a good strategy, a good culture, and a little bit of luck.

The nation, nay, the world, wants a team that can regularly pound Kobe and the L*kers into submission.

My hope is that they get bumped down three spots! So that must make me the antithesis of Dave (or just plain mean). If all three lottery spots go to leastern conference teams (except NY) I will be semi-happy. If Portland wins 1, 2 or 3 it gives Kevin Pritchard a bigger pile of chips to bargain with so all the better. I don’t know if there is even a player in the lottery that KP wants. But he can turn sows ears into silk purses at the blink of an eye so it would be fun to watch him work even more.

My final hope is that Golden State does not get one of the three top spots because I think that is the only event that will cause the Blazers to lose a spot.

The worst 14 teams have to have one of their current player join a best of three tournament of either bowling, badminton, or Bocce. The game played would be chosen by a lottery, to keep teams from having ringers on their roster. The winner of the tournament receives the first pick, and the rest go in order, by their placing in the tournament.