Cassity14
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I guess I'll say it:
Why not make it like every other sport? Base it on record. Worst team gets the top pick.
How do you prevent outright tanking? Tie draft considerations into free agency. Miami would have just been awarded a pick somewhere in the first round. Not necessarily Cleveland's, but before Cleveland picks. Sort of like baseball.
OR, you can make it a point that if you sign someone else's player above a certain point, you forfeit a first round pick to them somewhere down the line. Already traded that pick? Tough shit. Guess you can't sign said player.
If you deter teams from stealing from each other, all of a sudden, teams begin to see the draft as a bit less of a saving grace that it's seen as now.
Why not make it like every other sport? Base it on record. Worst team gets the top pick.
How do you prevent outright tanking? Tie draft considerations into free agency. Miami would have just been awarded a pick somewhere in the first round. Not necessarily Cleveland's, but before Cleveland picks. Sort of like baseball.
OR, you can make it a point that if you sign someone else's player above a certain point, you forfeit a first round pick to them somewhere down the line. Already traded that pick? Tough shit. Guess you can't sign said player.
If you deter teams from stealing from each other, all of a sudden, teams begin to see the draft as a bit less of a saving grace that it's seen as now.