OT Do you think getting rid of the lottery would benefit the NBA?

I don't think it's bad now but it's also not perfect...in the NFL having high draft picks doesn't always work...Joey Harrington in Detroit...in fact it sometimes takes a top pick and ruins his career

 

if we going no cap, id like to see non-guaranteed contracts brought in.

 

absolutely, I'm all for people performing getting paid, but seen so many 'contract year' peaks and 'new contract' fails that it really can cripple a franchise in no time at all.

they really need to go one way or the other on this. restricted & enforced OR open & performance based/non-guaranteed contracts.

TBH id be ok with either.

 

It's a job for the CBA...how the hell would we know? You'd have to have a restructuring of the salary cap, particularly rookie salaries. The Knicks can buy advertisements, perks, whatever with their money or even build a minor league team. Cost of living is quite a bit different from Manhatten to New Orleans as well. You're going to have richer franchises in any sport. This is about the lottery more than the profitability of being in New York as opposed to San Antonio which is a pretty successful small market franchise

 

Nobody used to compete with the major 3 networks..ABC, NBC and CBS...then along came HBO, MTV, Netflix, etc...change happens even to the old school good ole boys! Even McDonald's is starting to slide in the standings

 

If college is used as a training tool for pros then the athletes need to be paid. I ready think it's bullshit you cant draft out of high school anymore. Thats forcing people to go to college who want to play. If a team wants to gamble I dont see the problem.

 

I don't think college should be the only way to enter the NBA...the D league, Euroleague, etc are fine but I don't think it's good to draft guys right out of high school. My point about college was aimed at scholarship recipients...if a college invests in you, you shouldn't get to bolt for at least 2 years...2 years in college you can earn an associates degree as well.

 

an education is payment, the degree that comes with completing it is a great asset, sports or not

 

Yeah but that education is way over inflated. Student loans are going to be the next housing bubble crash. Just watch.

 

I dont think colleges should be able to own people just because they inflate their prices so only the privileged and idiots willing to go into huge debt can go.

Athletes bring in far more revenue than their inflated free 40k education. Thats how harbaugh can make 5 million a year.

As an athlete id be far more concerned with a pro contract than a $80,000 communications degree.

 

Athletes get well taken care of while attending school. Very well taken care of

 

Part of that is because kids aren't thinking ofthe future the right way. What are you going to do with a woman's studies, ethnic studies or most liberal arts degrees? STEM degrees are the ones to go for.

And don't go to a college out of state. It's actually pretty affordable if you go in state

 

I don't think tanking is as big a problem as people think it is. We just got our asses handed to us by the Sixers, a team built to lose. But their players and coaches sure didn't look like they were tanking. The lotto is a way for teams that need talent-- to get talent. It's fine as is.

And if this poll is any indication, it's not really that much of a discussion.

 

you seem to have totally missed the future tense of my statement Denny....this is not a discussion about present tense reality but rather an opportunity to discuss the possibility of changing the way the NBA structures the draft. Like I said, if a NY team has endless cash, good for them. I'm a fan who thinks profession athletes are grossly overpaid so I don't feel sorry for rookies making what trauma surgeons make in an inner city emergency room.