Draft Lottery Tournament

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  1. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Do you like this idea or no?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ya...ba-draft-lottery-reform-really-180043244.html
     
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  3. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Hate this idea. A tournament of losers to see he gets a draft pick. Yuck lok
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Plus imagine being an aging star on the team. How much incentive do you have to try to get your team to draft your replacement? Same goes for soon to be free agents. What incentive do they have to play well.

    Even with that aside, the first significant injury to a star player during the tournament of the damned would end it.
     
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  5. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I've been proposing this for years. But it should be 16 teams, not 14, and the top two teams not only get the top two picks, but also get the 8 seed in the real playoffs. And if they play the games on consecutive days, it would only take 3 days to get down to the two playoff teams.

    All addressed by my proposed expansion above. Vets/FAs don't care about a pick, but they want a shot at the playoffs.

    As for injuries...they can happen anytime.
     
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    Sinobas Banned User BANNED

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    The real fix is to eliminate the 7th an 8th seeds all together. Those are the ones that almost never have a chance. Then you can really flatten the probability distribution among the losing teams.
     

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