Written by Sports Crazy Anne, Northern Virginia
Conspiracy theories abound in the NBA. The refs are biased. Michael Jordan won a Championship on Father’s Day. The list goes on and on.
The biggest conspiracy of them all: the Draft Lottery. If the NBA wants to pick up new fans and not piss off old ones, a great place to start would be abolishing the current format.
Leave ping pong balls to Mega Millions and Powerball. Anyone who plays the lottery knows it’s a game of chance. But if my team finishes last in the NFL, I know for a fact—outside of a trade—that my team will have the #1 pick.
So change the NBA Draft to be like the NFL’s. Let the last place team get the #1 pick and have the champ choose last.
Then the real fun can begin.
Who will the first team take? Will it be the #1 guy available? Or will they trade down to get more draft picks? Will they go with the superstar? Or will they go with need? And the most important question of all: Who will get to wear the Mel Kiper’s hairpiece? (Yowza!)
Courtesy: Washington Post
Seriously, it’s bad enough when a team finishes last. So why add insult to injury by having that team (and its fans) miss out on a player who could change the franchise’s future?
The draft could be held the night after the MLB All-Star game, giving the spotlight to the NBA. (And, by the way, make it one night! Hint, hint.)
Adam Silver, you’re the new sheriff in town. Pony up to the bar and order CHANGE.
