Nba to consider a mid season season tournament

[rmoneyg35]

We know why the "NBA," sponsors, and media care, but why would anyone else care?

If I'm a team owner who is paying players, why would I want you to put them in an irrelevant tournament where they could be injured doing something that doesn't contribute to my team's wins? Same for me if I'm a player. If I'm a fan, I already have All-Star weekend, why would I need a publicity stunt like this?

But if my team could be guaranteed a spot in the NBA Draft Lottery if we win it, regardless of our record at the end of the year, then everyone would care. Everyone.

Who knows maybe the NBA will put some incentive like home court advantage. It may not ever happen.

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[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Your 2016 mid-season champs.... the Charlotte Hornets.

Yeah.... that's not working for me.

[ThinkAboutIt]

Your 2016 mid-season champs.... the Charlotte Hornets.

Yeah.... that's not working for me.

 

Your 2016 mid-season champs... The Charlotte Hornets are assured a spot in the NBA Draft Lottery, even if they win 60 games and make it to the NBA Finals.

 

That mid-season tournament working for you now?

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Your 2016 mid-season champs... The Charlotte Hornets are assured a spot in the NBA Draft Lottery, even if they win 60 games and make it to the NBA Finals.

That mid-season tournament working for you now?

Yes lol

[Gay Cowboy]

Stupid ideas...

Say they implement a "draft tourney" to set the lotto order. The 14 lotto teams play a tourney to set the draft order. It seems like a good deterrent from tanking, but it's still not fool proof.

Now say there's a once in a lifetime, can't miss superstar in the upcoming draft; LeBron, Olajuwon, etc. What's to stop a team that could/should be a 5-8 seed in the playoffs from intentionally tanking the season to get into the lotto tourney. A team that is good & can win 45-50 games, but has no shot at winning a title or making a deep playoff run. They get into the tourney vs the bad teams, wipe the floor with everyone & win the #1 overall pick.

[ThinkAboutIt]

Stupid ideas...

Say they implement a "draft tourney" to set the lotto order. 

 

Not even close to what I said. I didn't say you determine the draft order or the lottery order by the tournament. I said the one team that wins it could automatically be in the lottery, which means they would simply replace the team with the 13th worst record. It is possible that the team that wins the tournament could already be a lottery team, but if they are good enough to win a tournament, they shouldn't be. 

 

Of course it would depend on "who" is in the tournament, why they are in the tournament, etc. What the rules end up being.

 

Still, my original point is why would anyone care? This was just an idea that would make people "care."