Current Rule 5.2- After following the procedures in section 5.1, the determination of the draft order of the first four picks in each round of the draft will use a lottery system
Proposed Rule 5.2 After following the procedures in section 5.1, the determination of the draft order of the first four picks IN THE FIRST ROUND ONLY of the draft will use a lottery system and are chosen from the 12 teams that do not make the playoffs. After the top four positions are selected (from the lottery slotting system), the remainder of the draft order is in inverse order of the prior season's win–loss record for the remaining teams, or the teams who originally held the rights if they were traded. The lottery does not determine the draft order in the subsequent rounds of the draft. The draft order for all subsequent rounds of the Rookie and Free Agent draft will in inverse order of each team's prior season win-loss record. The odds for the four teams with the worst prior season win-loss record is 15% each, the odds for the four teams with the 5th through 8th worst prior season records is 7% each, and the odds of the four teams with the 9th through 12th worst records is 3% each.
Justification: The NBA introduced the draft lottery system in 1984 to counter the accusations that several teams were tanking by deliberately losing their remaining regular season games in order to secure the worst record and consequently the chance to obtain the first pick. I do not believe we have a issue with teams purposely losing games to improve their draft position, however, teams certainly do make trades that result in their teams being significantly less competitive the second half of the season. This rule would provide some disincentive to do so, and give a team close to being a playoff wild card team more incentive to try to make the playoffs. Currently, each of the four teams in the KRFL lottery have an equal chance at the first pick, that would not change in this proposal. Ties would be broken using current rules and would not change.
Currently, the draft lottery is for the first four picks in ALL rounds of the draft. In this proposal the lottery is for picks in the first round ONLY.
This sounds good. The league's #1 issue is teams are not trying to win - as you said, many teams trade away their best players so they have bad teams the rest of the year - thus increasing their draft slot (I admit that is what I did last year). The mid-tier teams still do not have a reason to remain competitive, however. Still need to figure that out.
