Hagios said:Interesting idea from Slate. Instead of drafting players, you draft other teams. Then you pick based on how that team does in the upcoming season. Since your draft pick is no longer tied to how you finish in the standings, there is less incentive to tank. I like the idea but wonder about the possibility of collusion.
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2015/05/nba_draft_lottery_2015_how_to_fix_the_broken_nba_draft_system_and_prevent.html
There are so many obvious problems with this that it's hard to believe people have thought this through at all. Two teams can pick each other and both tank, for example.
At least this whole argument over tanking is a great window into human psychology, though. Humans love the idea of one-time, simple fixes. Get rid of capitalists and we can have utopia. Get rid of government/taxes and we can have utopia. Get rid of the NBA lottery and we can have utopia.