NBA Draft Lottery

I'm so sick of having a losing NBA team. And I'm even more angry that losing teams are penalized for being losers in the draft.

My solution? Instead of the worst team getting a lottery draft pick as high as number 8, I would suggest that the five WORST teams get the first ten draft picks every year.

What? Since the losing teams are so bad, they would get two draft picks each, before the rest of the teams are given even ONE.

A shift of bad team's fortunes is nearly impossible at this point. The GOOD teams don't need that much help. And the bad teams have enough money to pay their draft picks. It's called playing catch-up. And it's time the league did something to help the bad teams instead of hurting them.

There's lots of reasons to hate the NBA, but that lottery system is the absolute worst thing the league has ever done. They can do better. The whole league will be better if more teams can be competitive. Why should teams be forced to be losers year after year? Who benefits from that?

No one.

I mean, what other league has teams with such horrible records year after year after year?

None.

So what if the worst 5 teams get the best 10 draft picks each year? There's plenty of good players after those 10. But the BEST should go where they could do the most good.

It's common sense AND it's good for business. The league is only as healthy as its worst teams. And right now, the league is not healthy.