I was thinking of a way to maybe fix the tournament thing to prevent the worst teams from being completely screwed.
The teams who are eliminated in a round would be picking in order of how they finished in the standings. Here's an idea of what it would look like. I would also allow the worst 16 teams in the LEAGUE to participate (so playoff teams could technically be involved, which makes sense because some like Milwaukee were awful).
So the worst 16 teams in the league are as follows (worst to best):
Orlando
Charlotte
Cleveland
Phoenix
New Orleans
Sacramento
Washington
Detroit
Minnesota
Portland
Toronto
Philadelphia
Dallas
Utah
Milwaukee
Boston
Now instead of having the best teams play the worst it would be snake seeding (that probably isn't a real term). What I mean is the seeds/matchups would look like this.
1. Boston
2. Orlando
3. Milwaukee
4. Charlotte
5. Utah
6. Cleveland
7. Dallas
8. Phoenix
9. Philadelphia
10. New Orleans
11. Toronto
12. Sacramento
13. Portland
14. Washington
15. Minnesota
16. Detroit
So with this it makes it harder for the better teams to advance because they're playing against better some of the better non-playoff teams as opposed to the true cellar-dwellers. Also there's no strategical advantage to tanking because you're still going to have to play a mid-level non-playoff team in that case.
In the first round, 8 teams would be eliminated with the remaining 8 competing for the top 8 picks. The eliminated teams would pick from worst to best based on regular season record. So for example if Orlando (last in the NBA) was eliminated in the first round they would still pick 9th, Boston (best of the worst) conversely would pick 16th in the same scenario.
In the second round, 4 teams would be eliminated with 4 competing for the top 4 picks. So if Orlando was eliminated in the 2nd round they would pick 5th. Boston would pick 8th.
In the third round, 2 teams would be eliminated with 2 competing for the top 2 picks. So if Orlando was eliminated in the 3rd round they would pick 3rd. Boston would pick 4th.
In the finals, the winner picks 1st and loser picks 2nd.
The teams who are eliminated in a round would be picking in order of how they finished in the standings. Here's an idea of what it would look like. I would also allow the worst 16 teams in the LEAGUE to participate (so playoff teams could technically be involved, which makes sense because some like Milwaukee were awful).
So the worst 16 teams in the league are as follows (worst to best):
Orlando
Charlotte
Cleveland
Phoenix
New Orleans
Sacramento
Washington
Detroit
Minnesota
Portland
Toronto
Philadelphia
Dallas
Utah
Milwaukee
Boston
Now instead of having the best teams play the worst it would be snake seeding (that probably isn't a real term). What I mean is the seeds/matchups would look like this.
1. Boston
2. Orlando
3. Milwaukee
4. Charlotte
5. Utah
6. Cleveland
7. Dallas
8. Phoenix
9. Philadelphia
10. New Orleans
11. Toronto
12. Sacramento
13. Portland
14. Washington
15. Minnesota
16. Detroit
So with this it makes it harder for the better teams to advance because they're playing against better some of the better non-playoff teams as opposed to the true cellar-dwellers. Also there's no strategical advantage to tanking because you're still going to have to play a mid-level non-playoff team in that case.
In the first round, 8 teams would be eliminated with the remaining 8 competing for the top 8 picks. The eliminated teams would pick from worst to best based on regular season record. So for example if Orlando (last in the NBA) was eliminated in the first round they would still pick 9th, Boston (best of the worst) conversely would pick 16th in the same scenario.
In the second round, 4 teams would be eliminated with 4 competing for the top 4 picks. So if Orlando was eliminated in the 2nd round they would pick 5th. Boston would pick 8th.
In the third round, 2 teams would be eliminated with 2 competing for the top 2 picks. So if Orlando was eliminated in the 3rd round they would pick 3rd. Boston would pick 4th.
In the finals, the winner picks 1st and loser picks 2nd.
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