Draft Order

I have another potential rule change for next season:

My original plan was to conduct the D-League draft in reverse order of the standings every year and then do a drawing each year (involving all ten owners) to determine the NBA draft order.

But I wanted to come up with a way that would allow everyone to "see" or "witness" the process of the selection of the NBA draft order. So the "foul play" card couldn't be played each season (The D-League order would still be reverse order of standings).

So I came up with the following:

The six owners who finished in the money would select in reverse order of the standings from 5-10. And then the owners that did not finish in the money would be put into a lottery to determine picks 1-4. The lottery would be linked to the actual NBA lottery. The worst team in our league would be assigned to the worst team in the NBA (for example's sake, let's just say Oklahoma City continues their trend and ends the season as the worst team) thus indirectly given the best odds of receiving the highest pick. The 2nd worst team in our league would be assigned to the 2nd worst team in the NBA and so on and so forth. Then the order those 4 NBA teams finish in, will determine the order of our worst 4 teams.

The draft order is usually determined during halftime of one of the playoff games in May. This would give us a reason to tune in and our draft order would be set by June already so owners could make offseason plans right away without having to wait for the commissioner to determine the order. Plus, teams in our league couldn't openly tank to become the worst team (to get the #1 pick) since the lottery isn't a guarantee.

Again, let me know if you like the idea or not. The majority will rule.