NBA discussion creating a tourney for bad teams to avoid tanking & determine draft order

Wouldn't the tournament of losers end up with the best loser winning the first pick? Imagine the Bucks winning this tournament because Giannis carries them.

Isn't the best solution fining the crap out of the owners? I like the funky solutions mentioned above, too. Anything that doesn't hurt the fans or the players who aren't making these decisions.

 

I wish it could be a fair lottery draft system to reset the NBA draft process...for example:
2026 NBA Draft each team receives 1 ping pong ball.
The first ping pong ball pick gets the 1st pick. The catch is if you get the number 1 pick, the next season you'll draft at #30.
The 2nd ping ball pick gets the 2nd pick therefore the following season you'll draft the number 1 pick.
The draft order continues to follow that pattern so teams who lucks up and get a ping pong ball in the first 10 draws will be in a good position to draft top talent for quite sometime.
I like this idea because each team will know their draft position and they can still make strategic trades to move up draft spots if they want to draft specific players or trade to gain future draft picks.
This will eliminate the need for tanking to try to get a high draft pick

 

How about a lottery of lotteries. We make out 10 different lottery formats, each reward different kind of teams. Then each year there's a lottery to determine which system is used for that year.

 

I feel like having some mystery deadline when the draft odds are locked in will only fuel complaints about the whole process being rigged.