I voted to expand the lottery to 7 teams because that comes closest to what I think would make a constructive change. I would divide the non-playoff teams into two halves: 7 and 7. The worst 7 teams would be the only ones to have a shot at the Top Pick and the lots should be proportionately distributed. I don't think that losing one more game than the next worst team should make you a lock to win the Top Pick because that difference in win totals could have been due to a freak injury rather than a true roster problem. Here's where it would get interesting. Take the next 7 worst teams and via a lottery, make it a mad scramble. Give the 14th team a realistic shot at moving up to the 8th pick. Not sure how the math works on this but you get the idea. NOt sure how you'd manage tie-breakers if there is a log jam for the 7th slot... Guess we've been the 14th pick for too long now!
Yeah too many 14th picks. I changed my mind. We need to just give the #1 pick to the 14th team every year. #2 to the 13th and so on. Charlotte wants a top pick, they gotta pull themselves up by their bootstraps first.
For all yall saying give the 1st pick to the 14th team, do yall know that this would encourage a new type of tanking in which teams desperately try to get out of the playoffs if they know they have no shot at winning.
