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On the subject of tanking though there's tanking which is what teams decide to do midway through the season when playoff positions are finalised to make the most of a bad situation, then there's doing what philadelphia did which was abhorrent.

There's the argument that the draft should be more like the free agent market, or the job market in the "real world". i.e. you wouldn't make a computer engineering grad from MIT join some shitty startup that has a history of poor products and terrible management. So why would you ask the top rookies to join perennially terrible and poorly run franchises like Sacramento and Phoenix? Nah that grad wants to join Google or Microsoft, and so should rookies.

The idea is rookies should be "drafted" as free agents, and have the choice of where to go. There's the argument it'll end up in the league being top heavy but I think it's more likely it'll force teams to develop better management and culture. Ultimately incentivising teams to stop "losing to win".

Also I think the "top heavy" argument is moot because it'd end up balancing out. For example if an Anthony Davis/KAT type rookie comes around they won't really find a place on a roster like Golden State's, especially for the money they'd be demanding. So they're likely to go where they'd get the most minutes and make the most impact for the most money they can get. I'd imagine they'd end up on middle of the road teams or teams trying to get over a particular hump like Washington or Toronto which seem to be one star player away from being contenders.

Anybody got Adam Silver's no.? I think I'm onto something here
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