NBA Fixing the NBA

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026889118857240600

 

[spurraider21]

best player on known tanking team mysteriouly suffers an injury in "practice" (in-season practices are glorified shoot-arounds), where there are no cameras

 

[spurraider21]

Here is an in-depth dive on the "freeze records on a certain date and then count wins" proposal, that includes a retroactive look at how last year's draft would have turned out if put in place: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...blem-ahead-draft-count-wins-record-picks-2026

i like this, or maybe even a weighted version where the post-ASB wins count as half if they are so worried about punishing awful teams too much. but either way, post ASB wins counting is something i think absolutely makes sense. the thing is, its not hard to find "something" on an MRI. a 28 year old athlete whose body has been through a lot will probably show any number of things that arent symptomatic or actually preventing him from going out there.

 

[spursistan]

If Adam Silver lets Ballmer & Clippers off the hook for a far more egregious infraction while doing this to Utah ..
And, yeah, Jazz can already forget about the #1 pick; they would be lucky to keep theirs..

https://twitter.com/x/status/2026867796966293684

 

[The Truth #6]

How to help bad teams improve while improving competition so games don't feel meaningless...


I still like the idea of goofy tournaments, in this case where bad teams would have to win to get the better picks. It's counterintuitive. Sort of like a play-in tournament but for the lottery teams. Players might not care but the FO and coaches would be motivated. Harder to shutdown good players if you would want them to help wina better lottery number.

Just spitballing...

 

[scott]

Ainge about to Tonya Harding Lauri ahead of the MRI

 

[Darkwaters]

Hard to imagine them eliminating 20 games per season. That’s a lot of ticket revenue.

 

[scott]

The NBA has a long storied history of fucking over Utah that I wasn't really aware of... so I expect it to happen again, while Ballmer escapes with a slap on the wrist

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1rf3mzx/the_nba_once_forced_the_jazz_to_give_up_3_picks_1

 

[scott]

Part of that Goodrich/Magic story. Add this to the list of League Helping the Lakers instances.

You actually didn’t tell the whole story. What you mentioned is already pretty rough, but to add to your story, the Jazz also were forced give up future three time MVP Moses Malone as part of this agreement.

The Jazz actually initially got Moses Malone in the ABA Dispersal Draft. However, since the Jazz were forced to give up these 3 first round picks you mentioned, they were then forced to give up the rights to Malone in order to get back their 1977 first round pick as part of the agreement for Goodrich. So they not only gave up the 1979 first rounder which became Magic, they also gave up Moses Malone in order to get back the 1977 first rounder to give to the Lakers, to go along with the 1978 first rounder. I believe the 1978 first rounder was used by the Lakers as part of a deal with Boston to acquire future HOF Charlie Scott.

Moses Malone himself has an interesting story. Despite leading the ABA in offensive rebounding as a 19 year old rookie, people back then didn’t quite understand age adjusted production, so several NBA teams gave up on him (Jazz, Blazers, and Braves) when he went from the ABA to the NBA, until he found a home in Houston and the rest is history.

 

[spurraider21]

there was no unrestricted free agency until 1988, so it would really astonish me if the Jazz in the 70s did not know that compensation would have to be agreed to

 

[CGD]

In fairness, what Ainge to doing here is absolutely disgusting