NBA governors fail to overhaul draft lottery system
Sixers are one of 13 teams to vote against the proposal, which would have lessened poor teams' chances of getting the top pick.
THE 76ERS might have gotten their biggest win of the season before it even started. Yesterday the NBA's Board of Governors failed to pass a new lottery system, with 13 teams voting to keep in place the current system, which gives teams with the worst records the highest chances to land the top picks in the draft. The proposed system would have made it a more even playing field among teams to land the top picks.
The Sixers were one of the 13 teams that voted against the new lottery system. Twenty-three votes were necessary to approve the system, but only 17 teams said yes.
The new system would have given the four worst teams a 12 percent chance at the top pick. The current system gives the worst team a 25 percent chance at landing the top selection. The new system would have allowed the team with the worst record to drop as low as seventh in the picking order, while the system that stays in place means the worst team can draft no lower than fourth.
"I really hadn't given it a lot of thought," Sixers coach Brett Brown said. "At different times, I thought it would go one way, other times I thought it would go the other way. The league is run by smart people, and the league spoke, and that's what they decided to do, and here we are and here I am, just moving forward coaching."
Certainly, the NBA will continue looking at how it can improve the lottery system, but, for now, it is status quo. That is just fine with the Sixers, who most certainly will be in the running for the top pick in the draft again after this season.
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