What would you do as commisoner?

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Hypothetical situation of course. If you had the chance what would you do as commissioner of the NBA? Here's what I would do.

Eliminate the Draft Lottery : The team with the worst record would get the first pick. If two teams manage to have the worst records a simple coin flip would determine who picks first and second. This way the conspiracy theories of draft fixing would somewhat die down

Eliminate the Zone defense : Watching old NBA games it was so nice to see hard nose man to man defense. If a player couldn't guard his man then they would send a double team and the result would be the offense moving the ball around more. I feel that no zone defense will make the game not only better but more interesting

Return to old playoff format : 5 7 7 7 was great and it worked.

Require High School students to play in college for 3 years : Kids need an education because basketball isn't always a guaranteed success. Not to mention I am sick of these one and done players.

[Tyrant8RDFL]

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Really take a look at the way fouls are being called, and train the officals to do a much better job, and not call a different foul according to the player.

Remove the hand check rule, and the restricted area. I would simplify things for the officials also.

This area needs to be addressed more than anything else in the game.

[stlpimpmonsta]

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Repose to op

1. Why give the lottery up cause some thinks its fix? Couldnt u just stream the event so people can see for themselves. Plus tanking is bad already, you would make it worse taking away the lottery.

Your 2nd and 3rd change contradicts each other. How would a C be able to stand in the paint at all times and not be in a zone?

[24]

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Repose to op

1. Why give the lottery up cause some thinks its fix? Couldnt u just stream the event so people can see for themselves. Plus tanking is bad already, you would make it worse taking away the lottery.

Your 2nd and 3rd change contradicts each other. How would a C be able to stand in the paint at all times and not be in a zone?

I just Don't like the concept of the Lottery. The hornets didn't deserve that number 1 pick the bobcats did. As for 2 and 3 conflicting with each other, your right I'm just pissed about the 3 second rule

[MarvellousOne]

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I would probably just require 2 years of college ball before coming into the league. Other than that I don't have many pressing issues with how the game is being played now.

[BringTheHeat]

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Remove Zone Defense
Remove the Handchecking rule
Require 2 years of college/Euro experience
Change the flagrant foul, some fouls simply are not flagrant

[aloncho11]

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Really take a look at the way fouls are being called, and train the officals to do a much better job, and not call a different foul according to the player.

Believe me that is not them (most of the times), but really Stern officiating these days. He has done it in the past, but not like the attrocities one sees today.

[cavsfan2]

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Hard salary cap. None of this "Luxury tax" business. It does nothing.
Also, I would fine for flopping. As with technicals, flop too many times and you will suspended. Time to get this crap out of the game. Selling a foul is completely different than being touched and flying around like you hit a brick wall.

[cam21224]

I would change the draft selection order, award the 1st pick of the draft to the winner of the finals every yr. Runner up 2nd pick, next best record 3rd etc.

That should rid owners from tanking/actually building a team to compete. Want to just make money, ok sure stay at the back of the draft. No more being saved by a lottery.

Also, stricter cap. Making it hard to build super teams, small market teams who field teams to compete and draft good should not fear losing their star players.

Loyal fans should get A+ product, no more owners pocketing money, handing out bad contracts to players who dont deserve them. If said owner does not comply, he/she gets voted out an replaced by a owner who can and will comply with the rules.

Something like this:

Multiple All star/Superstar - Max Contract
On the brink of All star caliber - 6 mil minimum a yr
Superstar on decline - vet minimum
Ring chasing cheerleaders - 100,000 at,most

Have contracts be more incentive base, the less a player can offer a team, the less a player receives from any team.

[Rule of Two]

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I would change the draft selection order, award the 1st pick of the draft to the winner of the finals every yr. Runner up 2nd pick, next best record 3rd etc.

That should rid owners from tanking/actually building a team to compete. Want to just make money, ok sure stay at the back of the draft. No more being saved by a lottery.

Also, stricter cap. Making it hard to build super teams, small market teams who field teams to compete and draft good should not fear losing their star players.

Loyal fans should get A+ product, no more owners pocketing money, handing out bad contracts to players who dont deserve them. If said owner does not comply, he/she gets voted out an replaced by a owner who can and will comply with the rules.

Something like this:

Multiple All star/Superstar - Max Contract
On the brink of All star caliber - 6 mil minimum a yr
Superstar on decline - vet minimum
Ring chasing cheerleaders - 100,000 at,most

Have contracts be more incentive base, the less a player can offer a team, the less a player receives from any team.

Having a lottery is a small deterrent for teams looking to "tank" their season for the #1 pick because it's not guarenteed. Just look at what happened this year with New Orleans landing the #1 overall pick.

Giving the current champions the #1 draft pick is contradictory to your rules against trying to build "super teams".

How is there going to be any motivation for an organization to get better if they don't fear losing their best players? I'd say Cleveland and LeBron leaving is a prime example of this. Cleveland made stupid after stupid personnel decisions and never truly brought in anyone to complement LeBron. They got rid of Boozer, brought in a variety of over-the-hill vets, and pretty much relied on LeBron to make them money and win games. He was a cash cow for an organization that obviously didn't give a damn about winning a title.

So owners who have invested millions and millions of their own dollars could be voted out? Are you serious? Who the hell would take the chance of owning an NBA team then? It's already a risk owning a team as you're not guarenteed success or profits no matter how well you manage it.

According to your contract rules Steve Nash and Ray Allen would only be paid $100,000 per year. I don't think so.

[OSUFan_88]

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How is there going to be any motivation for an organization to get better if they don't fear losing their best players? I'd say Cleveland and LeBron leaving is a prime example of this. Cleveland made stupid after stupid personnel decisions and never truly brought in anyone to complement LeBron. They got rid of Boozer, brought in a variety of over-the-hill vets, and pretty much relied on LeBron to make them money and win games. He was a cash cow for an organization that obviously didn't give a damn about winning a title.

There is so much wrong there, I'm not sure I can list it all, but I'll give it a shot:

1)The beginning of the LeBron era killed Cleveland. Gordon Gund made a huge mistake in allowing Paxson to continue as GM of the Cavaliers.

2) Danny Ferry had to immediately right the wrongs of the past by using cap space to create a halfway decent team. That is why they spent money on bad vets.

3)They didn't "get rid of Boozer". Boozer reneged on a ****ing stupid verbal agreement between the Cavaliers and Boozer. Another fantastic Paxson GM move, right along the lines of drafting LaSanga Flop and trading a first round pick for Jiri Welsch.

4)The Cavaliers didn't care about winning a title is the most blatantly wrong thing you said in your post. The entire team was built because Gilbert was willing to spend money to win a title. He took on horrible contracts to raise the talent level. They failed in getting another superstar, but when LeBron did not recruit superstars and trades fell through because of the other team getting cold feet, they lost their chances.

Anyway, as commissioner, I'd get rid of the illegal defense, I'd fire every official and hire replacements, and I'd do my utmost to get a team back in Seattle.

[DieHardYankee26]

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According to your contract rules Steve Nash and Ray Allen would only be paid $100,000 per year. I don't think so.

Steve Nash and Ray Allen are not ring chasing cheerleaders . Steve Nash is a starter and Ray Allen will be the first guard off the bench. Ring chasing cheerleaders are Eddy Curry, Juwan Howard, Dexter Pittman,etc.

Anyway, I'd get rid of the lottery. I just don't like it. Worst team gets first pick, nothing will ever stop tanking. I'd lower the teams in the playoffs to 6 teams in each league with the top 2 seeds getting a first round bye like the NFL. Too many crappy teams make it into the playoffs, and are rarely more than cannon fodder for the high seeds.

[cam21224]

@ Rule of Two

More times then not teams are rewarded for sucking. Yes great point bring up a lottery most of the nation believes was rigged. Lose CP3 get the first pick, lose Lebron first pick.

As if every number 1 pick is Lebron, see Sam bowie over Jordan etc. Even if they have the talent careers are derailed due to injuries, see Yao ming/Greg Oden.

Motivation would be winning as in any competitive sport. Pretty sure the Cavs were handicapped by owner Lebron, please cut the crap. Every move was ran through him, Boozer was not an over the top vet an im sure he left the Cavs in a foul manner in his prime at that. So a team that could of got Amare for JJ freaking Hickson wasn't attempting to make moves? Ok. Cavs weren't competiting yea right. That team was capable of winning it all especially with the best player on the planet on their roster, had a top 3 defense in place, best record 2+ seasons straight. Lebron flat out wasn't mentally their nor mature enough.

If the owners are not up to the task, they don't have to buy a team, very simple. Everything in life is a risk/reward, a business of competiting. Not bailing out an owner for not catering to the fans of his organization, when said owner only cares about his bank account an filling the seats due to landing a star down the line for purposely building a team to fail.

Ring chasing cheerleaders are juwan howard/eddy currys of the world not Steve nash nor Ray allen. They still have enough game to offer a team. Must of missed incentive base contracts.

Maybe 1st pick to the eventual champs is over the top, but seems the current few bad NBA owners are complacent an motivated to the fielding a bad team to win the lottery an their yachts more than winning it all an building a better product. Which is beyond disqusting. If fans going through hard times in this economy can find it in their budget to continue to support a team, owners should be able to give them top product.

[Chrisksaint]

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Teams are rewarded for sucking in every sport, why should the NBA be any different lol

The bobcats didn't tank they just sucked, I know for certain the Hornets played every game hard they just came up short a lot, etc. With your current idea just imagine Anthony Davis on the Heat, I'd quit watching the NBA. Good teams are rewarded they get titles and playoffs, the draft is for parity without that NBA or any sport would be essentially done

[Suntan Superman]

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Did someone actually try to say that Cleveland got rid of Boozer? hahahahahahahaha.... If anything that was the point in my NBA fandom where I realized you don't take a players word.