The NBA made changes to its draft lottery system over the offseason, changing the odds for teams to land certain picks to dissuade teams from tanking.
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Mark Cuban proposed 2 radical ideas that would have changed the NBA Draft — and neither came close to getting approved
Mark Cuban had two ideas to reform the NBA Draft Lottery, but no other owners seemed to like them.
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The change was a minor one that got approved overwhelmingly, voted 28-1, with just one member of the board of governors abstaining — Mark Cuban.
According to ESPN's Tim MacMahon, if Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, had had his way, the NBA draft would have been radically changed with one of his two ideas.
Cuban's first idea truly would have overhauled the entire system. Cuban reportedly pitched abolishing the draft altogether, and giving teams a money pool based on their final record. It would be a free agency for rookies, and teams with the most money, the worst teams, could bid on the most prized rookies.
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It apparently didn't make it far.
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