Mark Cuban has a solution to everything. This time, he has an idea to stop teams from tanking in order of trying to get the first pick in the draft.
Cuban was on ESPN Radio Friday with Colin Cowherd and said he would get rid of the “first round” of the draft all together.
“Make all the rookies free agents and you give each team, depending on where they are slotted, different amounts of money,” Cuban said. “So the teams with the three worst records get ‘x’ about of dollars, the next three records get ‘x’ minus dollars and so on down the line. What that does is it makes sure that even if you’ve tanked, you have a quality organization. If I have the number 25 pick but I can convince the number one ranked guy in college basketball or whoever to come play for the Mavs for this money, then I get one shot to do that and I get that free agent and he comes to me. This way, teams can’t just turn into bad organizations and be rewarded. You have some balance.”
Interesting idea. I don’t really know if this could work or not, but interesting.
