INCOMPETENCE REWARDED

Tonight's NBA Draft Lottery was, again, won by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers won their 3rd draft lottery in 4 years. They had the 9th best odds of receiving the #1 pick. In a stunning case of luck, the Cleveland Cavaliers were rewarded, once again, for losing and incompetence.

Last year the Cavs drafted SF/PF tweener Anthony Bennett out of UNLV. It was the wrong pick. Bennett had a historically terrible 1st year, and it does not seem he will ever recover to become the player he was expected to be as the top pick.

There are several issues with the current draft lottery system. First, this should not be allowed to happen. Pure luck must be taken out of the equation, as it is unfair to the teams who put their fans through living hell this season in Milwaukee and Philadelphia. These teams must now wait and hope Cleveland does not draft the players they had hoped to grab in this year's draft. Second, losing should not be rewarded, in general. The NBA Draft currently rewards the losing teams, and gives teams not capable of winning the incentive to fail miserably.

To rid of this luck, which the Cavaliers have obviously been exposed to, the NBA must, at the least, dispose of the "ping pong ball" system. If anyone is to be rewarded for losing, it should be the worst teams. As such, NBA teams should receive their respective picks based on their records alone. Nevertheless, a better option exists.

Instead of continuing the current system, where luck and losing play too significant of a role, a new system altogether should be put in place. A system, for example, where every 30 years each team is slotted at each of the 30 drafting positions. Every 5 years, each team receives a top 6 pick, 7-12 pick, 13-18 pick, 19-24 pick, and 25-30 pick. With this system, luck and losing are taken out of the equation. They are replaced with equality, whether a team is winning or losing. This system would force teams to try and win, as their draft positioning would be predetermined. Teams that consistently lose will always gain chances to succeed through the draft.

I think what Masai Ujiri really meant to say was "F*CK CLEVELAND"

-Wes