[Bontemps] While ESPN’s Brian Windhorst wrote about the “secret” room, sources expect the lottery itself – not just airing of the results – to become a live, televised event. No more conspiracy theories. All of it happening in real time. The potential for tremendous theater.
Article: The pros and cons of the new NBA draft lottery reform
Pro: A live lottery!
While ESPN’s Brian Windhorst wrote about the “secret” room, sources expect the lottery itself – not just airing of the results – to become a live, televised event. No more conspiracy theories. All of it happening in real time. The potential for tremendous theater.
How a new lottery would play out is yet to be determined. The NBA’s current method – the first ping-pong ball selected determines the first pick, and so on – is certainly one possibility, although that would eliminate much of the drama. Picking the 16th team first and going backward to No. 1 makes more sense as a television product. (The league would accomplish this by using a team’s final drawn ping-pong ball, rather than its first, to determine draft position.)
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48886245/the-pros-cons-new-nba-draft-lottery-reform