Jackpot

The NBA held it's draft lottery last week.  My pelicans benefited from it a couple years ago, but I honestly despise the way that it's set up.  I understand that it keeps teams from tanking every season and I understand the entertainment value of it.  It still seems like a twisted system that doesn't always help the worst team in the league.  The Cleveland Cavaliers have won the top pick in 3 of the last 4 years.  And they still suck.  I'm not mad because we don't have a first round pick this year.  That blame falls on our GM.  I don't like that the worst team doesn't get the top pick.  That's why some teams stay bad for so long.  The playing field isn't completely level with the amount of small market teams that can't afford to pay the luxury tax for going over the salary cap.  This makes it seems like a team has to bottom out and hope they get the top pick or settle for mediocrity.  Cleveland was only 5 games out of a playoff spot after getting the top pick last year.  Give the worst team the first pick and see if that levels the playing field.  It may make things worse, but it will get rid of the ammunition for the conspiracy theorists who think that the lottery is a set up.