Mark Cuban suggests supplemental draft for undrafted free agents

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Mark Cuban suggests supplemental draft for undrafted free agents

By Sean Highkin

Oct 7, 2015, 11:30 AM EDT



A lot of people around the NBA have ideas to improve the draft, free agency and the D-League, and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has never been shy about sharing his. His latest idea seems pretty logical: a supplemental draft for undrafted free agents.

Via Hoops Rumors:

“I would have a supplemental draft every summer for undrafted free agents of the current and previous 3 years,” Cuban wrote in an email to Hoops Rumors. “If you are more than 3 years out you are not eligible and just a free agent.”

The supplemental draft would have two rounds, and teams would hold the rights to the players they select for two years, Cuban added. Players can opt out and choose not to make themselves eligible, but those who get picked would receive fully guaranteed minimum-salary contracts when they sign, according to Cuban’s proposal.

“That would make it fun a few weeks after the draft and pre-summer league,” Cuban wrote. “It would prevent some of the insanity that goes on to build summer league rosters.”

It’s an interesting proposition. Most undrafted players who sign during the summer don’t get guaranteed contracts, so when deciding to enter this supplemental draft, they would have to weigh the value of having guaranteed money versus getting to decide where they sign. It’s unlikely that anything like this could happen anytime soon, because of all the hoops to jump through to get the league and the players’ union to sign off on it, but it’s a worthwhile idea that deserves some consideration in the next CBA negotiations.



bob
MY NOTE: If Pop is the gold standard of coaches then Cuban might be the Elon Musk of GMs. His ideas seem to make sense, most of the time. You can usually count on him thinking outside the box. I'm not sure why clubs would go for this, though. For example, why would Danny and Wyc want a supplemental draft that made them wait their turn and hope that Phil Pressey was still available when they could call him after the regular draft was over and just say "we want you in camp"?


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They cut the draft down to only two rounds for a reason.  It is a total waste of time to include later rounds.

The second round picks do not get guaranteed contracts so why would players picked later in a supplemental draft get a guarantee?

The "insanity that goes on to build summer league rosters" actually goes further than just the SL.  Teams try to get the best undrafted guys to add to their DLeague teams without having to pick them in the DLeague draft.

I'm not sure why the players would go for this.

gyso

why not just go back to three or even four rounds of the rookie draft then?