If the NBA loses the 11-12 season, the question of how to handle the 2012 NBA Draft becomes a problematic situation.

Several general managers believe the easiest thing is to redo the 2011 lottery for 2012 with the same odds.

"The draft is there for the worst teams to improve," another GM said. "The teams that were in the lottery in 2011 are still the worst teams in the league. It makes sense that they'd have the best odds of landing the best players in the draft."

There is sharp criticism that runs counter to that logic.

"That would be totally unfair to a number of teams," said a GM from a Western Conference team. "Most of the worst teams in the league would improve with the players they collected in the 2011 draft. Also, with a whole season lost, a number of teams will be left with a pretty depleted roster. Why should teams be rewarded twice for mediocrity? Most of the teams that are in the lottery are the ones that are also going to be responsible for us losing the season. The most poorly run franchises are the ones that need the hard cap. They're the same ones that need revenue sharing. Should we just give them extra draft picks, too?"