The NBA has a fixed number of players. The analogy doesn't fit at all. I'll bet if you made 10 new teams, and only allowed them to sign players that other teams

The NBA has a fixed number of players. The analogy doesn't fit at all. I'll bet if you made 10 new teams, and only allowed them to sign players that other teams don't want, that a number of them would be better than the worst teams in the NBA right now.