I’m sure Michael Jordan would agree with you: http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/02/15/michael-jordan-beat-kidd-gilchrist-charlotte-bobcats-nba/1924059/
The Germans have a neat way of handling team movements in soccer. The league has 18 teams. The worst of them (the three worst) at the end of the season....get sent into the second league (less pay, less benefits). The best of the 2nd league? They get sent up to the top league....better pay, etc.
The NBA needs to try something like this...just to intimidate the forever-loser teams into doing something or going to a lesser league.