NBA finalizing anti-tanking proposal — here are the sweeping changes league wants

NBA NBA finalizing anti-tanking proposal — here are the sweeping changes league wants By Dylan Svoboda Published April 28, 2026, 8:02 p.m. ET The NBA’s new draft lottery proposal is here. The league is pushing an expanded “3-2-1 lottery” that would increase the number of teams from 14 to 16, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The new system, which must be approved by NBA owners on May 28, is aimed at curbing tanking and would punish teams that finish with a bottom-five record. Under the proposal, “teams that do not qualify for the playoffs or play-in tournament but stay out of the relegation zone (spots four through 10) would receive three lottery balls each,” per Charania.

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