NBA’s board of governors passes anti-tanking changes to draft lottery
The NBA has implemented significant changes to its draft lottery system to discourage teams from tanking. The new '3-2-1 Lottery' format will flatten the odds and expand participation to 16 teams, with the aim of reducing the advantages for the teams with the worst records. These changes will be in effect for the next three seasons and include measures to penalize teams that engage in tanking behavior.
- ▪The NBA's board of governors voted 29-1 to approve the new draft lottery changes.
- ▪The '3-2-1 Lottery' will give the three worst teams only a 5.4 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick.
- ▪Teams that finish with the three worst records cannot fall below the No. 12 pick in the draft.
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Open this photo in gallery:Former Washington Wizard John Wall, left, and NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago earlier this month.Nam Y. Huh/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe NBA approved sweeping changes to the draft lottery on Thursday that will strip the teams with the worst records from receiving the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick, something the league hopes will prevent tanking.A vote by the league’s board of governors made the plan official for the next three seasons. The “3-2-1 Lottery” proposal expands the event to 16 teams, flattens odds of winning the No.
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