NBA Unveils New Anti‑Tanking Concepts

On Wednesday, Commissioner Adam Silver declared the NBA would fix tanking, following a lifetime ban of an owner. The league then leaked a set of draft‑lottery concepts that have drawn criticism for their complexity and perceived ineffectiveness.

The proposals include flattening the 14% top‑odds to 8% to boost randomness, expanding the number of top picks from four to as many as 18, enlarging the draft pool to 18 or 22 teams, adopting a two‑year record average like the WNBA, granting a minimum win floor, a tiered 5‑by‑5 draw, and a pre‑lotto floor randomization to remove the worst‑record advantage.