NBA Approves Sweeping Anti-Tanking Reforms to Draft Lottery System

The NBA Board of Governors officially approved significant changes to the draft lottery system on Thursday, May 28, aimed at discouraging teams from deliberately losing games. The new rules, which will be in effect for the next three seasons, expand the lottery to 16 teams and flatten the odds for the top pick, with the three worst teams now receiving slightly lower odds than those immediately above them.