NBA Weighs Radical Lottery Overhaul to Eliminate Tanking
The Proposed Shift in Draft Strategy The National Basketball Association (NBA) is currently weighing a significant overhaul of its draft lottery system, a move designed to curb the prevalence of “tanking”—the practice of intentionally losing games to secure higher draft positioning. League officials are evaluating a proposed “3-2-1” format that would expand the lottery pool…
