New Lottery Proposal Could Be TERRIBLE For The NBA

BREAKING: The NBA has disclosed to its 30 GMs a singular new anti-tanking reform that expands the draft lottery to 16 teams, flattens odds, and have a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams are penalized with fewer lottery balls for the No. 1 pick.

The "3-2-1 lottery" proposal, named to represent the number of lottery balls per team, would expand the lottery from 14 to 16 teams. 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.

Teams with a bottom-three record -- the relegation zone -- would have just two lottery balls but have a floor of the 12th pick while the rest of the 13 lottery teams could fall as far as the 16th pick.

The 9th and 10th play-in seeds in each conference receive two lottery balls each while the losers of the 7-8 play-in games receive one lottery ball each.

In addition, no team would be able to win the top pick in consecutive years or be able to win three consecutive top-five picks. Teams also would not be able to protect picks in the 12 to 15 slots going forward.

How do you feel about this new proposal to solve tanking?

0:00 New "3-2-1" lottery proposal
2:00 Comparing the current odds to new proposed odds
3:11 If it goes poorly, this could be sunset in 2029
8:57 This could be a lot of fun, or real bad
14:43 Could this just create a new tanking problem?
22:00 "No teams would be able to win three top-5 picks"
27:27 There will always be SOMETHING if there is a Draft Lottery

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