NBA reportedly introduced three new anti-tanking ideas at Board of Governors meeting ahead of May vote
The NBA is determined to put a stop to tanking.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver vowed to put an end to tanking when he spoke to the media Wednesday. When asked about the issue, Silver said the league was “ going to fix it . Full stop.
” The NBA attempted to do exactly that at its Board of Governors meeting Saturday. Three new anti-tanking ideas were reportedly introduced at the meeting, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The three proposals vary in both size and structure.
Here’s how each one would work , per Charania. The first proposal involves an 18-team lottery. That lottery would include the bottom 10 teams that miss out on the play-in tournament and the eight teams that qualify for it.
The bottom 10 teams would have equal odds in the lottery. The other eight teams will have their odds split in descending order. The second proposal involves a 22-team lottery.