NBA Execs Question Latest Anti-Tanking Proposal: ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’
Adam Silver sent GMs a new lottery proposal on Tuesday.
When in doubt, flatten the lottery odds further. That appears to be Adam Silver’s approach as he prepares to present new anti-tanking proposals to the league’s owners next month ahead of a vote to further curb the practice on May 28. “ We are going to fix it ,” Silver said of tanking in March.
“Full stop. ” On Tuesday, ESPN reported that the NBA sent its 30 general managers a proposal for a “3-2-1 lottery. ” The concept would expand the lottery from 14 teams to 16, flattened the lottery odds and would add a “relegation zone” that would give the league’s three worst teams worse lottery odds than the teams directly above them in the standings.
The proposed system could go into place as soon as next season. To install a new system, Silver would need 23 owners to support the vote. ESPN reported that the “key points of the framework have a majority of the support from teams.
”. The “3-2-1 lottery” name stems from the number of lottery balls each group of teams would receive in the new system. Silver’s proposal also gives two more teams the chance to land the No.