NBA Proposes Lottery Changes to Stop Tanking
Update: 2025-12-23
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The NBA is considering changes to draft pick protections and the lottery system to combat tanking. Proposed changes include limiting protections to top four or fourteenth picks, banning teams from landing top four picks two years in a row, and locking in lottery standings after March first. The league is looking to address issues like the Philadelphia Sixers sixty four percent chance of keeping their 2025 first rounder and teams like Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors intentionally losing games to secure better draft picks. However, without stricter enforcement of player participation rules, these changes may not effectively solve the tanking problem.
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