NBA Draft Lottery Revolution: Three Proposals to Eliminate Tanking | Dunkest
Tanking Has Become Unsustainable
Adam Silver
The Three Proposals on the Table
1st Proposal – The 18-Team Mega Lottery
The 10 teams outside the play-in enterPlus the 8 teams that made the play-in
2nd Proposal – The 22-Team Lottery with Two-Year Evaluation
Included: 10 teams outside play-in, 8 from play-in, 4 first-round playoff exitsRankings based on results over the past two seasons
A minimum win threshold is introducedEven extreme losing records would be “adjusted”
A 14-win season would count as 20A 40 + 20 combination becomes an average of 30 wins
3rd Proposal – The “Five-by-Five” Method
Same 18 teams as 1st ProposalThe 5 worst teams all have equal oddsTop 5 picks drawn separately
A new lottery for the remaining 13 teamsThe worst teams cannot fall below the 10th pick
An Open Decision-Making Process
Adam Silver
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