
NBA Overhauls Draft Lottery to curb tanking and rebalance picks
The NBA approved a new draft lottery format that flattens odds, adds a bottom-three relegation zone, and broadens penalties for egregious tanking, while tightening the top-five restriction to traded picks and reversing the second-round order to offset luck. League officials say the changes aim to remove incentives to lose and centralize penalties; Memphis (Grizzlies) voted against, though they could still benefit in certain outcomes.








