The NBA Board of Governors approved a dramatic draft lottery reform designed to combat tanking, but the new system may simply redirect the incentives.

The new system will go into effect for the 2027 draft.

The NBA voted to approve a new draft lottery system designed to eliminate incentives for teams to tank during the regular season, the league announced on Thursday, May 28. The “3-2-1 Lottery” approved ...

On Thursday, the NBA officially passed lottery reform with a vote from the league's board of governors. The odds have now been flattened into what the league is calling a "3-2-1" system in which 37 ...