The next step toward NBA Draft reform will take place on Tuesday, when league officials are hosting a GM’s meeting on Zoom that was “added to the schedule as a way for all 30 front offices to continue taking part in this pivotal process,” according to Sam Amick of THE ATHLETIC. The GM meeting is “yet another example” of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver “attempting to take a collaborative approach to this situation.” Sources indicated that a “heavy frontrunner has emerged among the three proposed solutions to curb the widespread tanking problem that put such a stain on this season.” That option would see 18 teams as part of the draft lottery, rather than the current 14, with the bottom 10 teams all having an 8% chance of landing the No. 1 pick. The remaining odds -- 20% in all -- would be divided among the remaining eight teams. In the current system, the bottom three teams all have a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 pick and the odds decline from there. Nothing can be finalized until at least 23 of the league’s 30 owners vote at next month’s BOG meeting, and “tweaks to the various proposals are still expected to be made along the way.” But sources said that the option that is the current frontrunner “appears likely to win out.” Several GMs have pointed out there is a “fear that implementing” that option “might simply create new problems that will eventually need to be addressed” (THE ATHLETIC, 4/27).
NBA GMs meeting to discuss NBA Draft changes to combat tanking
