The NBA BOG on Thursday will “vote on -- and all but certainly pass -- a new anti-tanking reform” called the “3-2-1 lottery.” It is a “fairly revolutionary overhaul of the system designed to immediately curb the league’s annual race to the bottom and incentivize more teams to compete late in the season.” Sources expect that the lottery itself -- not just the “airing of the results” -- will “become a live, televised event,” with the “potential for tremendous theater.” How a new lottery would play out is yet to be determined. The NBA’s current method -- the first ping-pong ball selected determines the first pick, and so on -- is “certainly one possibility, although that would eliminate much of the drama.” The entire process will be revisited before the 2030 draft (ESPN.com, 5/27).
NBA BOG set for vote on draft lottery system reform
