The NBA Board of Governors approves new anti-tanking rules that change how the draft lottery works, with the league aiming to reduce incentives for teams to intentionally lose games. Multiple reports say the Board makes the plan official for the next three seasons following a vote. The changes adjust the lottery odds associated with teams’ records, particularly by removing or reducing the advantage previously held by the lowest-win teams. Sources describe the intent as ensuring that clubs with the worst regular-season records no longer have the best odds of landing the No. 1 pick.
Reporting also indicates that NBA commissioner Adam Silver has pushed tanking-reduction efforts and that the updated lottery process is part of those priorities. While outlets differ in how much operational detail they provide, they consistently describe the same core action: formal approval by the Board of Governors and a revised draft-lottery structure designed to discourage deliberate losses by altering how the lottery rewards bottom-ranked teams.
