03-27-2026, 01:15 PM
@JakeLFischer
The NBPA is proposing a three-prong approach to the league's ongoing tanking/draft lottery reform discussion, @TheSteinLine has learned, which would first financially reward wins and penalize losses, second flatten lottery odds, and third strictly enforce meaningful penalties.
The union has suggested distributing national TV revenue tied to regular-season team performance and conference seeding, similar to the English Premiere League, where each higher seed would earn an additional $10 million of TV revenue.
In addition to flattening of the lottery odds and expanding the lottery to 18 teams, the NPBA is proposing odds for the league's bottom 10 teams should be set at 7%, instead of 8%, and the remaining eight should be at a 3.75% of landing the No. 1 pick.
And lastly, the union and other league figures are pushing to employ additional penalties to punish blatant tanking. Such as reducing a team's lottery odds, moving their pick to the end of the lottery or the first round, or stripping them of their first-round selection.
The NBPA is proposing a three-prong approach to the league's ongoing tanking/draft lottery reform discussion, @TheSteinLine has learned, which would first financially reward wins and penalize losses, second flatten lottery odds, and third strictly enforce meaningful penalties.
The union has suggested distributing national TV revenue tied to regular-season team performance and conference seeding, similar to the English Premiere League, where each higher seed would earn an additional $10 million of TV revenue.
In addition to flattening of the lottery odds and expanding the lottery to 18 teams, the NPBA is proposing odds for the league's bottom 10 teams should be set at 7%, instead of 8%, and the remaining eight should be at a 3.75% of landing the No. 1 pick.
And lastly, the union and other league figures are pushing to employ additional penalties to punish blatant tanking. Such as reducing a team's lottery odds, moving their pick to the end of the lottery or the first round, or stripping them of their first-round selection.