NBA Reportedly Considering Major Draft Lottery Change to Combat Tanking
According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the NBA could expand the lottery to 18 teams to curb tanking.

According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the NBA could expand the lottery to 18 teams to curb tanking.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said tanking is a real problem, and he declared that the league would fix what many fans believe to be an increasingly prevalent issue in the modern era. But actually fixing tanking appears to be remarkably complicated. In part due to a draft class that is being lauded as one […] The post NBA rumors: Momentum builds for 18-team draft lottery, but tanking questions persist appeared first on ClutchPoints.

There may not be an executive in the NHL having a worse spring than Vancouver Canucks general manager candidate Kevyn Adams. Adams was the architect of the Buffalo Sabres’ roster that took the Eastern Conference by storm midway through this season, with the only problem being that their hot streak started once the team’s ownership […] The post Canucks to interview Kevyn Adams for vacant GM role appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Utah Jazz received great news after the NBA announced decisions on multiple tiebreakers ahead of the 2026 NBA Draft. The post Jazz Get Beneficial 2026 NBA Draft Lottery News in Tiebreaker appeared first on Heavy Sports.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have recovered their 2026 first-round draft pick for now, but there's still a chance they could lose it. The post Maple Leafs Recoup Valuable Piece in 2026 NHL Draft, for Now appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Paul Pierce details his conspiracy theory about how the NBA rigs the draft lottery: "Whoever comes in with the check" Basketball Network

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With just over a month until the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery, here is how the standings and the No. 1 pick odds shape up — with the Brooklyn Nets on a slippery slope.

Sunday’s matchup with the Washington Wizards presented a golden opportunity for the Brooklyn Nets. Trailing the Wizards by one game for the league’s worst record, a loss would have given the Nets a realistic chance to finish No. 1 in the draft lottery standings, guaranteeing they pick no lower than fifth. Brooklyn let that opportunity […] The post Nets come up short in heated tank-off vs. Wizards for league’s worst record appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Washington Wizards will face the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in their most important tank matc of the season. Brooklyn enters the matchup one game behind Washington for first place in the draft lottery standings with five games remaining. Both teams will be without the majority of their top players during the tank-off. Anthony Davis […] The post Anthony Davis, Trae Young headline lengthy Wizards injury report for Easter tank-off vs. Nets appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Saturday’s NHL slate features 15 games with major playoff and lottery implications across both conferences.

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On Tuesday evening, the New York Knicks suffered one of their worst losses of the season with a drubbing against the Houston Rockets on the road. The Knicks fell behind by double digits almost immediately in this one, and never made things very competitive as the game wore on. After the game, Knicks forward Josh […] The post Knicks facing ‘must-win’ game after pathetic loss to Rockets keeps fraud watch on high alert appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Fresh anti-tanking proposals are back on the table, but the NBA may still be chasing the wrong solution. ESPN reported this week that the league…

Shams Charania discloses three proposed draft lottery concepts that aim to solve the tanking problem before the May 2026 vote.

The NBA has put forward a set of measures that would give commissioner Adam Silver major power over punishing teams that he deems to be tanking. The league has introduced three potential reforms which would apply to the 2027 NBA Draft lottery if approved. While the lottery would be expanded to as many as 22 … The post NBA’s proposed anti-tanking measures have been revealed appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.

Teams tanking for a better lottery pick in the draft has been a popular strategy in the NBA.

The NBA has a tanking problem, and the league has let it be known that it will find rules to discourage teams from doing so. They have recently come up with three anti-tanking concepts to vote on ahead of their formal vote in May, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Here are the three concepts that […] The post League presents 3 anti-tanking rules to Board of Governors ahead of May vote appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Adam Silver promises to implement extreme draft lottery changes before the 2026 draft to finally fix the tanking problem.

Yaxel Lendeborg, at 6-foot-9, just capped a fantastic season leading the Wolverines to a 29-2 record and their first Big Ten regular-season title since 2021. Yes, Lendeborg is now a consensus first-team All-American and the Big Ten Player of the Year, but his path to Ann Arbor was anything but a ...

Brooklyn Nets fans may have seen the last of rookie big man Danny Wolf this season. Wolf exited during the second quarter of Sunday’s 126-122 loss to the Sacramento Kings with what appeared to be a significant left ankle sprain. He was in pain while being helped to the locker room, and the Nets promptly […] The post Danny Wolf’s rookie campaign with Nets may be cut short by ankle injury appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The NBA tanking crisis is at a historic level and the 2025 draft class is making it worse. The post The NBA Tanking Crisis Is Getting Worse appeared first on Front Office Sports.

The NBA’s three worst teams have lost 39 straight games. The post The Worst NBA Teams Are in an All-Time Tank War appeared first on Front Office Sports.
