NBA Approves New 3-2-1 Draft Odds

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Winner of the 7-8 Play in will only get 1 ball. All other will get 2.

Adam Silver also has new powers to adjust odds or take picks to combat tanking.

This passed 29-1 with only the Grizzlies voting against.

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mill_city@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Just want to point out some corrections, at least in my understanding:

16 teams total in the lottery now

Winner of 7/8 game gets no lottery balls and is not a part of the lottery

Loser of 7/8 game gets one ball

9/10 seeds both get two balls

Bottom 3 teams overall get only two balls, but they cannot fall below 12 in the draft

Remaining 7 non-play-in teams get three balls and can pick anywhere from 1-16

Additional restrictions:

Cannot win #1 overall pick in consecutive drafts

Cannot win a top 5 pick in three consecutive drafts

Cannot attach top-12 through top-15 protections to newly traded draft picks

League has expanded authority to reduce a team’s odds modify draft positions and/or impose fines in response to tanking

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TAG@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I still don’t understand why the bottom three teams have worse odds than teams 4-10 from the bottom. Is it a measure to insure that teams that tank only tank a little bit? Even with flat odds for the bottom 10, there is no reason for a team not to start winning once they are out of the play-in. They would want to since it is more interesting for fans and helps with player development.

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- mill_city@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I agree. If this is successful in preventing tanking, someone still has to finish at the bottom. I guess it’s a slight relief that they can’t drop below 12, but it still feels a bit like kicking a man when he’s down.
  
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- TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I agree that part is a bit excessive. At best it makes things a bit more competitive for some late season games against bottom teams but feels unnecessary.
  
  Wouldn’t be surprised if that part is removed in 3 years when they revisit this
  
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