NBA execs fear draft lottery reform could backfire

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While the NBA appears headed toward its most significant draft lottery changes in decades, with a vote on the “3-2-1 proposal” looming at a Board of Governors meeting on May 28, critics remain inside the league’s front offices. The most common concern from team executives polled by The Athletic at last week’s Draft combine event? That the new rules might swap one set of problems for another, potentially solving the tanking issue that commissioner Adam Silver has vowed to fix, while making it that much harder for the NBA’s worst teams to get out of the basement. In the eyes of these executives — many of whom believe this is an overreaction to a problem that was largely inspired by the strength of this particular draft — that’s the irony of this approach.

New York Times

This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: NBA execs fear draft lottery reform could backfire

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