[Charania] The NBA’s Board of Governors vote passed 29-1 – with the Memphis Grizzlies as the lone vote against the new anti-tanking lottery reform, sources tell ESPN.
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The NBA’s Board of Governors vote passed 29-1 – with the Memphis Grizzlies as the lone vote against the new anti-tanking lottery reform, sources tell ESPN.
The “3-2-1 lottery” is named to represent the number of lottery balls per team. Teams with a bottom-three record – the relegation area – have only two lottery balls. Teams that do not qualify for the playoffs or play-in tournament in spots four through 10 receive three lottery balls each.
The Nos. 9 and 10 play-in seeds in each conference receive two lottery balls each, and the losers of the 7-8 play-in games receive one lottery ball each. All 16 teams will in the drawing.
No team will be able to win the No. 1 in consecutive years or be able to win three consecutive top-five picks.