NBA Unveils Controversial Anti-Tanking Plans in Private Owner Meeting—What It Means for the Future of the League
The current rules
The 14 teams that don’t make the NBA playoffs go to the lottery, where a four-number combination of ping-pong balls are drawn to decide the order of the top four teams in the draft.
The teams with the worst three records all have a 14% chance of winning the No. 1 pick — and none of the teams with the worst five records can finish lower than eighth in the lottery. The odds of winning the No. 1 pick decrease gradually for the other 11 teams outside the top three, from 12.5% for the team with the fourth-worst record to 0.7% for the team with the 14th-worst record.



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