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NBA rumors: What insiders are saying about bold ‘3-2-1’ draft lottery proposal
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In recent months, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has seemingly made it his goal to eradicate tanking in the league and institute some type of lottery reform for the NBA Draft. One of the most recent proposals is being called the ‘3-2-1’ proposal where teams that finish 4-10 receive three lottery balls, teams that finish 1-3 and 11-14 receive two lottery balls and the losers of the play-in games receive one lottery ball.
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While nothing is concrete or finalized, what is certain is before next season, the NBA will have some form of lottery changes to address the perceived tanking problem when it comes to the draft. But is the ‘3-2-1’ proposal a good way of going about it?
ClutchPoints’ NBA insider Brett Siegel has already spoken with various executives and personnel around the league, and they’ve brought up concerns they have with this proposal.
“The feedback that I’ve received is that to fall to the 12th pick potentially when you’re the worst team in the league is just way too far. They think that this should be top-10 at minimum with some even saying that it should be top-8 if they are to move forward with this proposal,” Siegel reports.
“If you’re the worst team in the league, you can’t fall farther than seven or eight. It makes sense because if you pick 12th, you have no way to really approve … I think that it hurts teams that really need help. We look around the league, there’s plenty of those teams.”
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Potentially reforming the draft lottery and eliminating tanking are very complicated issues and it’s probably going to hard to find a solution that pleases everyone.
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