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NBA plans to enact anti-tanking rules next season, sources say

NBA plans to enact anti-tanking rules next season, sources say

Commissioner Adam Silver informed the league's 30 general managers that the NBA plans to make anti-tanking rule changes for next season, sources told ESPN.

these concepts have been discussed to curb tanking:

First-round draft picks can be protected only for top-four or top-14-plus selections

Lottery odds freeze at the trade deadline or a later date

No longer allowing a team to pick in the top four in consecutive years and/or after consecutive bottom-three finishes

Teams can't pick in the top four the year after making the conference finals

Lottery odds allocated based on two-year records

Lottery extended to include all play-in teams

Flatten odds for all lottery teams

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