Overview
- After fining the Jazz $500,000 and the Pacers $100,000 for benching healthy players, Silver warned teams the league will intensify scrutiny of suspected tanking this season.
- The competition committee is reexamining the draft lottery structure with options under consideration that include, in theory, revoking draft picks from teams judged to have lost on purpose.
- Expansion remains under active study with further discussion set for next month’s Board of Governors meeting, and Seattle and Las Vegas named as the most obvious candidates.
- The Clippers are cooperating with an external Wachtell Lipton investigation into potential salary‑cap circumvention tied to a Kawhi Leonard sponsorship deal, with no timetable for findings.
- WNBA collective bargaining remains unresolved, leaving the scheduled May season opener uncertain.