Overview
- At a Board of Governors meeting Friday, the league solicited owner and GM feedback on draft and lottery changes, with no proposals adopted or scheduled for a vote.
- Options discussed include limiting traded pick protections to top four or outside the lottery, barring consecutive top-four selections, and locking lottery order after March 1.
- League officials say the aim is to deter late-season roster manipulation for lottery or protection gains rather than hinder routine rebuilding with normal rotations.
- The NBA has already tightened injury transparency rules, requiring game-day submissions between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time and public updates every 15 minutes.
- Recent examples cited to governors included the Mavericks’ 2023 fine after resting stars yet keeping their pick, Jazz and 76ers late-season decisions, and analysts’ warnings that proposals could shift tanking earlier or slow rapid rebuilds.