Overview
- The Board of Governors, set to vote later this month, is expected to pass the 3-2-1 plan, which would start with next year’s draft as a multi-year trial.
- The format expands the lottery to 16 teams with a 37-ball draw, lowers the top odds to 8.1%, and reduces the three worst teams to two balls each.
- Those bottom three teams would also face a draft floor that league officials are still hashing out, with a cutoff near No. 12 under discussion.
- General managers were told Adam Silver will have new power to cut a team’s odds or shift its draft slot if he rules a club blatantly tanked.
- Many executives warn the changes could trap the worst teams in longer rebuilds by shrinking their lottery leverage and cooling the market for future firsts.