See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Tanking is dead in the NBA. On Thursday, every team in the league, ...

The NBA voted to approve a new draft lottery system designed to eliminate incentives for teams to tank during the regular season, the league announced on Thursday, May 28. The “3-2-1 Lottery” approved ...

After much ado about anti-tanking measures, the NBA's Board of Governors has approved its new actions to prevent teams purposefully bottoming out on the season. Per ESPN's Shama Charania on Thursday, ...

Jun 2, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; NBA commissioner Adam Silver talks to media before game one of the 2022 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics at Chase Center ...

The proposal expands the lottery from 14 teams to 16 and creates a de facto relegation zone for the three worst teams in the league. In a classic Silver move, those bottom dwellers are actually ...

The NBA may be nearing a preferred course on how to address tanking, according to The Athletic's Sam Amick. Amick reported Monday that "a heavy frontrunner has emerged among the three proposed ...

Basketball: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to the media during a press conference at the St. Regis Hotel New York, NY 9/10/2025CREDIT: Erick W. Rasco (Photo by Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated ...

The practice of NBA teams losing games to boost their draft lottery odds continues to be widely debated. The NBA may claim progress, and just last month introduced multiple anti-tanking proposals to ...

Amid the growing epidemic of tanking within the NBA, multiple league sources gave their thoughts on the situation anonymously in discussions with ESPN's Anthony Slater this week. Two executives ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Over the past two weeks, Warriors forward Draymond Green has witnessed an advanced form of an already-potent illness sweep through the NBA. No one knows who Patient Zero for this ...

Wizards of the Coast is continuing to use its Unearthed Arcana playtest material to bring ideas from Dungeons & Dragons 3.0/3.5 into the 2024 5th edition ruleset. The April 2 release, “Villainous ...

The Timberwolves’ 30-point win in Dallas on Monday helped contribute to a, umm, record, and not one the NBA wanted to see set. Again. Through Friday’s results, there have been 89 games decided by 30 ...