The NBA has been on a mission in recent months to eradicate tanking. It took a major step forward in that regard Thursday by passing the most drastic reform to its draft lottery since it introduced the weighted lottery in 1990. Ironically, this new system might help the Sixers, who were the main impetus for the previous odds-flattening in 2019. Under the current system, the three teams with the league's worst records all had a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick and a 52.1% chance of snagging a top-four pick. The odds for the remaining 11 teams decreased gradually from there. The lottery determined the first four picks in the draft, while the rest of the draft order went in reverse order of the standings. That's all out the window under this new system. Now, the lottery is being expanded to 16 teams—including the loser of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 play-in tournament game in each conference—and all 16 picks will be drawn via lottery.…