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Dallas Mavericks Big Winner of New NBA Draft Lottery Reform for 2027

SI Feed·Austin Veazey·3 days ago
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The NBA severely overreacted to the tanking this year for a legendary draft class, as they have passed a new lottery rule known as "3-2-1." Essentially, the three worst teams each year have worse odds of winning the lottery, while the remaining 13 teams in the lottery (it has not been expanded to 16 teams) have flat odds. The three worst teams will have two lottery balls each, as will the 9/10 seeds of each conference. The losers of the 7/8 game of the Play-In Tournament will get one lottery ball each. The remaining teams that miss the playoffs will receive three lottery balls. There are also some other changes. The second round is now in reverse lottery order, meaning whoever lands the first overall pick will have the 46th overall pick (if they own the pick). Teams cannot land the first overall pick in back-to-back years or land in the top five in three straight years. This even applies if a team owns a pick from another bad team. For example, the San Antonio Spurs had two lottery picks last year.…

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