Report: Lottery reform 'a top agenda item' as NBA's competition committee meets

The NBA has not hidden from the fact that many believe the draft lottery system is flawed, and reports early in the season were that the league was exploring alternate methods of awarding the No. 1 pick.

Fast forward a few months, with the Cleveland Cavaliers having inexplicably won their third No. 1 pick in four years, and there's even more concern over how best to dole out top picks.

The NBA's competition committee is meeting in Las Vegas on Sunday and Monday, and lottery reform is said to be "a top agenda item" according to Grantland's Zach Lowe.

It's unclear what the timeline on such a change would be, should the league even be able to make hay in moving towards an agreeable alternative. It's tough to legislate out something like what happened with Cleveland - with odds of less than one percent of one percent - without dramatically altering the structure. Still, it should be considered a positive that the league is at least working in earnest to fix what many perceive to be a problem.