Report: Draft-lottery reform proposal sent to NBA's Board of Governors

The NBA's proposal for draft-lottery reform has been recommended by the Competition Committee, and sent to the league's Board of Governors for a Sept. 28 vote, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowksi.

While initial reports suggested the proposed changes could take effect before the start of next season, they are now reportedly slated to take effect ahead of the 2019 draft.

The proposal, which has been pushed by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, aims to disincentivize tanking by balancing out the lottery odds of the league's non-playoff teams, making it more likely for teams to move up or down in the draft order.

Among the changes, according to Wojnarowski's sources: The teams with the NBA's three worst records would all have a 14-percent chance at winning the lottery and picking first overall. At present, the worst team has a 25-percent chance at the No. 1 pick, the second-worst team has a 19.9-percent chance, and the third-worst has a 15.6-percent chance.

That's 60.5 percent cumulatively, compared to just 42 percent under the proposed reform, so, along with leveling things up among the league's bottom feeders, the new system would dramatically redistribute the odds among all the lottery teams.