""I do think ultimately this is a decision that needs to be made at the ownership level. It has business implications, has basketball implications, has integrity implications for the league.""
""Certainly going into next season, the incentives will be completely different than they are now.""
""The problem we're having these days is it's become almost impossible to distinguish between the tank and rebuild.""
""There is an aspect of team building that is called a genuine rebuild, a rebuild with integrity.""
NBA commissioner Adam Silver emphasized the need to address tanking as a priority following a Board of Governors meeting. He acknowledged the current incentives encourage teams to maximize their chances in the draft lottery, especially with the promising 2026 draft class. A special meeting will be held in May to outline new rules. Silver highlighted the difficulty in distinguishing between legitimate rebuilding efforts and teams gaming the system, indicating that upcoming changes will alter the incentives for the next season.
Read at ESPN.com
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