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Shams Charania: NBA Floats New Anti-Tanking Ideas, Including Lottery Lock Date

Sources told Shams the league and its stakeholders discussed new anti-tanking brainstorms on Friday. Ideas included limiting pick protections to the top four or 14 and higher, barring teams from drafting in the top four two years in a row, and locking lottery positions after March 1. The concepts were presented to the Board of Governors as talks continued.