NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants to make sure that the teams in his league are doing whatever they can to avoid tanking. But it sadly won't work. Silver recently told reporters that the league is ...

Tanking has fueled discussion throughout the 2026 NBA season, filling up newspaper columns and social media feeds alike as one of basketball's leading storylines. There are a handful of sides that ...

The element of tanking within the NBA has always been a thorn in the side of the league. Recently, the league distanced itself from the practice, by promising changes to the format. Now, three ...

Tanking has been a huge talking point this NBA season. It’s not a new talking point, to be sure. Intentionally losing for the purposes of securing a high draft pick is one of the loudest annual ...

The NBA delivered three anti-tanking proposals to its board of governors on Wednesday in New York, ESPN reported. All three plans reportedly feature a common twist: bringing teams that make the ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said at a press conference Wednesday that the NBA needs to "do something more extreme" to address tanking than the lottery reforms it has implemented in the past.

The NBA is taking its next step toward addressing tanking. The league presented three separate proposals to the Board of Governors this week aimed at discouraging teams from bottoming out, according ...

We've seen dozens of proposals for NBA Draft Lottery reform in recent months as the league has vowed to take steps to avert tanking. Flattened odds. Expansion of the lottery itself. Preventing teams ...