Charania NBA Today on a Board of Governors vote expected for May 28 to make anti-tanking rule changes 18 teams in draft lottery seeds 7-15 in each conference flattened odds with bottom 10 teams having an 8 chance is the plan with the most momentum

Presti on lottery reform Good short term solve but hopes NBA will eventually move away from a luck based solution Hopefully we can get to a point where we have a system that isn't tied to record entirely Said he prefers a complex predictable system to a simple unpredictable one

Charania A Giannis Antetokounmpo trade WILL be coming before the NBA Draft tomorrow The Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat are considered the finalists with one mystery team considered in-play

Windhorst The LA Clippers have quietly been visiting draft prospects expected to be taken in the late lottery range in the last few days This could signal a trade of Leonard to Miami No 13 or Golden State No 11 and LA trading No 5 to Milwaukee for Jaylen Brown

Charania The Miami Heat Cleveland Cavaliers and 76ers appear to be the top 3 teams in the LeBron sweepstakes

ALLCITY Marc Stein We know the Bucks really want an additional lottery pick If they do the deal w Miami theyll have 13 BOS only has 27 When you talk to people around the league the Bucks have been operating as though theyre going to have at least 2 lottery picks this draft

Charania The Boston Celtics are in some cases asking for at least four 1st round picks Giannis went for 3