Sam Vecenie I was talking to a 1 in a front office and the thing they brought up to me about why they're okay with the lottery change was It's not that difficult to go from really bad to average it's really difficult to go from good to great In theory this makes that easier

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

Anthony Davis on joining the Wizards When you get into the organization and see how great it is the owner and DC are amazing We are a very bad basketball team for sure On the flip side I think it's very tough to go from a bad team to a contender It takes a couple of years

Ernie Did you expect Detroit to have the best record in the East Chuck I thought they would be - they were almost there last year so I thought they'd be in the top - right at the top yes Ernie They were sixth last year Chuck No but they were gonna get better is my point

WFAN Adam Silver on tanking reforms My sense is we may be looking at something thats not frankly a forever solution

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Paolo Banchero on if the Magic are good enough to reach the next level I want to say yes but we haven't been out of the first round so if you're going off the last three years the answer is no