NBA intends to implement anti-tanking regulations in the upcoming season, according to sources.

Commissioner Adam Silver informed the league’s 30 general managers on Thursday that the NBA intends to implement modifications to anti-tanking regulations for the upcoming season, sources revealed to ESPN.

Discussions within the league office with stakeholders from the board of governors, competition committee, and general managers have intensified regarding measures to address tanking, including the initiation of potential proposals for changes in December during a meeting with team owners.

Multiple sources familiar with Thursday’s meeting, as well as a late January competition committee gathering, indicated to ESPN that the following concepts have been considered to mitigate tanking:

• First-round draft picks may only be protected for top-four or top-14-plus selections

• Lottery odds may freeze at the trade deadline or a later date

• A team will no longer be permitted to select in the top 4 in consecutive years and/or following consecutive bottom-3 finishes

• Teams cannot select in the top 4 the year after reaching the conference finals

• Lottery odds will be allocated based on two-year records

• Lottery will be expanded to include all play-in teams

• Odds will be flattened for all lottery teams

During Thursday’s GM meeting, Silver, the league office, and the league’s 30 leading team executives expressed a commitment to ongoing discussions aimed at preserving the integrity of the sport. Silver was characterized as “forceful” in his message regarding the need to tackle the issue that has gained traction across the league in recent weeks.

Sources indicated that Mike Krzyzewski, the senior adviser to basketball operations for the league office, conveyed a message in Thursday’s meeting advocating for a prompt and thoughtful “attack” on the emerging problem in the NBA, urging all involved to be ready to respond to the measures the league will implement in the coming months and year.

During his All-Star Weekend press conference, Silver stated that tanking has been “worse this year than we’ve seen in recent memory” and that he was contemplating “every possible remedy” to address the issue.

Earlier on Thursday, Phoenix Suns owner expressed strong views on the matter, labeling tanking as “much worse than any prop bet scandal” in an extensive post on X.

Last week, the NBA imposed a $500,000 fine on the Utah Jazz and a $100,000 fine on the Indiana Pacers, with the NBA noting that both teams had rested healthy players in recent games, emphasizing that actions undermining the league’s integrity will not be tolerated.