The NBA competition committee will meet later this week and discuss potential draft lottery reform, among other topics. The suggested changes to the lottery were initially reported by Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY, and they would adversely affect the very worst teams in the league. Zillgitt notes:



The three highest lottery seeds would each be allocated 14 percent odds to win the lottery, compared to the 25, 19.9 and 15.6 percent for those three teams in the current lottery system, which has been in place since 2005. The odds for the remaining lottery would decrease smoothly, with approximately a 1-2 percent difference between lottery teams.



The number of picks determined by the lottery will increase to four, compared to three in the current system. This means that the highest lottery seed would receive no worse than the fifth pick, the second seed no worse than the sixth pick, the third seed no worse than the seventh pick and fourth seed no worse than the eighth...