The NBA is aggressively pursuing lottery reform that could take effect for the 17-18 season.

Adam Silver is a strong advocate to de-incentivize tanking by implementing lower odds on the NBA's worst teams to gain the top picks in the draft.

The proposed measures would also increase the chances of better teams making a jump up into the draft lottery.

The team with the worst record can drop no lower than No. 4 from No. 1, but the NBA's currently proposed legislation could allow that team to drop from first to fifth in the lottery.

The NBA would also flatten the odds for the top-3 teams.

Small market teams could vote against the measures since it will become even more difficult for them to acquire star-level players through the draft.