Report: Bucks join Thunder, 76ers in opposing lottery reform

The NBA's Board of Governors is expected to pass Draft Lottery reform on Wednesday without much opposition, but three teams do reportedly remain against the idea.

The Philadelphia 76ers, whose blatant tanking may have spurred the demand for lottery reform, were already reported to be against the changes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder were revealed as another team against reform in recent days.

Now a third team has emerged, as Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix reports that the Milwaukee Bucks join the Sixers and Thunder in opposing the proposed changes.

Unfortunately for Philadelphia, Oklahoma City and Milwaukee, the vote does not need to be unanimous, as only 23 teams are required to be for the changes. The Sixers, Thunder and Bucks would need to recruit five more teams onto their side before Wednesday.

Under the current lottery format, the league's worst team gets a 25 percent chance to land the first overall pick and only the top three picks are drawn by the lottery. As it now stands, the team with the worst record can't fall lower than the fourth pick.

The new, more balanced system would see the four worst teams each get a 12 percent chance at the No. 1 pick and would see the top-six picks drawn by the lottery. It would mean that the worst team could fall as low as the seventh pick.

"The teams that'll drop from two to eight, or three to nine - that's just going to take the air out of those fan bases and franchises. They'll get little, if any chance, to improve," one NBA General Manager told Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.