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re: Did Dikembe Mutombo let the cat out of the bag re: NBA Lottery?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:53 pm to hendersonshands
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:53 pm to hendersonshands
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Nah, they do it in a room "right before" the broadcast
this
not sure why Dikembe Mutombo would be privy to the results though...
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Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:54 pm to MrPappagiorgio
Just did the tankathon simulator..Pels with the #1 pick
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:55 pm to MrPappagiorgio
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The 76ers hope to strike gold
Philadelphia finished with its worst record yet of the last three "tanking" years by winning only 10 games, and now new team president Bryan Colangelo hopes to be the recipient of the lottery luck that never graced Sam Hinkie. The Sixers' own pick has a 25 percent chance of being No. 1, and if they win it'd be the second straight season and fifth time overall the team with the worst record got the top pick.
If the ping-pong balls bounce the Sixers' way, the best-case scenario involves them winning the lottery while also securing the No. 4 pick by virtue of the Lakers' pick falling outside the top three.
Even if Philadelphia doesn't win the lottery with its own pick, it can still win it in another way. The Nik Stauskas trade with the Sacramento Kings last season gives the Sixers the right to swap picks this year, so if the Kings overcome the odds and win the lottery with their 1.9 percent chance, that top pick goes to Philadelphia.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:55 pm to VermilionTiger
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I can't be mad.. Uncle Stern hooked up the Pels a few years back with Anthony Davis
I'll never get over this, it was talked about all week here in Charlotte prior to the lottery that NO was getting the #1 pick and it happened.
No coincidence there.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:56 pm to hendersonshands
Do they not televise it because of how many times they might have to redo it?
Like one of the 250 combinations for the #1 team happening over and over again in the drawing?
Like one of the 250 combinations for the #1 team happening over and over again in the drawing?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:57 pm to 33inNC
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I'll never get over this, it was talked about all week here in Charlotte prior to the lottery that NO was getting the #1 pick and it happened.
Well at least your team is good.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:58 pm to burdman
it is impossible for 20 bouncing balls to give proper odds needed and %'s of all those teams odds. How the fricking do you make a bouncing ball .8% chance?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 3:59 pm to 33inNC
quote:What were the odds of NOP winning the lottery that season?
I'll never get over this, it was talked about all week here in Charlotte prior to the lottery that NO was getting the #1 pick and it happened. No coincidence there.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:00 pm to RonBurgundy
Wouldn't the NBA be more likely to rig the draft in the Lakers' favor?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:00 pm to hendersonshands
they havent drawn the balls yet. its got to be rigged 
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:01 pm to hendersonshands
Now everybody's talking about the draft lottery.
Mission accomplished.
Mission accomplished.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:01 pm to shel311
4th best odds..13.7%?.. or 11.9%. Idk
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:01 pm to RonBurgundy
LOL to the dummies who claim they draw it live.
They draw it in back room, with some agency as observer, to make sure shite is on the up and up, meaning we pay them to say it's not rigged.
They draw it in back room, with some agency as observer, to make sure shite is on the up and up, meaning we pay them to say it's not rigged.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:01 pm to Black n Gold
same logic can be used that the NBA doesnt want the lakers to win the lottery to keep the accusations of rigging being kept to the minimum
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:02 pm to Chad504boy
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it is impossible for 20 bouncing balls to give proper odds needed and %'s of all those teams odds. How the fricking do you make a bouncing ball .8% chance?
0.8% of the combinations?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:03 pm to Chad504boy
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it is impossible for 20 bouncing balls to give proper odds needed and %'s of all those teams odds. How the fricking do you make a bouncing ball .8% chance?
Doesn't work like that. It's some combination thing they have going. It makes sense..I haven't read about it in a while though.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:03 pm to WestCoastAg
So they would rig the draft in order to prevent the perception that they are rigging the draft? Makes sense.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:04 pm to VermilionTiger
There's a thousand combinations. #1 gets 250 of em (25%) #2 gets 199 combinations (19.9%) and so on.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:05 pm to Chad504boy
quote:because the balls have nothing to do with the actual assigning of picks. they take 14 balls numbered 1-14 and then draw 4. they then compare the number combination to a list of all possible combinations and they see which team was assigned that combination. so if the numbers they drew were 1,6,7,5 they would then see who had that combo and thats who gets the pick. the odds dont come from the balls, they come from the amount of number combinations assigned to a team
it is impossible for 20 bouncing balls to give proper odds needed and %'s of all those teams odds. How the fricking do you make a bouncing ball .8% chance?
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