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re: Did Dikembe Mutombo let the cat out of the bag re: NBA Lottery?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:05 pm to VermilionTiger
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:05 pm to VermilionTiger
quote:Gotcha.
4th best odds..13.7%?.. or 11.9%. Idk
So in other words, not exactly some super rare, out of this world winning the Powerball type occurrence.
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Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:05 pm to Chad504boy
quote:Have 125 balls, 1 is that team
How the fricking do you make a bouncing ball .8% chance?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:05 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
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 4:06 pm to Black n Gold
its makes as much sense as the NBA wanting to rig the draft to keep certain teams viable 
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:07 pm to shel311
quote:
So in other words, not exactly some super rare, out of this world winning the Powerball type occurrence.
Of course not. Timing was what made it odd.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:08 pm to shel311
quote:
What were the odds of NOP winning the lottery that season?
What were the odds of the NOP winning the lottery WHEN THE NBA OWNED the franchise? I have heard from many sources that the lottery was a part of the deal to sell to Benson. What are the odds of everything happening like that just like NY getting the Ewing pick?
Fishy, I say.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:09 pm to genro
just for clarification
LINK
quote:
To determine the winner, fourteen ping pong balls numbered 1–14 are placed in a standard lottery machine and four balls are randomly selected from the lot. Just as in most traditional lotteries, the order in which the numbers are drawn is not important. That is, 1-2-3-4 is considered to be the same as 4-3-2-1. There are a total of 1,001 combinations (or 14! / (10! x 4!)). Of these, 1 outcome is disregarded and 1,000 outcomes are distributed among the 14 non-playoff NBA teams. The combination 11-12-13-14 (in any order that those numbers are drawn) is not assigned and it is ignored if drawn; this has never occurred in practice.
In the event a lottery pick is traded to another team, the record of the original team (whose pick it was before the trade) still determines eligibility for the lottery, and assignment of chances.
Since 2005, with 30 NBA teams, 16 qualify for the playoffs and the remaining 14 teams are entered in the draft lottery. These 14 teams are ranked in reverse order of their regular season record and are assigned the following number of chances
250 combinations, 25.0% chance of receiving the #1 pick
199 combinations, 19.9% chance
156 combinations, 15.6% chance
119 combinations, 11.9% chance
88 combinations, 8.8% chance
63 combinations, 6.3% chance
43 combinations, 4.3% chance
28 combinations, 2.8% chance
17 combinations, 1.7% chance
11 combinations, 1.1% chance
8 combinations, 0.8% chance
7 combinations, 0.7% chance
6 combinations, 0.6% chance
5 combinations, 0.5% chance
LINK
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:10 pm to Chad504boy
I would love to see the fallout resulting from the 76ers ending up with 1,2 and 4 overall in this draft class after tanking for so long.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:11 pm to JG77056
thats like my franchise in 2k
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:11 pm to burdman
It had to do with StubHub...not the Draft Lottery. Google it...like Mutombo should have.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:12 pm to 33inNC
quote:About 13%, nothing too crazy or wild to hit on.
What were the odds of the NOP winning the lottery WHEN THE NBA OWNED the franchise? I have heard from many sources that the lottery was a part of the deal to sell to Benson. What are the odds of everything happening like that just like NY getting the Ewing pick? Fishy, I say.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:12 pm to JodyPlauche
i mean this obviously doesnt mean anything regarding tonight. they havent drawn the numbers yet
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:12 pm to JodyPlauche
I saw the stubhub story
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:15 pm to RonBurgundy
There is an observer for every team in the room where the combinations are drawn. Those people don't have electronics in the room and are basically hostage there until the results are announced.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:18 pm to hendersonshands
Believing in the integrity of the NBA lottery is like believing in Santa Claus
Of course the league would reward the Sixers for axing Hinkie
Of course the league would reward the Sixers for axing Hinkie
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:21 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
and therein lies the self fulfilling prophecy of it all. the sixers win the pick? the NBA is rewarding them for hinkie. the lakers win the pick? the NBA wants the lakers to be good again. the celtics win the pick? the NBA wants the celtics to get over the hump. the pelicans win the pick? the NBA wants the kid who went to LSU to go to NO to give that franchise a shot in the arm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:24 pm to WestCoastAg
The Sixers Lakers and Celtics are really the only three that make sense from a business standpoint, so I wouldn't call it self fulfilling
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:26 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
it kinda is. those are your three most likely teams to win the lottery. there is a 60.5% chance one of those three is going to win the pick. theres a decent chance its going to happen and when it does happen, its not because its rigged. its because they collectively had favorably better odds than the rest of the league
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:28 pm to WestCoastAg
Right, that will be the case this year. It hasn't always been in the past though
Posted on 5/17/16 at 4:29 pm to WestCoastAg
If any other team wins it it's because they trigged it just to make you think it's not rigged. They have to do that every now and then so people don't get wise
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