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re: NBA should just go to NFL style draft order
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:04 am to Oilfieldbiology
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:04 am to Oilfieldbiology
That is a very recent addition to the justifications for the conspiracy. Another layer to the Sharpshooter's Fallacy.
And nobody can explain Wemby, the biggest prospect since Lebron, going to SA.
And nobody can explain Wemby, the biggest prospect since Lebron, going to SA.
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:10 am to lsupride87
Damn. I had forgotten Orlando had actually drafted Webber the year after they got Shaq #1. Then traded him for Hardaway and three first round picks.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:22 am to Cosmo
The flattened lottery odds have inadvertently made the league worse.
A league that already crushes the have-nots, that the league's partners just routinely bad mouth and dismiss the teams that aren't premier, wishcasts every good player to about 6 teams...
And these odds keep the bad teams bad. There's no hope.
Look at the NFL, its the opposite:
The League's premier team is KANSAS CITY.
The worst teams get high picks and fans get to get excited over them, hope springs eternal. That is the best thing about the NFL.
The NBA: There's no hope. It needs to change
A league that already crushes the have-nots, that the league's partners just routinely bad mouth and dismiss the teams that aren't premier, wishcasts every good player to about 6 teams...
And these odds keep the bad teams bad. There's no hope.
Look at the NFL, its the opposite:
The League's premier team is KANSAS CITY.
The worst teams get high picks and fans get to get excited over them, hope springs eternal. That is the best thing about the NFL.
The NBA: There's no hope. It needs to change
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:24 am to OU812
quote:
Hornets fan never said that when they won the lottery TWICE.
When did the Hornets win the lottery twice
Posted on 5/14/25 at 8:30 am to Fun Bunch
For Davis and Zion?
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:02 am to Cosmo
I say scrap the lottery
Every team who doesnt make the playoffs gets the one ping pong ball. Everyone gets the same chance
Eliminates tanking completely
Eliminates most conspiracy theories
Every team who doesnt make the playoffs gets the one ping pong ball. Everyone gets the same chance
Eliminates tanking completely
Eliminates most conspiracy theories
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:04 am to OU812
quote:
For Davis and Zion?
They were not the Hornets for Zion
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:06 am to LSUMJ
quote:
I say scrap the lottery
Every team who doesnt make the playoffs gets the one ping pong ball. Everyone gets the same chance
Eliminates tanking completely
Eliminates most conspiracy theories
Only the top, let's say 8 (I'd argue for 5-6 at most however), should have a chance at the top 4. Then 8-14 have another lottery for that seeding
Its ridiculous that teams like the Mavericks can just keep doing this while the Wiz are just STUCK forever.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:07 am to Cosmo
I don't agree. The lottery is the way to go. We don't need 10+ teams all trying to tank to end the season at the same time.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:10 am to Fun Bunch
Larry Johnson and AD
Both hornets
Both hornets
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:23 am to lsupride87
In different cities. He was obviously referring to Zion and AD, which would be inaccurate.
And conspiracy theories for both of those are pretty apparent.
Regardless, the lottery needs to go back to heightened odds for the worst teams.
The league takes a dump on certain franchises and they are just stuck forever.
And conspiracy theories for both of those are pretty apparent.
Regardless, the lottery needs to go back to heightened odds for the worst teams.
The league takes a dump on certain franchises and they are just stuck forever.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 12:05 pm to Cosmo
This is the third straight year where the worst team in the league ended up with the fifth pick in the draft. There is an 11% chance of that happening in any given lottery.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 1:27 pm to lsupride87
I thought about Wemby and it made no sense. I’m not some conspiracy theorist about this topic, just stating that it seems a little weird that bad things happen to a franchise and somehow they win the lottery.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 2:59 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:We have won two of the best ever draft lotteries ever and still suck forever
The league takes a dump on certain franchises and they are just stuck forever.
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 5/15/25 at 12:23 am to lsupride87
Not every lotto has to be rigged. Special occassions. Ewing, rose, dallas being for me the most likely ones to for sure have been manipulated. Rose missing out on chicago would have been bad but no worries, same with lebrun
Posted on 5/15/25 at 6:22 am to Cosmo
Posted on 5/15/25 at 8:38 am to Cosmo
They did then they decided they wanted a lottery 40 years ago to deter tanking, been mixed results ever since
Posted on 5/15/25 at 9:28 am to Cosmo
the problem with the NBA lottery is that they don't need to include the play-in teams
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:37 am to TheWalrus
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Yeah we really need to see a team try go 0-82
Put me in Coach. I could help them get there.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:50 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Didn’t NOLA get AD after they lost Paul
Yes, coincidentally the team was up for sale at the time too.
quote:Appears to be a theme here with trading superstar players to the Lakers and landing the 1st pick, despite not having all that good of odds.
and then got Zion after losing AD?
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