NBA Draft

[Robotech]

Spurs have been great at the lottery. Tim Duncan and now Wemby. We can expect at least 5 more Spurs championships.

 

[msgkings322]

Robinson
Duncan
Wembenyama

Lotta time between, why would they rig it for that tiny market?

 

[msgkings322]

Spurs have been great at the lottery. Tim Duncan and now Wemby. We can expect at least 5 more Spurs championships.

"Not 2, not 3, not 4..."

 

[ManuForever]

haven't been on this site in a while. I'm sure everyone is taking the Wemby to SA news gracefu----on second thought, I better leave.

 

[eaglesnut]

You all are so lame.

Why would they rig the lottery for San Antonio?

Makes zero sense.

Best coach to get the hyped player into the playoffs where the casual fans contribute ti the nba bottomline.

You have to grow the game region by region. Duncan was a long time ago and those fans are leaving and now the nba got them back.

I explained it yesterday.

 

[eaglesnut]

Then they would have to show the actual ping pong balls and they couldn’t have a backup plan

They would weight the balls, but sure that's not as exact as just picking the winners outright.

But don't worry, they have their refs oversee the important games.

 

[eaglesnut]

I am glad that the Pistons and Rockets didn’t get rewarded for tanking too long.

The league has a problem. Tanking is the solution. The franchises know they won't get the calls without a HYPE player.

 

[tlance]

Best coach to get the hyped player into the playoffs where the casual fans contribute ti the nba bottomline.

You have to grow the game region by region. Duncan was a long time ago and those fans are leaving and now the nba got them back.

I explained it yesterday.

That is really stupid.

Popovich is close to retirement. He turns 75 before the season starts.

Not going to gift the best prospect to enter the league, maybe ever, to a small market just because they have an iconic coach.

If Wembanyama lives up to the hype, he will have his team making deep playoff runs regardless of who the coach is.

No chance NBA is risking the integrity of their brand to rig a lottery and then dump the future face of the league in a small market.

Just incredibly stupid to think that.

 

[eaglesnut]

Can they back up their claim with evidence?

Cute narrative from the league offices that Portland was "oh so close"

 

[eaglesnut]

Cute narrative from the league offices "the Spurs have super super luck"

 

[eaglesnut]

That is really stupid.

Popovich is close to retirement. He turns 75 before the season starts.

Not going to gift the best prospect to enter the league, maybe ever, to a small market just because they have an iconic coach.

If Wembanyama lives up to the hype, he will have his team making deep playoff runs regardless of who the coach is.

No chance NBA is risking the integrity of their brand to rig a lottery and then dump the future face of the league in a small market.

Just incredibly stupid to think that.

Use your brain instead of your heart. You love the league so you won't accept reality.

Everybody watched the San Antonio dynasty. But it was along time ago. Needs a refresh. And right on cycle.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Can they back up their claim with evidence?

Cute narrative from the league offices that Portland was "oh so close"

I think the way they do it is a combination of predetermined sets of 3 ping pong ball numbers. For instance teams like Detroit Rockets and Spurs all would have had the same number of 3 ping pong ball combinations. With the winning combination, the Spurs had all 3 and Portland had the first 2 but not the last 1. Maybe I got the process wrong but it’s an easy thing to have at the ready.

 

[The Q]

Use your brain instead of your heart. You love the league so you won't accept reality.

Everybody watched the San Antonio dynasty. But it was along time ago. Needs a refresh. And right on cycle.

They gave them Duncan after the spurs lied about Robinson and basically said they’d have to leave sa if they didn’t get Duncan…and then magically got him….

 

[Iggloo]

Well the guy kind of lost me when he said David Stern was involved.

This conspiracy goes WAAAY back!

 

[Iggloo]

Lotta time between, why would they rig it for that tiny market?

It's no longer a tiny market, for one. San Antonio and Austin are an hour apart and basically growing into one big megalopolis. San Antonio is the 7th largest US city and Austin the 11th largest city. Both are growing fast. San Antonio will surpass Philly in size in the next decade or two for sure, and Austin is also climbing up the charts.

 

[msgkings322]

It's no longer a tiny market, for one. San Antonio and Austin are an hour apart and basically growing into one big megalopolis. San Antonio is the 7th largest US city and Austin the 11th largest city. Both are growing fast. San Antonio will surpass Philly in size in the next decade or two for sure, and Austin is also climbing up the charts.

Their last #1 pick was 26 years ago. No one rigged it for them. And those cities have tiny metro areas compared to the truly big markets. I lived in Texas, my family is in Austin, you can look it up but SA is still a small market. And again, if they are gonna rig it it would be for a ratings boost somewhere that matters.

Most things people think are conspiracies are not.

 

[trojanfan12]

This shit is shady. NFL does it right, the rest are ripe for cheating as seen tonight where worst team in NBA gets 5th pick

2 things...

1. Claiming it's rigged is stupid and lazy.

2. The lottery was an attempt to cut down on tanking. It clearly isn't working. They need to just go back to "team with the worst record picks first" and try to find another way to address tanking if they feel it's that important.

 

[DJ]

All this nonsense about the draft being rigged for the Spurts.....they have lucked into some big men.

Oh well, it happens. LOL.

 

[eaglesnut]

They gave them Duncan after the spurs lied about Robinson and basically said they’d have to leave sa if they didn’t get Duncan…and then magically got him….

No magic too it. The league is corrupt. But everyone is making money so no stakeholder's care. Only the fans lose. Well and the players, but they are getting paid a pretty penny to be the consumable material in the money machine.

 

[DJ]

No magic too it. The league is corrupt. But everyone is making money so no stakeholder's care. Only the fans lose. Well and the players, but they are getting paid a pretty penny to be the consumable material in the money machine.