2025 NBA Draft Talk

[eaglesnut]

So we show the rigged Ewing lotto lol

They know what they're doing.

 

[eaglesnut]

Nah.

That doesn’t make sense.

Why would the league rig the lottery for a team that just gave away a franchise superstar?

There was risk of losing the market. Dallas was just in the finals last year. They were headed for about a 20-40% decrease in fan engagement, likely more without Luka.

 

[shopson67]

Yes, of course.

But people tank anyway. And because of the lottery, ot actually encourages even more teams to tank to improve their chances at #1.

It does not do what it is intended to do.

Do away with it.

Dallas getting pick 1 this year is stupid..

100% this. The Wizards might as well change their name to the Generals.

The league is doing a disservice to their struggling franchises with this lottery model. Trash it altogether and just do a straight draft like the NFL. If you absolutely need to do a lottery of some sort for TV revenue, shuffle the top 4 and the other 10, but do not let the top 4 to fall further than 4th.

 

[eaglesnut]

Look at how many teams a team loses its franchise player and just magically gets 1-2 the next year

Zion,
Lebron
Jordan
Chris Paul
Vince carter

It’s insane

It's not insane, it's a business

And the nba has the dumbest fans and they never really care that they're being deceived.

What should happen is they should get the anti trust book thrown at them. They aren't separate entities competing. They are one monopoly.

 

[shopson67]

There was risk of losing the market. Dallas was just in the finals last year. They were headed for about a 20-40% decrease in fan engagement, likely more without Luka.

C'mon. Jerry has been trying to destroy the market with his ineptitude for years now to no avail. Fans are resilient. They'll complain publicly while still attending games and watching broadcasts regardless.

 

[eaglesnut]

They sold him

They sold him for Flagg.

Clearly.

Every conversation that weasel commish had should be recorded so they can catch him.

 

[eaglesnut]

Why not broadcast the ping pong ball drop?

The nhl still rigged their draft even "showing the balls"

 

[eaglesnut]

You guys are crazy.

If they actually did rig it?

Eventually someone would figure out how and get an insider to talk.

And it would be the biggest scandal in sports history. It would ruin the integrity of the league.

Way too much money at stake to risk rigging a stupid draft lottery.

As good as Cooper Flagg is, the city where he plays his first 7-8 seasons is not worth the league risking everything for.

They would never rig games!!! Eventually a ref would talk!

 

[fightinfunbags]

So I read up on how the lotto is actually done now, it's 14 balls numbered 1 to 14, and each team is given a set up combinations. So Dallas would have roughly 10 to 15 of the possible 1000 combinations, The Spurs would have like 60.

Eh, don't love it

It’s very easy to rig one of those things with foreign substances on the desired ping pong balls. You don’t need some grand conspiracy that goes layers and layers deep. You need a desire from the top of the league and then a hush payment for a single person who is drawing the balls and could feel a foreign substance on the ping pong balls.

I’m not saying definitively that this stuff is rigged. I’m saying that the NBA is FIFA level crooked and shouldn’t be trusted and shouldn’t be given the benefit of the doubt.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Yeah, but you think it's rigged. So you lack credibility.

LOL.

 

[Sparhawk]

 

[thunderc]

Why would the NBA rig it so Zion went to the Pelicans? He didn't even want to go there, why would the league?

Because they had just lost Davis

 

[msgkings322]

Because they had just lost Davis

The fuck should they care though?

 

[thunderc]

The fuck should they care though?

Good question

 

[fightinfunbags]

Because they had just lost Davis

New Orleans, San Antonio, and Dallas are large markets with tons of viewers and potential fans but need big nudges and carrots to keep them viable.

 

[msgkings322]

Good question

Sort of the point though. Zero motivation for the NBA to do that and a ton of risk if they did.

This is fun but it’s like the guy on the PF arguing Trump would run for president again. It’s childish. They have reporters watching and everything

 

[msgkings322]

New Orleans, San Antonio, and Dallas are large markets with tons of viewers and potential fans but need big nudges and carrots to keep them viable.

New Orleans and San Antonio are tiny markets, come on man.

Can’t argue with conspiracy goofballs though so whatever

 

[Sparhawk]

Sort of the point though. Zero motivation for the NBA to do that and a ton of risk if they did.

This is fun but it’s like the guy on the PF arguing Trump would run for president again. It’s childish. They have reporters watching and everything

 

[fightinfunbags]

New Orleans and San Antonio are tiny markets, come on man.

Can’t argue with conspiracy goofballs though so whatever

Are they top 30 markets in the country? Everything that isn’t NYC LA Chicago etc is a “tiny market”.

 

[bksballer89]

Because they had just lost Davis

Nah lol everyone wanted Zion in nyc