2025 NBA Draft Talk

[dtgold88]

Because the basketball market in Seattle was failing. How are the Supersonics doing these days anyway?

did you really not know are in OKC where Durant wound up as clearly this is where NBA wanted him.

 

[shopson67]

Don't recall the specific years but were many lotteries where we heard before them league will rig it for LA or NY.......but didn't.

Knicks did have one notorious one (Ewing) and the Lakers did get the #2 pick in 3 consecutive drafts in their rebuild.

Difficult to help LA too much, as they aren't typically in the lottery.

 

[dtgold88]

Opportunity for growth. When you add 5 young fans, 3 stay for life in a winning market. Only 1 stays for life in a losing market.

just wow.

 

[dtgold88]

Ok.

That is fair.

I do think the combination of the fact that the lottery does not deter tanking along with the mistrust of even a fraction of the fans should be enough to get the league to move on from it.

I don't think the NBA needs or should make decisions on what irrational tinfoil hat wearers think........but can agree doing away with lottery not the worst idea.

 

[dtgold88]

Prison time for what? If the whole league is in on it, is there really anything to be charged for? It's just more WWE than we would like.

he claimed the owners thanked Silver for rigging it. someone has to be in charge of it and of course be willing to be the fall guy when another gets mad over something petty and decides to spill the beans.,

 

[dtgold88]

Knicks did have one notorious one (Ewing) and the Lakers did get the #2 pick in 3 consecutive drafts in their rebuild.

Difficult to help LA too much, as they aren't typically in the lottery.

I can even agree the one NY won not as farfecthed and easier to set up if they wanted......but not since they went to the current format or one before this one.

When LA got the #2 pick weren't there years #1 thought to be far better and also wasn't LA pretty much in line to pick 2?

 

[shopson67]

he claimed the owners thanked Silver for rigging it. someone has to be in charge of it and of course be willing to be the fall guy when another gets mad over something petty and decides to spill the beans.,

If this stuff really happens, I would assume that owners are locked into a nondisclosure agreement from day 1.

Does it really happen? I don't really care, but they could settle it once and for all very easily.

 

[dtgold88]

Well you haven't established that the NBA is crooked. So that's problem number 1.

The conspiracy curious people wouldn't care if the process was transparent. They would still assume it was rigged.

Of course. Every team is represented in the room AND reporters present....and they assume it's rigged.

 

[dtgold88]

Is it transparent or no?

For everyone? No. And a reasonable person can understand why as not very compelling TV to start by announcing who the #1 pick is.

It is transparent for a rep of every team AND some reporters who have apparently never wanted to make a few bucks by selling the story and exposing the league.

 

[shopson67]

I can even agree the one NY won not as farfecthed and easier to set up if they wanted......but not since they went to the current format or one before this one.

When LA got the #2 pick weren't there years #1 thought to be far better and also wasn't LA pretty much in line to pick 2?

4, 2, and 4. However, how often does that get you a top 3 pick these days?

 

[The Q]

4, 2, and 4. However, how often does that get you a top 3 pick these days?

They also moved up at the exact time needed to trade it for brow


Which doesn’t help the narrative lol

 

[thunderc]

If this stuff really happens, I would assume that owners are locked into a nondisclosure agreement from day 1.

Does it really happen? I don't really care, but they could settle it once and for all very easily.

I’m not saying it happens, but make no mistake about it there are many things covered by an NDA in most businesses.

 

[dtgold88]

If this stuff really happens, I would assume that owners are locked into a nondisclosure agreement from day 1.

Does it really happen? I don't really care, but they could settle it once and for all very easily.

Not sure how Very easily they could settle it with the weighted lottery.

 

[shopson67]

Their current weighted odds can be considered rigging it, giving the worst teams only a 14% chance? That's corrupt without tainting the selection process otherwise.

There should be no circumstance where the 12th worst team jumps to #1 without a trade.

There's an off the wall idea; trade lotteries. If Dallas "wins" the trade lottery, they would have a mediated trade opportunity with the worst statistical team to move up to #1. Would have to be fair value. Opportunity instead of a surprise gift.

 

[dtgold88]

Of all of the stupid things you've said...this one is the stupidest.

Congrats.

It's probably up there bu seriously doubt at the top.

 

[thunderc]

This is the accounting firm that certified the results

SEC.gov | Ernst & Young to Pay $100 Million Penalty for Employees Cheating on CPA Ethics Exams and Misleading Investigation

www.sec.gov

 

[fightinfunbags]

Dwayne Wade is the only noncorrupted truth teller we can rely on

Maybe that’s why you are the way you are. You should believe in facts and data and not people when it comes to proving the legitimacy of systems.

 

[dtgold88]

Maybe that’s why you are the way you are. You should believe in facts and data and not people when it comes to proving the legitimacy of systems.

ya gotta love this forum and oh, the irony.

 

[msgkings322]

Maybe that’s why you are the way you are. You should believe in facts and data and not people when it comes to proving the legitimacy of systems.

I have every bit as many facts and data as you have. One of us is choosing to buy into a ridiculous and illogical conspiracy theory and the other is aware of how stupid that theory is, considering how many people are observers of the process.

Yeah, this is why I am the way I am: a more intelligent and rational person than you.

 

[logic]

So, no one on the board is interested in the actual Draft I see.