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Post by T R W on May 21, 2014 15:27:25 GMT -5
Yeah the NBA rigged the draft to give the NBA Juggernaut Cleveland an unfair advantage to help put money in their pockets because Cleveland is such a market powerhouse. Totally. Or they did it to help Lebron for when he returns there. Give him a team of first overall picks The NBA would convince him to stay in Miami, or push him to go to the Knicks, somewhere the NBA would actually benefit if there was an actual fix involved.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 16:10:03 GMT -5
Cavs first pick with a 1.7% chance?!?! I'm not one to believe in conspiracy and rigged theories but this was definitely rigged. I'm with you, if it's not rigged draw the pingpong balls in public
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Post by T R W on May 21, 2014 17:01:57 GMT -5
Cavs first pick with a 1.7% chance?!?! I'm not one to believe in conspiracy and rigged theories but this was definitely rigged. I'm with you, if it's not rigged draw the pingpong balls in public You know how long it take and how boring it would be to draw all the ping pong balls?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 17:33:22 GMT -5
I'm with you, if it's not rigged draw the pingpong balls in public You know how long it take and how boring it would be to draw all the ping pong balls? They would only have to draw 16 ping pong balls right. Either way I'm still confused on the certain system. Somehow the cabs pick wasn't number 16 to 13 or something so it automatically became top 3. It's confusing
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Post by K Dot on May 21, 2014 22:42:30 GMT -5
I just don't like the lottery system in general. Just give the #1 pick to the worst team for christ's sakes.
Cavs don't deserve crap. Their team is ran by a bunch of monkeys, Gilbert is a douche, they wasted their #1 pick last year on Bennett, Gilbert said it was a mistake to fire Mike Brown the first time but then fire him again after a season, and now they get a redo? LeBron is their only saving grace. Then these idiot fans who treated LeBron like a redheaded stepchild after he left will welcome him back with open arms, ready to hug his nuts.
There's a reason why the city of Cleveland hasn't won anything in about a million years, and I hope it stays that way.
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Post by Quanthor on May 21, 2014 23:26:43 GMT -5
You know how long it take and how boring it would be to draw all the ping pong balls? They would only have to draw 16 ping pong balls right. Either way I'm still confused on the certain system. Somehow the cabs pick wasn't number 16 to 13 or something so it automatically became top 3. It's confusing They use to show it on TV but even then people still claimed it was fixed with the whole "frozen envelope" thing. The process has changed dramatically, it's not 16 balls in one machine, if it was just 16 balls every team in the lottery would have the same chance of winning. It's several balls per pick I think with different pre-selected combinations based on each team's record. Or something. It is confusing but it's far more involved than just 16 balls. I can't for the life of me figure out how somebody can say it's rigged when the Cavs won 3 out of the last 4 years. There's no way the NBA would want that. They have never given two sh*ts about the Cavs ever, why would they now invest in Cleveland like they're a marquee franchise when they never will be?
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 23:35:05 GMT -5
They would only have to draw 16 ping pong balls right. Either way I'm still confused on the certain system. Somehow the cabs pick wasn't number 16 to 13 or something so it automatically became top 3. It's confusing They use to show it on TV but even then people still claimed it was fixed with the whole "frozen envelope" thing. The process has changed dramatically, it's not 16 balls in one machine, if it was just 16 balls every team in the lottery would have the same chance of winning. It's several balls per pick I think with different pre-selected combinations based on each team's record. Or something. It is confusing but it's far more involved than just 16 balls. I can't for the life of me figure out how somebody can say it's rigged when the Cavs won 3 out of the last 4 years. There's no way the NBA would want that. They have never given two sh*ts about the Cavs ever, why would they now invest in Cleveland like they're a marquee franchise when they never will be? Espn helps create these rigged theory's- jalen rose last night pregame- "now with Kyrie and that pick, would Lebron return. It helps create talk of another Lebron decision since the cavs won the lottery. I mean max kellerman on sportsnation was asked what hashtag he would use for last nights lottery, he chose #conspiracy theory. I mean Bill Simmons a real huge espn analyst was even caught swearing based on results. Mark Cuban in 2006- said f u your league is rigged. Yep Mr. Cuban himself said that.
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Post by Quanthor on May 22, 2014 0:18:33 GMT -5
They use to show it on TV but even then people still claimed it was fixed with the whole "frozen envelope" thing. The process has changed dramatically, it's not 16 balls in one machine, if it was just 16 balls every team in the lottery would have the same chance of winning. It's several balls per pick I think with different pre-selected combinations based on each team's record. Or something. It is confusing but it's far more involved than just 16 balls. I can't for the life of me figure out how somebody can say it's rigged when the Cavs won 3 out of the last 4 years. There's no way the NBA would want that. They have never given two sh*ts about the Cavs ever, why would they now invest in Cleveland like they're a marquee franchise when they never will be? Espn helps create these rigged theory's- jalen rose last night pregame- "now with Kyrie and that pick, would Lebron return. It helps create talk of another Lebron decision since the cavs won the lottery. I mean max kellerman on sportsnation was asked what hashtag he would use for last nights lottery, he chose #conspiracy theory. I mean Bill Simmons a real huge espn analyst was even caught swearing based on results. Mark Cuban in 2006- said f u your league is rigged. Yep Mr. Cuban himself said that. Bill Simmons is pissed because he's a giant Celtics homer. The media have been regurgitating nonsense about LeBron returning to Cleveland since he left Cleveland 4 years ago. They have nothing to talk about. Why would the NBA want LeBron back in Cleveland? That's ridiculous. They don't, and he's not going to. It's stupid. We are talking about Cleveland, aren't we? Criminy, why couldn't Portland have been a baseball town or a hockey town? I seriously wish sometimes I didn't have to follow the NBA and all it's wacky fans.
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Post by Epic Z on May 22, 2014 2:15:52 GMT -5
Pretty excited to see how the sixers make out in this draft. I was really hoping to pull number 1 so we could grab Wiggins but I'm content with a #3 and a #10 pick.
Who do you think the cave are gonna pick first? I'm thinking Embid.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on May 22, 2014 5:27:42 GMT -5
Conspiracy my ass. The Lakers/ Celtics picking 1 and 2 would've been a conspiracy. I'm 99.9% sure Cleveland is taking Wiggins.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 8:23:25 GMT -5
Pretty excited to see how the sixers make out in this draft. I was really hoping to pull number 1 so we could grab Wiggins but I'm content with a #3 and a #10 pick. Who do you think the cave are gonna pick first? I'm thinking Embid. I'm gonna say Cavs- wiggins Bucks- embid 76ers- parker
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Post by johnnyb on May 23, 2014 16:32:38 GMT -5
FWIW the NBA lottery is filmed live in front of media members and some NBA executives and team personnel... it isn't shown live on TV because it's extremely boring. The footage of the lottery is available on NBA.com if you dig deep enough.
And I agree that the draft order needs to be overhauled... it's stupid that the team with the worst record hardly ever actually gets the top overall pick. The lottery encourages tanking, IMO, more than it discourages it.
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Post by Epic Z on May 24, 2014 2:59:28 GMT -5
Pretty excited to see how the sixers make out in this draft. I was really hoping to pull number 1 so we could grab Wiggins but I'm content with a #3 and a #10 pick. Who do you think the cave are gonna pick first? I'm thinking Embid. I'm gonna say Cavs- wiggins Bucks- embid 76ers- parker There is no way the cavs are getting wiggins. There gonna take Embid. They desperately need a big man and Embid would fit perfect in there offense. My order is 1 - Embid 2 - Wiggins 3 - Parker
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Post by T R W on May 24, 2014 13:59:15 GMT -5
FWIW the NBA lottery is filmed live in front of media members and some NBA executives and team personnel... it isn't shown live on TV because it's extremely boring. The footage of the lottery is available on NBA.com if you dig deep enough. And I agree that the draft order needs to be overhauled... it's stupid that the team with the worst record hardly ever actually gets the top overall pick. The lottery encourages tanking, IMO, more than it discourages it. Agreed with the order. Instead of 2 or 3 teams tanking, you get 10.
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Post by Mr. K.O on May 24, 2014 15:11:18 GMT -5
Ibaka listed as day to day..interesting. Even if he is cleared to play, rushing through this recovery is going to hurt OKC more than help them. Spurs right now are stuck in Game 7 Mode.
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Post by johnnyb on May 25, 2014 20:56:48 GMT -5
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Post by bad guy™ on May 25, 2014 21:02:58 GMT -5
You are being too generous good friend.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2014 22:52:50 GMT -5
I'll be the first to admit, the heat don't need help from the refs to beat my pacers
not even a little
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2014 12:31:54 GMT -5
Heat vs spurs/thunder- either way we get a rematch. Thunder granted lost harden. Spurs are pretty much the same team as is the heat. I mean how can the spurs/ thunder stay with this heat team as well as they are playing. If bosh or Allen gets hot there is no way to beat that team. Thunder would lose in 5, spurs could win but I say they would lose in 6,7. Spurs have an amazing defense that could pull the win but I don't see them pulling the win.
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Post by Ben on May 27, 2014 22:02:10 GMT -5
the pacers and spurs need to both wake up.
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