NBA Draft Lottery 2016

[shadowgrin]

Dikembe spilling it early.




Damage control!

Dikembe Mutombo‏ @officialmutombo

Sorry, guys.Got excited about the @sixers odds and got ahead of myself.Still keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.

[Andrew]

Conspiracy confirmed, obviously.

Also, for what it's worth, a list of all the Rookie of the Year winners, and the spot they were picked at.

[Stress Fracture]

Lakers keep their pick. Lucky for them.

[Alpha_]

1. Philadelphia
2. Los Angeles
3. Boston

[Andrew]

Yeah, we're not going to hear the end of any conspiracy theories any time soon. Tell us what you know, Mutombo!

[Alpha_]

He wants to play for the Lakers but...

[NovU]

I am sure both Ingram and Simmons wanna avoid drafted at 1st overall. LoL

Whom does spree want as a first pick? Whom does jackal want at 2nd?

[[Q]]

Dikembe spilling it early.

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Damage control!

Dikembe Mutombo‏ @officialmutombo

Sorry, guys.Got excited about the @sixers odds and got ahead of myself.Still keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.

lol the sorry ass sixers solicited a tweet. even former players are too embarrassed to support them without being prompted/paid

[Jackal]

Fuck Boston.

[shadowgrin]

Adam Silver giving the Sixers the 1st pick as agreed for firing Sam Hinkie.



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[ThePointForward]

Sixers getting #1 pick post 2012? Now I've seen it all.

[Jackal]

Also got the pick for taking the heat that comes with being the first team to have ads on their jerseys.

[Andrew]

The thing is, pretty much no matter who won the lottery, for someone it'd be proof of a conspiracy.

The 76ers win: Part of a deal that involves the league forcing them to hire Colangelo, and fire Hinkie. The lottery is rigged!
The Lakers win: With the Kobe era officially over, the perpetually favoured Lakers get a leg up in rebuilding. The lottery is rigged!
The Celtics win: The Celtics vs. Lakers rivalry is revived, with this helping Boston get back to the top of the East. Lakers then get the second pick to avoid suspicion. The lottery is rigged!
The Pelicans win: Did you know that the league once owned the franchise? They're still helping them out, just like they did with Anthony Davis. The lottery is rigged!
The Bulls win: With a 0.5% chance, are you serious? Favouritism for one of the league's biggest markets. Also, isn't Barack Obama a Bulls fan? The lottery is rigged!
The Nuggets win: The league wanted the Knicks to have the top pick, but forgot that the Nuggets can swap picks with them, and that the Raptors get the lowest pick of the two*. The lottery is rigged!
The Jazz win: Utah has never won the top pick, so the league is trying to force history to be made under Adam Silver's watch. The lottery is rigged!
The Kings win: To really ensure that the team stays in Sacramento, they're given a boost in their rebuilding efforts. The lottery is rigged!
The Timberwolves win: The league is trying to build up Western rivals for the Warriors and Thunder, stacking the Timberwolves with young talent. The lottery is rigged!
The Raptors win: Actually, they couldn't, because they get the lower pick between the Nuggets' and Knicks' picks, and no way Denver gives up the top pick. Nevertheless, the lottery is rigged.
The Suns win: Charles Barkley rags on the Suns, the league hates Charles Barkley, ergo the Suns win the lottery, because it's rigged!
The Bucks win: Because Corymach said they would. Corymach is actually Adam Silver, expressing his First Amendment rights. Say the lottery is rigged, and he'll report you to the FCC.
The Magic win: Disney interferes with the Draft lottery, because they can. More interest in Orlando? Even more visitors to Disney World. All Hail the Great God Mickey! Oh yeah, and the lottery is rigged.

* Because league brass is clever and diabolical enough to rig the lottery, but too dimwitted to remember who owns which picks.

[Jackal]

So basically it's safe to say that the league rigged it. Cool.

[Andrew]

Safe to say, unlikely to be, difficult to prove.

[NovU]

So the Heat have no pick this year. Fucking rigged confirmed.

[mp3]

I don't know why the league has to do the lottery behind closed doors earlier in the day then do the draft lottery later on for the public to watch, Steven A Smith said this last year regrading the knicks and Sixers picks as he was one of the the lucky press people who were in the closed door lottery then knowing the draft order had to keep quite and watch it unfold later on with the rest of us.

What's the point??

[Andrew]

Suspenseful television for the 99.9% of people who don't know the results.

[Sauru]

same old story for the celtics. always 1 pick away

[[Q]]

Fuck Boston.

Yesssssss

[PeacemanNOT]

So the Sixers are essentially about to have 4 big men on one team. Big ball to be the kryptonite of the Warriors confirmed.

[Andrew]

I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Sixers' young bigs gets traded.

[benji]

Shame the Lakers didn't land fourth...would have been the ultimate Revenge of Hinkie.

[NovU]

Hinkie's probably happy it didn't happen. The team fired him, whatever happens now will be credited to Silver for fixing things right in Philly.

[mp3]

If Sam was still with the Sixers then they would of spent the 1st pick on a injured center anyway or a 18 year old euro kid who just signed a 5 year deal with a huge buyout clause...