Is the NBA both a rigged league and about to have Oklahoma and Indiana play in the NBA finals?

[mariller]

Evidence please

Evidence of what?

Evidence of ‘many, many voices saying that they expect that Dallas will get #1 before the draft’.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/1k9bhs1/since_the_mavericks_lost_luka_would_getting_the_1/

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I'm not spending more time looking for those, you believe what you want to believe.

[Ice Man]

Every year, conspiracy theorists decide who the NBA will give the #1 pick. When that team gets the pick, they call attention to their prediction. When it doesn't, they ignore that outcome. I mean, nobody wrote that the Pelicans would get the #1 pick when the biggest draft name of the 2010s became available.

When you pick and choose the data points, it's not evidence.

[MrGoat]

People who think the NBA is rigged are worse than people who think the Royal Rumble is rigged. You're telling me 30 different entities conspire for the benefit of the organization as a whole? And nothing leaks out? Please. What does Sheamus stand to gain from doing that?

Hornswoggle would be so betrayed it just wouldn't be worth it.

[KayDee35]

Every year, conspiracy theorists decide who the NBA will give the #1 pick. When that team gets the pick, they call attention to their prediction. When it doesn't, they ignore that outcome. I mean, nobody wrote that the Pelicans would get the #1 pick when the biggest draft name of the 2010s became available.

When you pick and choose the data points, it's not evidence.

100%.

Show me a conspiracy theorist and I'll show you an attention-seeker who has reached the limits of their capacity to comprehend the world.

Nothing left to do but laugh and their stupidity and move on.

[AdamSSSlither]

they cant rig every aspect of the game. have to create the image its organic.
sometimes the nba's desired teams just cant hit shots.

[DOT]

It's like how people say Quasimodo predicted all this

Dude just wrote a bunch of poems that essentially say "something will happen at some time and some place" a thousand times, and then people in the future began connecting dots

Because humans evolved to be able to do that, to recognize patterns. Conspiracy theorists are just people insisting on patterns existing where none do, in the wider sense because they're terrified of the concept that the universe is truly random and they need to believe in some universal order

It's similar here, people want there to be a reason why their team dropped and can't handle that it's just luck. Same reason why Knicks fans are absolutely convinced the league is rigged against them for some reason, cause the truth sucks, they'd rather believe a convenient lie.

[AdamSSSlither]

Every year, conspiracy theorists decide who the NBA will give the #1 pick. When that team gets the pick, they call attention to their prediction. When it doesn't, they ignore that outcome. I mean, nobody wrote that the Pelicans would get the #1 pick when the biggest draft name of the 2010s became available.

When you pick and choose the data points, it's not evidence.

100%.

Show me a conspiracy theorist and I'll show you an attention-seeker who has reached the limits of their capacity to comprehend the world.

Nothing left to do but laugh and their stupidity and move on.

THE ZION pick was gifted to pelicans as reward for agreeing to trade davis to lakers....
just like flagg to dallas for trading luka to lakers.
pretty obvious

[AdamSSSlither]

It's like how people say Quasimodo predicted all this

Dude just wrote a bunch of poems that essentially say "something will happen at some time and some place" a thousand times, and then people in the future began connecting dots

Because humans evolved to be able to do that, to recognize patterns. Conspiracy theorists are just people insisting on patterns existing where none do, in the wider sense because they're terrified of the concept that the universe is truly random and they need to believe in some universal order

It's similar here, people want there to be a reason why their team dropped and can't handle that it's just luck. Same reason why Knicks fans are absolutely convinced the league is rigged against them for some reason, cause the truth sucks, they'd rather believe a convenient lie.

the convenient lie is believing that nothing is rigged.
yes sports are always part luck.
but to believe a multibillion dollar corporation doesnt have a vested interest in doing whatever they can to improve the bottom line
is just living w/ your head up you a$$

[Revived]

If you don’t think the draft lottery is rigged after seeing Cavs win #1 pick after LeBron left their team, then Pelicans winning #1 pick after AD left their team and now Mavs winning it after Luka left their team, then I’m sorry but you’re extremely naive and possibly foolish.

If the Bucks lose Giannis this summer and if they get a lottery pick in next year’s draft, I’m going to take a second mortgage out and bet that on the Bucks winning the lottery. It may become the easiest $$ I’ve made in my life.

When did lottery rigging begin ? When LeBron left or before ?

How about when Shaq left Orlando. Or Barkley left the suns. Durant leaving Brooklyn? Or he’s to small but Davis is important enough ? Leonard left Toronto after winning a chip, raptors got what ? Save yourself the money or don’t and let me laugh at you when you take such a stupid bet.


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You think Durant leaving Brooklyn, a team he was on for like 3 or 4 years or Leonard leaving Toronto after 1 season of play is the same as teams with home grown talent THAT THEY DRAFTED leaving their franchises after 6 seasons? Ok nothing further needs to be discussed with ya then.

[DOT]

It's like how people say Quasimodo predicted all this

Dude just wrote a bunch of poems that essentially say "something will happen at some time and some place" a thousand times, and then people in the future began connecting dots

Because humans evolved to be able to do that, to recognize patterns. Conspiracy theorists are just people insisting on patterns existing where none do, in the wider sense because they're terrified of the concept that the universe is truly random and they need to believe in some universal order

It's similar here, people want there to be a reason why their team dropped and can't handle that it's just luck. Same reason why Knicks fans are absolutely convinced the league is rigged against them for some reason, cause the truth sucks, they'd rather believe a convenient lie.

the convenient lie is believing that nothing is rigged.
yes sports are always part luck.
but to believe a multibillion dollar corporation doesnt have a vested interest in doing whatever they can to improve the bottom line
is just living w/ your head up you a$$

There's a big leap from corporations doing whatever they can to improve the bottom line and what you guys believe. Because if you were right, Zion would have been a Knick, not a Pelican.

[OrangeBlueSkies]

Op is missing the point that outside Manhattan nobody wants to watch the Knicks, that's doubly true for the league's international fan base.

Imagine trying to roast the Knicks in such a popular thread and still only getting 7 And-1s. Literally fireworks going off in Queens last night. You think all those people that flood 7th avenue live in Manhattan? Good luck on the future BKN.

[stepic]

Evidence of what?

Evidence of ‘many, many voices saying that they expect that Dallas will get #1 before the draft’.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/1k9bhs1/since_the_mavericks_lost_luka_would_getting_the_1/

viewtopic.php?p=118496630#p118496630

I'm not spending more time looking for those, you believe what you want to believe.

I mean that’s just a hypothetical asking if they did get the first pick whether it would have been worth losing Luka. It’s hardly evidence of people ‘expecting’ Dallas to get the pick.

So I’ll take it as no, you don’t have evidence. Which is fine, because I already know not many people were expecting it.

[KayDee35]

Every year, conspiracy theorists decide who the NBA will give the #1 pick. When that team gets the pick, they call attention to their prediction. When it doesn't, they ignore that outcome. I mean, nobody wrote that the Pelicans would get the #1 pick when the biggest draft name of the 2010s became available.

When you pick and choose the data points, it's not evidence.

100%.

Show me a conspiracy theorist and I'll show you an attention-seeker who has reached the limits of their capacity to comprehend the world.

Nothing left to do but laugh and their stupidity and move on.

THE ZION pick was gifted to pelicans as reward for agreeing to trade davis to lakers....
just like flagg to dallas for trading luka to lakers.
pretty obvious

Thanks for the chuckle.

Large claims require large evidence but I wouldn't expect a tin-foil hatter to know that.

[KayDee35]

Evidence of ‘many, many voices saying that they expect that Dallas will get #1 before the draft’.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/1k9bhs1/since_the_mavericks_lost_luka_would_getting_the_1/

viewtopic.php?p=118496630#p118496630

I'm not spending more time looking for those, you believe what you want to believe.

I mean that’s just a hypothetical asking if they did get the first pick whether it would have been worth losing Luka. It’s hardly evidence of people ‘expecting’ Dallas to get the pick.

So I’ll take it as no, you don’t have evidence. Which is fine, because I already know not many people were expecting it.

I applaud your effort. Unfortunately, it's nigh impossible to use evidence to argue someone out of a position they arrived at without any evidence.

Conspiracists don't have evidence but boy, do they love the attention.

[DOT]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mavericks/comments/1k9bhs1/since_the_mavericks_lost_luka_would_getting_the_1/

viewtopic.php?p=118496630#p118496630

I'm not spending more time looking for those, you believe what you want to believe.

I mean that’s just a hypothetical asking if they did get the first pick whether it would have been worth losing Luka. It’s hardly evidence of people ‘expecting’ Dallas to get the pick.

So I’ll take it as no, you don’t have evidence. Which is fine, because I already know not many people were expecting it.

I applaud your effort. Unfortunately, it's nigh impossible to use evidence to argue someone out of a position they arrived at without any evidence.

Conspiracists don't have evidence but boy, do they love the attention.

Old joke

Two moon landing deniers go to heaven, are told they each may ask God 1 question

First asks him if the moon landing happened, God says yes

First turns to the second and says "this thing goes all the way to the top, eh?"

[Clay Davis]

It's like how people say Quasimodo predicted all this

Dude just wrote a bunch of poems that essentially say "something will happen at some time and some place" a thousand times, and then people in the future began connecting dots

Because humans evolved to be able to do that, to recognize patterns. Conspiracy theorists are just people insisting on patterns existing where none do, in the wider sense because they're terrified of the concept that the universe is truly random and they need to believe in some universal order

It's similar here, people want there to be a reason why their team dropped and can't handle that it's just luck. Same reason why Knicks fans are absolutely convinced the league is rigged against them for some reason, cause the truth sucks, they'd rather believe a convenient lie.

What, you're gonna tell me you never pondered that? The draft thing with Duke?

Conspiracy TheoRIZZts.

[D.Brasco]

100%.

Show me a conspiracy theorist and I'll show you an attention-seeker who has reached the limits of their capacity to comprehend the world.

Nothing left to do but laugh and their stupidity and move on.

THE ZION pick was gifted to pelicans as reward for agreeing to trade davis to lakers....
just like flagg to dallas for trading luka to lakers.
pretty obvious

Thanks for the chuckle.

Large claims require large evidence but I wouldn't expect a tin-foil hatter to know that.

[AdamSSSlither]

THE ZION pick was gifted to pelicans as reward for agreeing to trade davis to lakers....
just like flagg to dallas for trading luka to lakers.
pretty obvious

Thanks for the chuckle.

Large claims require large evidence but I wouldn't expect a tin-foil hatter to know that.

yes your right, if i think the nba is sometimes giving picks to teams that do what they want...
then i obviously must believe in every conspiracy in existence.

yous are pathetic.
beyond the facts i just stated.
want proof...look at what happened. thats the proof.
dont believe it? i dont care.

these anti-conspiracy theorists cant stop acting like anyone that believes something they dont is a conspiracy theorist in every way.
also its these closed minded people continuously assuming that anyone who doesnt agree w/ them is crazy.
these are the conspiracy theories you've created in your own mind against the outside world.

[D.Brasco]

Post mortem's not up yet



In the darkest hole
You'd be well advised
Not to plan my funeral
Before the body dies

It's not, props to the Knicks. But if they do manage to come back from the 1-3 hole, the arguments here will just 180 again that actually, the NBA does want to rig things for the Knicks and not rig things for SGA the next league superstar. Should be interesting.

[NoStatsGuy]

Evidence please

Evidence of what?

Evidence of ‘many, many voices saying that they expect that Dallas will get #1 before the draft’.

thats the impression people have... "99% of people" lmao

yea 99%, if you are only in thoses ridiculous threats or certain nba twitter/reddit bubble. i really didnt see anybody predict that, other than the usual suspects on this forum. and hey, they hit one of their 100s of baseless predictions and now everything is rigged. speaking about confirmation bias