Conspiracy Theory : Mavs tank and get Cooper Flagg

[Luke]

The League owe them a lot because they sacrificed a generational player to make the Lakers relevant again ; trying to save the league, whose ratings were plummeting...

I would not be surprised to see it happening ... they'll get rewarded in some way down the road...

[DLoMor]

They already tried to tank for Wembanyama but failed

[Raps in 4]

If they tank the rest of the way, Silver will probably give it to them.

[Lenneth]

Currently, Mavs are 28-25. Even if they go 0-39, they would be in the 8th worst record based on last year's league record. If Mavs win the lottery this year, I can't imagine the backlash NBA would face.

[Thaddy]

The NBA should be doing the lottery process publicly. Is the draft actually rigged? WTF is the point of following this league if they want to shaft small markets?

[76ciology]

Win-win-win

[MrGoat]

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[og15]

The NBA should be doing the lottery process publicly. Is the draft actually rigged? WTF is the point of following this league if they want to shaft small markets?

Lol, why would they want to do that? Bad teams or teams people aren't interested in don't help their overall product. Better off just letting it fall where it falls.

The last 10 first picks:
ATL
SAS
ORL
DET
MIN
NOP
PHO
PHI
PHI
MIN

Two of the smallest markets got first when the highest ranked prospects were available (SAS and NOP). OKC got #2 for Chet. Memphis got #2 for JA. Charlotte got 2 and 3 in their worst recent seasons. Indiana hasn't been there bad to have high odds, and Milwaukee obviously has not been bad.

[OldSchoolNoBull]

The NBA should be doing the lottery process publicly. Is the draft actually rigged? WTF is the point of following this league if they want to shaft small markets?

Lol, why would they want to do that? Bad teams or teams people aren't interested in don't help their overall product. Better off just letting it fall where it falls.

The last 10 first picks:
ATL
SAS
ORL
DET
MIN
NOP
PHO
PHI
PHI
MIN

Two of the smallest markets got first when the highest ranked prospects were available (SAS and NOP). OKC got #2 for Chet. Memphis got #2 for JA. Charlotte got 2 and 3 in their worst recent seasons. Indiana hasn't been there bad to have high odds, and Milwaukee obviously has not been bad.

Yeah, the lotto conspiracy stuff is largely based on a small handful of lottery outcomes deemed suspicious by the masses...Ewing in 85, I guess Orlando getting #1 in 93 for the second year in a row despite having the lowest odds, LeBron and Derrick Rose going to their hometowns in 03 and 08, Cavs winning in 14 from #9 right when LeBron was considering coming back, and the Pelicans winning the Zion lottery from #7 right when they were losing AD to the Lakers in 19. But that's 6/40 lotteries. What about the other 34?

[Hoops3355]

The NBA should be doing the lottery process publicly. Is the draft actually rigged? WTF is the point of following this league if they want to shaft small markets?

Lol, why would they want to do that? Bad teams or teams people aren't interested in don't help their overall product. Better off just letting it fall where it falls.

The last 10 first picks:
ATL
SAS
ORL
DET
MIN
NOP
PHO
PHI
PHI
MIN

Two of the smallest markets got first when the highest ranked prospects were available (SAS and NOP). OKC got #2 for Chet. Memphis got #2 for JA. Charlotte got 2 and 3 in their worst recent seasons. Indiana hasn't been there bad to have high odds, and Milwaukee obviously has not been bad.

Yeah, the lotto conspiracy stuff is largely based on a small handful of lottery outcomes deemed suspicious by the masses...Ewing in 85, I guess Orlando getting #1 in 93 for the second year in a row despite having the lowest odds, LeBron and Derrick Rose going to their hometowns in 03 and 08, Cavs winning in 14 from #9 right when LeBron was considering coming back, and the Pelicans winning the Zion lottery from #7 right when they were losing AD to the Lakers in 19. But that's 6/40 lotteries. What about the other 34?

I mean they save for these situations. Luka to the Lakers and Flagg to Dallas would be WILD and popular. By that logic I'd guess maybe Miami gets a pick for Mickey taking a public lashing but giving them the ammo for non-guaranteed contracts (/s) a man can dream. The only ones I've really questioned was LBJ to the Cavs and Ewing in 85 sorta follows suit and my basis for it. Rose was 60/40 between him and Beasley I'm still surprised that the Bulls FO actually nailed that pick. Wade and Rose on Miami would have been the craziest timeline ever.

[Exp0sed]

Lol, why would they want to do that? Bad teams or teams people aren't interested in don't help their overall product. Better off just letting it fall where it falls.

The last 10 first picks:
ATL
SAS
ORL
DET
MIN
NOP
PHO
PHI
PHI
MIN

Two of the smallest markets got first when the highest ranked prospects were available (SAS and NOP). OKC got #2 for Chet. Memphis got #2 for JA. Charlotte got 2 and 3 in their worst recent seasons. Indiana hasn't been there bad to have high odds, and Milwaukee obviously has not been bad.

Yeah, the lotto conspiracy stuff is largely based on a small handful of lottery outcomes deemed suspicious by the masses...Ewing in 85, I guess Orlando getting #1 in 93 for the second year in a row despite having the lowest odds, LeBron and Derrick Rose going to their hometowns in 03 and 08, Cavs winning in 14 from #9 right when LeBron was considering coming back, and the Pelicans winning the Zion lottery from #7 right when they were losing AD to the Lakers in 19. But that's 6/40 lotteries. What about the other 34?

I mean they save for these situations. Luka to the Lakers and Flagg to Dallas would be WILD and popular. By that logic I'd guess maybe Miami gets a pick for Mickey taking a public lashing but giving them the ammo for non-guaranteed contracts (/s) a man can dream. The only ones I've really questioned was LBJ to the Cavs and Ewing in 85 sorta follows suit and my basis for it. Rose was 60/40 between him and Beasley I'm still surprised that the Bulls FO actually nailed that pick. Wade and Rose on Miami would have been the craziest timeline ever.

fwiw, obviously with the careers they both had the D-Rose vs. Beasley seems very obvious in hindsight but Beasley was a ridicilously good prospect, obviously we now know both how much of a headcase he was and how good and special Rose is but at the time, Beasley was the better prospect imo so hard to say they "nailed" it. they nailed it by accident, it made more sense togo for Beasley imo.

[levon]

So the league decides to reward a bad org with a generational star? Have they learned nothing from the Pelicans?

[monopoman]

Yeah, the Mavs just traded away their best player who is at worst the 4th best player in the league, let's reward them by giving them the #1 pick.

[zimpy27]

Maybe Lakers can trade 32 year old Luka for 25 years old Flagg in a few years

[Chokic]

Mavs can legit win a championship this year if AD comes back healthy.

[Mr Puddles]

If moving Luka was a tank move they could have contacted a young team with developing players instead of trading for AD. Also, why would they have kept Kyrie around, he has plenty of value across the league.

[Apz]

And then trade flagg for knecht because of nicos hallucinations

[boogiezen]

Mavs can legit win a championship this year if AD comes back healthy.

There’s a reason why this team experienced so many injuries this year clown, even before the trade. This season, they dealt with a mysterious virus that caused multiple players to be sidelined. It’s ironic because they criticized their best player after the trade, using his health and conditioning as the excuse, and now that seems to have foreshadowed events to come. It’s almost like a sign. The Basketball Gods are aware of the owners’ atrocity against humanity (donating money to Israel) and their slander against the player who has kept Dallas relevant.

[RoteSchroder]

The only way to beat the rigging allegations is to send Cooper to Toronto. The Raptors make no sense as they already have Scottie and Ingram, RJ is also a fairly large wing. It also takes Flagg out of the American market.

If the NBA really wants to prove the lotto isn’t rigged, they’d rig Flagg to Toronto. Any other team and the lotto is rigged.

[Mavrelous]

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