Draft lottery night thread

EmpireFalls · Post #61 » by **EmpireFalls** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:41 pm

Three of the worst seasons ever for a guy with a broken shooting wrist, Tidjane Salaun, and Ace Bailey

Simply put the bottom feeders of the NBA were never gonna get a chance.

JustBuzzin · Post #62 » by **JustBuzzin** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:41 pm

Liver_Pooty wrote:VJ Edgecombe it is.

My worst nightmare just came true. :banghead:

LofJ · Post #63 » by **LofJ** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:42 pm

KembaWalker wrote:Just canceled my Amazon league pass
We’re rooting for the Washington generals, there was never going to be a chance of this team ever doing anything

Smart man, if we ever want things to change people need to vote with their wallets.

kzt123 · Post #64 » by **kzt123** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:42 pm

Yeah, the league is rigged I'm absolutely sure of it now. The only thing keeping fan interest going is the legalized betting if not for that then the NBA would be on the verge of collapsing even faster than it its right now. If you aren't a big market team that generates a lot of revenue, then the NBA is going to keep you noncompetive with a lottery system that they rig year in and year out and try to make you a feeder team to funnel talent to big markets. What's the point in being a fan of a small market team when you know the only chance you have to win a championship is if you get extremely lucky with drafting and developing guys while the big market teams get routinely bailed out and helped by the league.

Post #65 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:45 pm

I strongly agree with everyone cancelling league pass and their season tickets/attendance.

vexco · Post #66 » by **vexco** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:45 pm

No point in whining or throwing conspiracies around. We pick at 4. There will be great players there in this draft.

kzt123 · Post #67 » by **kzt123** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:46 pm

vexco wrote:No point in whining or throwing conspiracies around. We pick at 4. There will be great players there in this draft.

Normally I'd agree but the NBA has been rigging the draft for years and it's time they get called out on it.

NCHeels2008 · Post #68 » by **NCHeels2008** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:47 pm

I realize how much I still care about the Hornets every draft lottery, it's the 15 minutes of hope I have every year (minus last year's draft) and it just never **** breaks Charlottes way

MPM · Post #69 » by **MPM** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:47 pm

I can live with #4. Logical outcome. I can't live with the Mavs and Spurs being #1 and #2. Going to have a hard time with this one.

countryboi · Post #70 » by **countryboi** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:48 pm

On the bright side, at least we’re not the wizards or the jazz

NCHeels2008 · Post #71 » by **NCHeels2008** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:50 pm

MPM wrote:I can live with #4. Logical outcome. I can't live with the Mavs and Spurs being #1 and #2. Going to have a hard time with this one.

yea once we were 4 I was pulling for Philly I feel bad about Embiid's health and I really would like the East to win some big lottos

Benjamin Linus · Post #72 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:50 pm

The four worst teams all moved back and the three teams that needed this the least moved up. How are you supposed to get better? They gotta change this up it's not like the new lottery odds have stopped anyone from tanking

Post #73 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:51 pm

Someone in this technological age would've blown a whistle if the lottery was illegitimate.

I know NIL has impacted people's opinion on how deep the draft is, but I don't think any top 4 prospects are heading back to school(but I don't stay super on top of that). Hornets had the best outcome of the 14% teams, that would've really sent the board on a spiral.

Catchall · Post #74 » by **Catchall** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:51 pm

countryboi wrote:On the bright side, at least we’re not the wizards or the jazz

Cheers. You're taking VJ right? Jazz will take Ace or Tre.

JustBuzzin · Post #75 » by **JustBuzzin** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:55 pm

You know it's rigged when I just checked the Mavs board and even their fans said it was rigged lol

The NBA basically looked out for the playoff teams in this lottery

Dallas/San Antonio/Philly all playoff teams that will be contending next season.

kzt123 · Post #76 » by **kzt123** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:55 pm

Walt Cronkite wrote:Someone in this technological age would've blown a whistle if the lottery was illegitimate.

I know NIL has impacted people's opinion on how deep the draft is, but I don't think any top 4 prospects are heading back to school(but I don't stay super on top of that). Hornets had the best outcome of the 14% teams, that would've really sent the board on a spiral.

It's cause the league does it behind closed doors and probably has a very small group of high-ranking league officials sign some sort of NDA. If the Lottery was legitimate why can't they broadcast it on live TV for everyone to see?

countryboi · Post #77 » by **countryboi** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:55 pm

Catchall wrote:
countryboi wrote:On the bright side, at least we’re not the wizards or the jazz

Cheers. You're taking VJ right? Jazz will take Ace or Tre.

4th place in a three man race

Benjamin Linus · Post #78 » by **Benjamin Linus** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:58 pm

Well if we had won two more games we'd be picking 7th... so there's that

Post #79 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Mon May 12, 2025 11:59 pm

countryboi wrote:On the bright side, at least we’re not the wizards or the jazz

4,5,6,7 are interchangeable. It's the top 3 that really matter most drafts

Post #80 » by **Walt Cronkite** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:01 am

kzt123 wrote:
Walt Cronkite wrote:Someone in this technological age would've blown a whistle if the lottery was illegitimate.

I know NIL has impacted people's opinion on how deep the draft is, but I don't think any top 4 prospects are heading back to school(but I don't stay super on top of that). Hornets had the best outcome of the 14% teams, that would've really sent the board on a spiral.

It's cause the league does it behind closed doors and probably has a very small group of high-ranking league officials sign some sort of NDA. If the Lottery was legitimate why can't they broadcast it on live TV for everyone to see?

It's always been behind closed doors, how long has it been rigged? Forever? You're free to believe what you want, I have no interest in debating conspiracies on the internet. The level of compliance by a massive number of individuals that have no reason to keep quiet is too great.