The OFFICIAL "Was the 2025 NBA draft rigged?"

Ducklett · Post #161 » by **Ducklett** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:50 am

I think they really want tanking to look worthless.

HardenGoat · Post #162 » by **HardenGoat** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:53 am

Bergmaniac wrote:The NBA is a formal cartel between the team owners, not some separate organisation independent of them. What's the incentive for most of them to agree to rigging the lottery?

Overall money. They share it

ImmortalD24 · Post #163 » by **ImmortalD24** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:57 am

Cavaliers get #1 lottery pick 3 out of the 4 years when LeBron goes to Miami

Pelicans get Zion when they trade their superstar AD to the Lakers to help LeBron (Lakers would win a championship the very next season in the Bubble)

Mavericks get Cooper Flag after what was then believed to be one of the most controversial trades in NBA history that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers

Yup league isn't rigged at all.

levon · Post #164 » by **levon** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:57 am

The drawing process occurs in the following manner:

The drawing uses 14 ping-pong balls, numbered 1 through 14. There are 1,001 possible combinations when four balls are drawn out of 14, without regard to their order of selection. Before the lottery, 1,000 of those 1,001 combinations will be assigned to the 14 participating lottery teams.

I wonder if everyone in that room gets a packet of the 1000 mappings to NBA teams prior to the ping pong balls getting shuffled.

Tor_Raps · Post #165 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:02 am

stepic wrote:I’m losing brain cells just reading this forum

Sounds like you're ready to be part of the Mavs organization then lol

Memories · Post #166 » by **Memories** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:04 am

I legit CALLED IT.

I may no longer watch the NBA after this. This **** runs DEEP boys. Mavs got their guaranteed Cooper Flagg when they dealt Luka.

sp6r=underrated · Post #167 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:05 am

The likely final 4 as of today is Indiana, Minnesota, OKC and Boston. That's a terrible final 4 for ratings with only 1 club having a big fanbase.

If the NBA fixes things, why is it allowing this outcome?

Mephariel · Post #168 » by **Mephariel** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:05 am

If the NBA is rigged, Zion would be in New York.

swyftdahoe · Post #169 » by **swyftdahoe** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:06 am

Pretty easy to rig if you ask me. Does anyone know how the numbers are distributed?

Tor_Raps · Post #170 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:07 am

Mephariel wrote:If the NBA is rigged, Zion would be in New York.

Zion was the gift for the Pelicans trading AD to the Lakers lol.

Impuniti · Post #171 » by **Impuniti** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:07 am

The odds of the Top-3 in the NBA Draft being Dallas, San Antonio, and Philadelphia in that order was 0.0114%.

Michael Lucky · Post #172 » by **Michael Lucky** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:07 am

Well flag will jump ship in 2032. History repeats itself. Nice to know the NBA is so consistent. Who knew the NFL was the least rigged sport.....

Tor_Raps · Post #173 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:07 am

Weighted ping pong balls folks... it's rigged lol.

sp6r=underrated · Post #174 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:07 am

Conspiracy theorists believe the NBA fixes outcomes but are deeply emotionally invested in the outcome of games. It makes no sense. If you think the NBA is rigged caring about who wins the title is like caring about whether Ethan Hunt will save the world in May.

Kurtz · Post #175 » by **Kurtz** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:10 am

SOUL wrote:
stepic wrote:I’m losing brain cells just reading this forum

This is sadly the world now. Things don't go people's way and everything is a conspiracy theory/rigged instead of realizing how lottery systems work in general.

I think the Ewing draft was rigged for sure because of how they did it, but now they have representatives behind the stage when the balls are being drawn, meaning every team in the league would have to be "IN" on a specific team winning a generational talent. Yeah, not happening.

Just massive amounts of stupidity in the world right now but I'll chalk most of it up to emotions and anger lol.

This take is not rational imo. If you're convinced that the league rigged one draft, you cannot be equally convinced that they didn't rig another. Either they're oppen to rigging or they're not. The NBA has access to very smart people who can figure out how to accomplish a given task.

As for the point others have made that the NBA had no idea that the Mavs would miss the playoffs - I think that's fair. But the point that's being missed here is that Silver didn't have to promise them Flagg- he just had to promise them a favour for a favour. And the opportunity to repay the favour presented itself quickly.

Memories · Post #176 » by **Memories** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:14 am

Patrick Ewing draft
Cavs getting 1st pick to draft local phenom Lebron James
Bulls getting 1st pick for local phenom Derrick Rose
Cavs get THREE 1st picks after Lebron leaves the Cavs for the first time
Pelicans get number 1 pick after having to trade Chris Paul
Pelicans get number 1 pick again after having to trade AD
Spurs get number 1 pick for Wemby
Mavs get 1st pick after trading Luka
Spurs in the same draft get 2nd pick to use in their trade package for Giannis

Anybody that doesn't believe this has been rigged all along, I got great real estate to sell you and Crypto for you idiots to buy and make money off you on.

Kurtz · Post #177 » by **Kurtz** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:14 am

sp6r=underrated wrote:The likely final 4 as of today is Indiana, Minnesota, OKC and Boston. That's a terrible final 4 for ratings with only 1 club having a big fanbase.

If the NBA fixes things, why is it allowing this outcome?

The NBA can influence games through its ref selection, but they can't outright rig games. If one team is making its shots and the other team isn't, there isn't much that a ref crew can do.

sp6r=underrated · Post #178 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:15 am

Kurtz wrote:
SOUL wrote:
stepic wrote:I’m losing brain cells just reading this forum

This is sadly the world now. Things don't go people's way and everything is a conspiracy theory/rigged instead of realizing how lottery systems work in general.

I think the Ewing draft was rigged for sure because of how they did it, but now they have representatives behind the stage when the balls are being drawn, meaning every team in the league would have to be "IN" on a specific team winning a generational talent. Yeah, not happening.

Just massive amounts of stupidity in the world right now but I'll chalk most of it up to emotions and anger lol.

This take is not rational imo. If you're convinced that the league rigged one draft, you cannot be equally convinced that they didn't rig another. Either they're oppen to rigging or they're not. The NBA has access to very smart people who can figure out how to accomplish a given task.

As for the point others have made that the NBA had no idea that the Mavs would miss the playoffs - I think that's fair. But the point that's being missed here is that Silver didn't have to promise them Flagg- he just had to promise them a favour for a favour. And the opportunity to repay the favour presented itself quickly.

Dumb Questions: How did Dallas know Silver would honor his promise?

If you're right Silver is an extremely dishonest person who is managing a manipulated draft lottery designed to mislead the public. Given that, why would Dallas trust him to come through?

Handlez · Post #179 » by **Handlez** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:16 am

Of course it was rigged.

It was planned from day one.

If you spend a cent on this product, you're pathetic. They're doing it in broad daylight now with everyone watching.

The NBA is undoubtedly scripted.

sp6r=underrated · Post #180 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:17 am

Memories wrote:Spurs get number 1 pick for Wemby

Why would the NBA want Wemby in SA instead of Dallas?

Dallas was in the 2023 lottery. Why didn't Silver just rig it then to set up a Wemby-Luka pairing?

Do you think it was rigged?