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BadMofoPimp wrote:kurtis48239 wrote:Piston Prince wrote:
The league gave Dan Gilbert 3 #1's because he's a whiny **** and threatened to expose the level of collusion involved with the Decision if they didn't recoup his lost franchise value.
Am I the only one who had to look up what ( collusion ) meant,lol.
Well, me and Piston Prince were working together on this and didn't intend to let ya'll in on it.
jakebernat wrote:piston1423 wrote:What is so great about Cleveland? Because they lost LeBron they deserve to get as many number 1 picks as they want? The NBA needs a new system.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN0WqSeCKW8[/youtube]
thesack12 wrote:I personally don't subscribe to the conspiracy angle. But Detroit has certainly had some bad luck in regards to the lottery.
Someone already mentioned the times in which Detroit got pushed back in the draft when others moved up. They also have seen some seriously good luck fall into their central division rivals laps.
2004: Chicago gets #3
2005: Milwaukee gets #1
2006: Chicago gets #2 (owned NYK's pick)
2008: Chicago gets #1
2011: Cleveland gets #1 (owned LAC's pick)
2013: Cleveland gets #1
2014: Cleveland gets #1, Milwaukee gets #2
During that time frame Detroit has never picked higher than #7. The lottery balls seem to be fans of 3/5 of the centrl division teams.
Piston Prince wrote:thesack12 wrote:I personally don't subscribe to the conspiracy angle. But Detroit has certainly had some bad luck in regards to the lottery.
Someone already mentioned the times in which Detroit got pushed back in the draft when others moved up. They also have seen some seriously good luck fall into their central division rivals laps.
2004: Chicago gets #3
2005: Milwaukee gets #1
2006: Chicago gets #2 (owned NYK's pick)
2008: Chicago gets #1
2011: Cleveland gets #1 (owned LAC's pick)
2013: Cleveland gets #1
2014: Cleveland gets #1, Milwaukee gets #2
During that time frame Detroit has never picked higher than #7. The lottery balls seem to be fans of 3/5 of the centrl division teams.
The irony is the two teams who haven't gotten the bounces have the two best building blocks in the division.
thesack12 wrote:Piston Prince wrote:thesack12 wrote:I personally don't subscribe to the conspiracy angle. But Detroit has certainly had some bad luck in regards to the lottery.
Someone already mentioned the times in which Detroit got pushed back in the draft when others moved up. They also have seen some seriously good luck fall into their central division rivals laps.
2004: Chicago gets #3
2005: Milwaukee gets #1
2006: Chicago gets #2 (owned NYK's pick)
2008: Chicago gets #1
2011: Cleveland gets #1 (owned LAC's pick)
2013: Cleveland gets #1
2014: Cleveland gets #1, Milwaukee gets #2
During that time frame Detroit has never picked higher than #7. The lottery balls seem to be fans of 3/5 of the centrl division teams.
The irony is the two teams who haven't gotten the bounces have the two best building blocks in the division.
Yeah, the lottery has been nothing but unkind to the Pistons
kurtis48239 wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote:kurtis48239 wrote:Am I the only one who had to look up what ( collusion ) meant,lol.
Well, me and Piston Prince were working together on this and didn't intend to let ya'll in on it.
I actually wasant kidding about having to look it up lol
jakebernat wrote:piston1423 wrote:What is so great about Cleveland? Because they lost LeBron they deserve to get as many number 1 picks as they want? The NBA needs a new system.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN0WqSeCKW8[/youtube]
Piston Prince wrote:
Ready for this:
In 2010 we finished 1 game behind Washington and tied with Philly. Washington won the #1 pick and Philly won the #2 pick.
In 2011 we finished just ahead of the Clippers. That Clippers pick was the one they traded to Cleveland that ended up being Kyrie.
In 2012 we didn't get jumped and got Drummond.
In 2013 we finished tied with Washington. We won the coin flip to get the #7 set of ping pong balls. The #8 set ended up yielding the #3 pick. For all the heat the Cavs get, the Wizards landed in the top 3 in 2010, 2012 & 2013.
In 2014 you know what happened.
So for those who don't believe all of this is orchestrated, we missed out on 3 #1 picks and a #3 pick by a combined 6 games one way or the other.
Piston Prince wrote:kurtis48239 wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote:
Well, me and Piston Prince were working together on this and didn't intend to let ya'll in on it.
I actually wasant kidding about having to look it up lol
Kurtis got a "word of the day".